English Conversation Practice: How to Speak American English Like a Native Speaker #rachelsenglish

Summary

在这节英语课中，Rachel 和她的朋友Laura一起烘焙饼干，通过实际操作讲解了真实英语对话。Rachel拥有超过15年的英语教学和美国口音教学经验，并提供了一个免费课程来帮助学习美国口音。她们讨论了如何准备食材，解释了一些常见的烘焙术语，比如“halve”（减半）和“sift”（筛选），并分享了一些关于食材购买和节约技巧。通过亲切的对话和实际烘焙操作，这个视频不仅教授英语，还分享了烘焙的乐趣和技巧，适合喜欢烘焙和想提高英语水平的观众。

Takeaways

• 🍪 这节英语课程通过烘焙饼干的实际操作来学习真实的英语对话。
• 👩‍🏫 Rachel在YouTube上教授英语和美国口音已经超过15年，并提供了一个免费课程来掌握美国口音的前三种方法。
• 📚 准备食材时，会用到诸如'prep'（准备）和'halve'（减半）这样的缩写和专业术语。
• 🔍 'Sieve'（筛子）的正确发音类似于'sit'中的'ih'音，而不是'seeve'。
• 🌺 'Flour'（面粉）和'flower'（花）在发音上是同音异义词，英语中这类词被称为homophones（同音异义词）。
• 💰 Rachel通过webrestaurantstore.com购买50磅的面粉包装，以减少成本。
• 🎓 课程中介绍了许多实用的烹饪和烘焙术语，例如'sift'（筛选），'bulging'（凸出），以及'fry up'（煎炸）。
• 🥜 在讨论食材量时，'skimp'（节省）意味着尽可能不浪费，特别是在谈论像花生酱这样的最爱食物时。
• 🎂 制作花生酱霜饼干时，课程展示了如何测量和装饰烘焙产品，强调精确度的重要性。
• 📏 课程通过制作和尝试饼干来教授量词和烘焙过程中的动作词，比如'roll out'（滚开）和'pipe'（挤奶油）。
• 👭 Rachel和Laura每年聚会烘焙新食谱，通过这些活动制作的视频转化为英语课程，已经持续了10年。

Q & A

这段视频内容主要讲述了什么?

这段视频展示了瑞秋和她的朋友劳拉一起烘烤饼干的过程,同时也穿插了一些有关英语单词和发音的教学。

瑞秋为什么会加入水的成分?

她并没有加入水的成分。视频中提到她将加入3汤匙的水,是为了将奶油做成奶油霜馅料。

文中提到了哪些同音异形词?

文中提到了一些同音异形词,如halve(一半)和have(有),flour(面粉)和flower(花朵)。

瑞秋如何形容劳拉的花生酱用量?

瑞秋认为劳拉的花生酱用量不够,所以用了"skimp"这个词,意思是吝啬、勉强使用。

根据视频,劳拉的父母做饭和烘焙的爱好如何?

视频里提到,劳拉的父母都不喜欢做饭或者烘焙。他们经常吃外卖或者一些小吃代替正餐。

视频中提到了哪些烘焙工具?

提到了筛粉器(sifter或sieve)、量杯、量勺、搅拌机、裱花袋等烘焙工具。

瑞秋在视频里重复出现的行为是什么?

视频里多次提到,当劳拉在场时,瑞秋会自发地哼着小曲、随意跳舞等。

最后他们对饼干的评价如何?

他们认为饼干味道非常棒,有浓郁的花生酱味,饼干本身稍微有一点脆性和松散。但馅料很香浓顺口。

视频最后提到了什么内容?

视频最后提到,瑞秋和劳拉每年都会聚在一起尝试新的食谱,这已经持续了10年。视频里有链接到他们之前制作苹果派的视频教程。

瑞秋是通过什么方式教授英语和美式英语发音的?

