今天本課討論的是 ACCENT

ACCENT：the way in which people in a particular area, country or social group pronounce words

其實就是在一個特定的區(qū)域，他們對語音的一種特殊的發(fā)音方式

大家是否記得，就在 “539 Johnny Depp - Edward Scissorhands”這一課，我們剛碰到了 ACCENT這個詞的 VERB to emphasize something

這一課我們可以學(xué)到： Learning about different cultures and accents may help to to communicate more efficiently.

properly: in a correct way

第二條我們可以學(xué)到的是：Learning accents can help yhou connect with other cultures

engage with sb: means to establish a meaning ful connection with them

這個詞 我們可能更多用到的是 engage in: to take part in something

第三條我們可以學(xué)到的是：Accent is not a measure of intelligence

intelligence: the ability to understand and learn well and to form judgments and opinions based on reason

第四條我們可以學(xué)到的是：Accents should be used respectfully

speak down to: when sb talks in an overly simple way or change the way they speak which suggests that the listener is not intelligent. (有點認(rèn)為受聽者智商不那么高的改變說話方式的方法）

patronize: to speak to or behave towards someone as if they are stupid or not important (還是高高在上，瞧不起的態(tài)度）

mixed family: （兩個含義-重點）1. family member from diffferent racial groups. mixed family 也可以意思是

2. blended family：a family that consists of two people and their children from their own relationship and from previous ones 新組合到一起的，chilren

You know: 1. Gives other people the idea that you have some kind of shared knowledge with them （你說的事你知道聽者可能都已經(jīng)知道了）

2. You want to know if you agree with them

3.A filler (停頓作用）gives the speaker time to think of what to say next (這一條大家可以多用一下）

第五條我們可以學(xué)到的是：Try to expose yourself to as many different accents as possible

hybird: mix of two different things

generation: 1. all the people of about the same age within a society or within a particular family

2.noun of generate, means the production of energy in a particular form | electricity generation

Don't act smart! They demand you stop acting so bold or rude. They think you know more about sth than they do.