Tim's Pronunciation Workshop
medium levelTim's Pronunciation Workshop: Schwa
Episode 51/ 23 Sep 2014
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Tim
Hi, I'm Tim and this is my pronunciation workshop. Here, I'm gonna show you how English is really spoken. It'll help you to become a better listener and a more fluent speaker. You ready? Come on, follow me. Now, there's an idiom in the English language that means that something is really easy. Any idea what it is? Well, here's a clue. Do you know now? Let's ask the people of London:
Voxpops
It's a piece of cake
It's a piece of cake
It's a piece of cake
It's a piece of cake
Tim
A piece of cake – an expression that means that something is really easy to do, as well as meaning – a piece of cake. But listen again to the words 'a' and 'of'. They are actually pronounced the same. What is the sound - and are those words stressed?
Voxpops
Now try this...
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