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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.24,0:00:06.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This American English pronunciation video\Ncomes to you from Keukenhof in the Netherlands.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.75,0:00:13.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As we look at the beautiful tulips in Keukenhof\NGardens, we'll study some colors.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.55,0:00:26.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> Sara, it's so fun visiting the Netherlands\Nwith you.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.31,0:00:29.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> I know! It's great.\N>> Now, I thought in this video, since we're
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.82,0:00:34.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the flower garden, we can talk about the\Ncolors. And I'll go over the pronunciation.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.49,0:00:41.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are you seeing here in this bed?\N>> So, here there is red, and white, and yellow,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.18,0:00:43.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, it's hard to see, but there's a little\Nbit of purple.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.93,0:00:46.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> And a little bit of purple too.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.51,0:00:57.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Red, white, yellow, purple. Colors are adjectives,\Nwhich are content words. Nouns, verbs, adjectives,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.39,0:01:03.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and adverbs are content words. This generally\Nmeans they should be stressed, or, longer
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.25,0:01:04.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a sentence.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.70,0:01:13.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we want to say 'red', not 'red'. The red\None. Red, which is the only stressed word
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.03,0:01:21.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this sentence, should be noticeably longer\Nthan 'the' and 'one'. The red one. The red
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.05,0:01:29.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one. 'Red' has the R consonant, the EH as\Nin BED vowel, and the D sound. Red. R is a
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.47,0:01:36.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,difficult sound. You should be able to hold\Nit out. Rrrrrr. If it's at the beginning of
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.16,0:01:43.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a word, the lips will really round a lot.\NLet's take a look at Sara saying this word.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.21,0:01:45.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> Red. [3x]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.45,0:01:50.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even though Sara is in profile, you can still\Ntell how much her lips are rounding for that
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.35,0:01:52.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beginning R. Rr.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.48,0:01:56.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> Red. [3x] And white.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.50,0:02:03.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,White. This is also a one-syllable adjective.\NSo, just like 'red', it should stand out in
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.22,0:02:10.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a sentence, being longer than the unstressed\Nwords. It begins with the W consonant. Just
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.61,0:02:16.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the beginning R, the lips come into a\Ntight circle for that. Next is the AI as in
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.67,0:02:23.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,BUY diphthong. You'll need to drop your jaw\Nsome for this sound. 'White' ends with a T.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.36,0:02:29.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sara chose to make that a True T sound. White.\NYou'll also hear many native speakers make
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.74,0:02:37.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it a Stop T. 'White' instead of 'white'. Let's\Nlisten to Sara say it again.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.30,0:02:44.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> And white [3x], and yellow. And, it's hard\Nto see, but there's a little bit of purple.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.41,0:02:50.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yellow, purple. These are two-syllable words.\NThere is one stressed, and one unstressed
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.89,0:03:01.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,syllable each: yellow, purple. Can you tell,\Nwhich syllable is stressed? Yellow, yell-ow.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.54,0:03:12.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Purple, pur-ple. They both have stress on\Nthe first syllable. DA-da, yellow, purple.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.32,0:03:17.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does is mean when a stressed word, a\Ncontent word, has an unstressed syllable?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.74,0:03:23.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, even though it's a stressed word, the\Nunstressed syllables should still be very
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.09,0:03:31.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,short: -ow, -ow, yellow. -ple, -ple, purple.\NListen for how the first syllable in these
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.12,0:03:34.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,words is longer than the second syllable.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.06,0:03:40.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> And yellow. [3x] And, it's hard to see\Nbut there's a little bit of purple. [3x]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.56,0:03:42.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yellow, purple.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.26,0:03:47.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> A little bit of purple, too. Here we have\Na gardener.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.56,0:03:50.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> ... These are for you.\N>> Thank you!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.39,0:03:55.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> Oh wow. That's so nice!\N>> Yeah. You got a good picture?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.58,0:04:00.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> Thank you!\N>> The Netherlands just got better.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.90,0:04:03.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> Yellow and orange.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.45,0:04:12.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Orange. Another two-syllable word with stress\Non the first syllable. Orange. [3x]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.17,0:04:18.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> So here in this bed, there's some pink.\NAlso some peach.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.96,0:04:27.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pink, peach. Each one syllable. Pink has the\NP consonant, the IH vowel, the NG consonant,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.87,0:04:34.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the K. You may ask: why is there an NG\Nconsonant when there's no letter G in the