根据视频,瑞秋已经在YouTube上教授英语和美式英语发音超过15年了。她还提供了一门免费的在线课程,名为"掌握美式英语发音的3种最佳方式"。

Outlines

00:00

🍪 烘焙与学习：制作饼干的英语课

在这一段视频脚本中，Rachel和她的朋友Laura一起烘焙饼干，同时教授英语和美式发音。Rachel介绍了她的在线课程，讲述了烘焙过程中的词汇，如'prep'、'halve'、'sieve'、'pricey'以及'bulging'。她详细说明了如何准备和测量食材，同时引入了一些发音和词汇教学，例如'halve'和'have'的发音相同，而'flour'和'flower'是同音异义词。视频还涉及到购买食材的方式以及烘焙时可能出现的一些小技巧和建议。

05:05

🎉 烹饪乐趣：与朋友共度烘焙时光

第二段视频脚本描述了Rachel和Laura烘焙过程中的趣味互动，包括对食材精确测量的讨论，以及他们如何以轻松的方式进行烹饪，包括即兴的歌唱和舞蹈。Rachel强调了'neither'和'either'在美式英语中的两种不同发音，并分享了烘焙中的一些小技巧和词汇，如'pipe'的多重含义。最后，她提到了与Laura一起烘焙并创作教学视频的十年传统，鼓励观众继续通过她的视频学习英语。

Keywords

💡制备(prep)

制备是准备的缩写,指为烹饪或烘焙而准备好食材和工具。在视频中,瑞秋和朋友劳拉首先"制备"烘焙所需的材料和用具,比如量好面粉、黄油等原料的分量。这一步是烹饪前的重要准备环节。

💡加倍(double)

加倍是指将原有的数量或分量乘以2倍。在视频中,她们决定"加倍"原有的食谱分量,即把每种原料的用量都乘以2,以便制作更多的饼干。加倍有时也可以用"双份"来表示。

💡减半(halve)

减半是指将某物的数量或分量除以2。和加倍相反,如果想制作较少的饼干,她们可以选择"减半"原有的食谱分量。尽管单词"halve"拼写中有l,发音却和单词"have"相同。这种拼写和发音不同的单词称为"假绳同音异形词"。

💡筛(sift/sieve)

筛是将面粉等干燥原料过滤的工具,目的是使其变得更细腻松软。视频中提到了"sift"和"sieve"两个词,经查证后确认正确读音是"siv",而不是"seev"。筛面粉有助于制作出更加蓬松柔软的面团。

💡同音异形词(homophones)

同音异形词指拼写不同但发音完全相同的一对词,如视频里提到的"flour"和"flower"。尽管写法不一样,但它们的发音是一模一样的。英语中有大量这种词组合,掌握这些同音异形词有助于提高听力。

💡昂贵(pricey)

"pricey"意思是"有点贵"或"不太便宜"。视频中提到虽然网购50磅大袋面粉需要运费较高,但总的来说比在杂货店买价格低廉一些。pricey偶尔用来形容物品价格较高,但也不是非常夸张的昂贵程度。

💡省略(skip)

跳过某个步骤或流程就是"skip"。视频中瑞秋和朋友决定"skip the sifting",即跳过筛面粉这一步骤,因为她们认为没那个必要。skip常用于表示选择性跳过一些不太重要或可有可无的环节。

💡偷懒(lazy)

"lazy"指行为上显得很懒惰没有太多耐心。视频中提到有时她们在烘焙时会有一些"lazy"的举动,比如跳过筛面粉这一步骤。适度偷懒可能会节省时间,但过分偷懒可能影响烘焙质量。

💡鼓胀(bulge)

当某物体积超过容器时,就会呈现"bulge"即鼓胀的状态。视频中瑞秋不希望量杯里的花生酱"bulging over",即溢出或鼓胀到溢出杯口。适

Highlights

Rachel introduces the English lesson, focusing on real-life conversation while baking cookies.

Rachel emphasizes her 15 years of experience teaching English and the American accent on YouTube.

Introduction to kitchen terminology, including 'prep' as shorthand for 'prepare'.

Discussion on doubling a recipe and the pronunciation of 'halve' similar to 'have'.

Clarification of the pronunciation and use of the word 'sieve' in baking.

Explanation of homophones with the example of 'flour' and 'flower'.

Insight into buying bulk ingredients online to save money.

The decision to skip sifting certain ingredients and a discussion on cooking shortcuts.

The importance of accurate measurements in baking, especially for favorite ingredients.

Teaching the phrasal verb 'fry up' and its usage in cooking.

Highlighting the common elision of the 't' sound in 'exactly' during casual speech.

