Englishpod英语文化脱口秀第252期:怎么听懂印度口音

Indian accent: 印度口音

To single people out: 针对某群人

Native speaker：母语者

Distinction: 区别、独特之处

Features：特点

Bollywood superstar：宝莱坞大明星

Call center: 客服电话中心

Confident: 自信的

Fluent: 流利、流畅

Lingua franca: 通用语

Being exposed to/get more exposure: 更多接触

印度口音文本：

Amir Khan:

\"Good evening everyone. I think it started somewhere when I was a small child. And it beganwith my mother I think. My mother has been a big influence on me. And in a little incident ofmy life which stayed with me all along. And that is I used to play a lot of tennis when I was akid. And competitive tennis, state level, national level and I was pretty good at that time.\"

印度口音的特点：

1. T的发音：接近\"th\", 但带有卷舌

2. Tongue rolling: 卷舌

3. Vowels: 元音

4. Don't make a distinction between 'o' and 'a': \"au\"和\"a”发音不分

5. \"Au\"的发音很扁

6. Consonants: 辅音，特别是“v\"和\"w\"不分