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.52,0:04:43.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,word? The letter N makes an NG sound when\Nthe next sound is a K. Kk. Other examples:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.57,0:04:55.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thanks, thanks, with the NG sound. Drink,\Ndrink. With the NG sound.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.56,0:05:04.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> So here, in this bed, there's some pink. \NAlso some peach. Magenta.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.55,0:05:13.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Magenta. Here's a three-syllable word. What\Nis the one stressed syllable? Can you tell?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.17,0:05:15.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> Magenta [3x]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.36,0:05:20.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Magenta, da-DA-da. It's the middle syllable.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.82,0:05:26.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> Magenta [4x]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.80,0:05:32.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> Your favorite color in general?\N>> I like certain blues, like teals.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.34,0:05:36.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> Uh-huh. I don't think we're going to see\Nany teal tulips unfortunately.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.06,0:05:40.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> Right. But it is good alliteration.\N>> It is.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.09,0:05:45.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is alliteration? This is when the\Nsame sound begins words that are next to each
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.49,0:05:53.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other, or in the same thought group. Teal\Ntulips. Rachel runs regularly.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.01,0:05:56.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> This is my friend, Puck, who invited me\Nto the Netherlands. Thanks, Puck.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.67,0:05:59.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> You're welcome.\N>> So, Puck just taught me a very cool trick
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.77,0:06:03.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about tulips. When you cut tulips and put\Nthem in a vase, they droop.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.84,0:06:06.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> They do.\N>> And what is the trick that you taught me?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.70,0:06:08.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> They go in the vase, vase.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.45,0:06:14.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Vase' has a couple of pronunciations. In\NAmerica, we generally say 'vase', with the
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.23,0:06:20.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,AY diphthong, and an unvoiced ending, ss.\NIn British English, and some Americans will
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.75,0:06:27.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,use this pronunciation too, the second sound\Nis the AH as in FATHER vowel, va-. And the
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.93,0:06:33.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ending is voiced. Vase (4x).
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.35,0:06:37.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> Grow in the vase, vase...\N>> Yeah?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.10,0:06:42.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> And then they do this. Imagine this is\Na tulip. It's a daffodil, but we'll...
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.06,0:06:44.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> Right. It's not a tulip, but pretend it\Nis.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.04,0:06:48.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> Pretend it's a tulip. And then it goes\Nlike this. Just underneath, one centimeter
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.28,0:06:52.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the flower, you just pinch a needle.\N>> Stick a needle.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.83,0:06:58.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> Stick a needle though the stem. All the\Nway through. And then, they stand up.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.70,0:07:03.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> And that'll keep them from dropping. Now,\Nshe also told me if it's already drooping,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.28,0:07:06.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you stick a needle in, it will make it\Ncome back up straight again.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.33,0:07:09.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> But you have to cut some piece of...\N>> You have to cut some off the bottom. Ok.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.84,0:07:13.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> And then stick the needle.\N>> I'm definitely going to use that tip because
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.75,0:07:18.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love tulips, and they're always dropping.\NNow I know how to fix it. Thanks Puck.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.73,0:07:22.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> I have braces.\N>> If you can't understand her, please forgive
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.10,0:07:24.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,her. She just got braces.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.53,0:07:31.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thanks so much to Puck and Sara for being\Nin and helping me make this video. Always
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.78,0:07:38.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,remember to pay attention to word stress and\Npronunciation as you learn new vocabulary words.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.11,0:07:43.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's it, and thanks so much for using Rachel's\NEnglish.