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Welcome to the American English Pronunciation Guide. My name is Trevor Kafka, and I am your host.

There are many different varieties of American English. I was born and raised in New York, which has given me General American English pronunciation. The English that I speak has 15 vowel sounds. 

Please view the transcript for help while listening.

Today, we will talk about the vowel sound number 2 of 15: /eɪ/ grey day. This vowel is what we call a diphthong, meaning that it’s really two vowel sounds smooshed together as one. The mouth begins very open when the sound begins, but then turns into a smile as the teeth come together.

Listen to me saying this sound and repeat: /eɪ/, /eɪ/, /eɪ/

Listen to and repeat the following single-syllable words:
gray
day
pain
whale
waste
straight
tail
wait
shade

Listen to and repeat the following multiple-syllable words:
chamber
embrace
greatest
labor
vacation
translate
Canadian
information

Listen to and repeat the following sentences:
The way you say “gray” makes my day quite okay.
I embrace the shade to stay out of the sun’s rays.
The greatest of Canadian vacations have no space for rain.

I would like to thank Shirley Thompson and Karen Taylor for their work in developing the set of key phrases that I use with each vowel, such as /æ/ black cat, /eɪ/ grey day, etc. 

📢 American English Pronunciation Guide

Episode 2 - Vowels: /eɪ/ gray day (2 of 15)

元の記事/ Original Article↓
https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/615513

☆目次
0:00 オープニング
0:45 「まずは相手のことを知ることから始める」
3:49 自己紹介
5:57 「相手のことを知りたいなら、先に自分のことを話す」
7:27 自分から話す
8:35 「学生時代のことや趣味などを話してみる」
10:40 聞きたいなら話す
13:46 「自分のやってきたことを丁寧に説明する」
16:17 会話のコツ

☆語彙
過程（かてい）
前例（ぜんれい）
実践（じっせん）する

☆引用記事
岩崎徹也. “初対面でも｢すぐ懐に入れる人｣がしている3つの技”. 東洋経済ONLINE. 2022-09-05. https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/615513

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“Three skills to get along with people who you meet for the first time”「初対面でも｢すぐ懐に入れる人｣がしている3つの技」

In this episode you'll learn about some colors in spanish, and how to use them to describe things in your conversations. 

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In this episode we talak about the historical abckgorund the the legend Turul. 

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The legend of Turul

Hoy hablamos de médicos. Los médicos son muy importantes, normalmente cada uno de ellos está especializado en un área concreta. En el episodio de hoy vamos a aprender el nombre de alguno de estos profesionales que se dedican a algunas especialidades médicas.

Espero que disfrutes el episodio y aprendas algo nuevo. Después de escucharlo no te olvides de dejar una valoración del podcast y de decirme:

-¿sabías el nombre de estos especialistas?

-¿Conoces el nombre de algún otro especialista?


Blanca to go 

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En este segundo episodio, vamos a hablar sobre los dos últimos usos comunes del verbo “acabar”. ¿en qué situaciones de la vida diaria puedes usarlo? ¿Qué frases idiomáticas puedes decir con "acabar"? Estás a punto de descubrirlo. Acompáñanos mientras exploramos las múltiples formas en que usamos este verbo en nuestras conversaciones.

Cápsula Fluida

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"Twenty-five, Twenty-one"
A high-school girl, 나희도, goes through the darkest time in Korea!
Despite being far from a superwoman, she is crazy! 
You can tell how a TV show had a good effect on our society which politics can't do. 
She just breaks through this hardship with her pure heart. 
This Podcast deep dives into the darkest age in recent 30years and how the main characters went through it!

아주 유치하고 촌스러워 보이지만 어느새 빠져드는 드라마!!😭
나희도와 백이진을 보면 응원을 안 할 수가 없어요!