#214 Difficult Words to Pronounce in English part2
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Georgiana
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🗓️ 5 June 2022
⏱️ 15 minutes
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- Today, we will look at some English words that are very difficult to pronounce.
- And with a mini-story, you will practice your English fluency by answering many questions!
Rural
Rural can be challenging to pronounce even for some native speakers, especially when repeated or placed next to a word with similar "r" sounds.
Let's pronounce it several times.
Listen and repeat!
[ roor-uhl ]
Rural – Rural – Rural
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| 0:00.0 | Today we look at some English words that are very difficult to pronounce. |
| 0:09.6 | And with a mini-story, you will practice your English fluency by answering many questions. |
| 0:20.1 | Hi everybody, I am Georgiana, your English teacher and founder of speakenglishpodcast.com. |
| 0:29.3 | My mission is to help you speak English fluently. |
| 0:35.6 | Before getting started, visit my website, speakenglishpodcast.com slash podcast to get the |
| 0:46.9 | transcript for free. Okay, let's start. |
| 0:57.0 | Number one, rural. |
| 1:08.0 | Rural can be challenging to pronounce, even for some native speakers, especially when repeated or placed next to a word with similar R sounds. |
| 1:15.1 | Let's pronounce it several times. |
| 1:19.4 | Listen and repeat. |
| 1:22.6 | Rural. |
| 1:25.1 | Rural. |
| 1:28.3 | Rural Rural Rural Okay, now let's hear some examples |
| 1:34.3 | I would prefer to leave the city |
| 1:39.3 | for a rural home |
| 1:41.3 | She has a romantic view of rural society. |
| 1:50.6 | Number two. |
| 1:52.4 | Phenomenon. |
| 1:54.9 | This singular form of phenomena means an amazing event, pronounced as phenomenon. |
| 2:04.4 | So, let's practice the word phenomenon a little bit. |
| 2:10.0 | Listen and repeat. |
| 2:13.9 | Phenomenon |
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