Exploring variations in the pronunciation of 'neither' and 'either' in American English.

The spontaneous nature of cooking with friends, including singing and dancing.

The process of preparing buttercream filling and ensuring the right consistency.

Using a piping bag in baking, with an explanation of 'pipe' as both a noun and a verb.

Encouraging continuous learning by linking to other educational videos and promoting channel engagement.

Transcripts

In this English lesson, we’re going to study real  

English conversation as I bake  cookies with my friend Laura.

Wow, must be good guys!

I’m Rachel, and I’ve been teaching English  and the American accent on YouTube for over  

15 years. Get my free course, the Top  3 Ways to Master the American Accent,  

at RachelsEnglish.com/free or follow  the link in the video description.

The first thing we do is gather and prep, that’s  short for prepare. Prep our ingredients.

So here, yes. I wrote out double out  for everything because otherwise,

We forget.

Yes. Okay.

So we’re doubling the recipe and I wrote out  ‘double the amount of ingredients that we would need.

If we were going to make less cookies, we  might want to halve the recipe. That is,  

cut it in half. Even though that word is  spelled with an L, halve, it’s pronounced  

just like the word ‘have’. I’m going to double  the recipe, I’m going to halve the recipe.

Oh also, it says that we want to sift.

Do you have a sifter?

No.

Okay, do you have one of those..

I use a call a very fine,

Fine mesh seeve. Sift, seeve, I don’t even  know. Sift, seeve, could be either one.

I don’t say it enough to  bother with figuring it out.

You know what? Let’s look it up,  let’s get the official pronunciation.

So I looked this up, I only  found one pronunciation,  

it’s IH like SIT. So it’s a  SIV, not a SEEVE. Sieve.

Okay, flour. Two and three quarters  cup plus one tablespoon.

Flour. Just like halve sounds like have,  flour sounds like flower. The two words  

have the same exact pronunciation  even though they are two different  

words with different spellings and  different meanings. Words like this  

in English are called homophones. I have a  long video that goes over a list of many,  

many common homophones in English, I will  link that in the video description.

Okay, I said two and three-quarter cups.  Do you guys buy your flour in bulk?

No. We could at the co-op but we don’t.

I buy these 50-pound bags  from webrestaurantstore.com.

50 pounds?

Yeah. And even though I keep it in the garage in  a bin, even though it’s like sort of pricey to  

have it shipped, the overall cost is like half  buying 5-pound bags at the grocery store.

Pricey is another way to say “kind of  expensive” or “a little expensive”.

Okay, I did two cups, now  I’m doing a three-quarter  

cup and then I’m going to do one tablespoon.

I’m going to go ahead and say,  let’s skip the sifting because  

it’s not even flour. It’s just the  baking soda and the baking powder.

We’re going to skip the sifting.  We’re going to not do it. Leave  

that step out. Do you ever get a little  lazy like this when baking or cooking? If  

you love to bake as much as I do, put your  favorite thing to bake in the comments.

Okay, soda. We need so many different sizes.

So, one, wait this is powder.  So powder I need one and a half.

Ooh, good thing I caught that.

Oooh!

Almost messed that up.

Okay, soda.

Since we’ve measured all our dry ingredients,  

now we need to get the wet ingredients.  Butter, peanut butter, vanilla.

Peanut butter is my favorite food.

Oh my God, that’s so good.  That’s a good brand too.

That’s not that full Laura.

It’s two-thirds cup, you  want it like bulging over?

I’m just, I’m seeing that rim there.

So this is me being very particular about the  measurements. I said, I see that rim there,  

which to me says, it’s not full enough.  Laura asks if I want it bulging. Bulging  

is when something is too big for its  container. I don’t really want it to  

be bulging over, I just want it to be  perfectly lined up with the top.

Right.

Bulging over. So many good vocab words.

How’s that? Does that meet your standards.

Yeah, I feel better about that. I mean,  we just said it’s our favorite food like,

True.

Let’s not skimp.

Skimp means the same thing as scrimp, which  means to use sparingly. To be restrictive.  

Not to use much. If you love peanut butter,  you don’t want to skimp on peanut butter.

Seventy-five grams of egg white.

I think I’m going to cack one egg white  for like five grams and then we’ll just  

put it in with the other egg and  we’ll fry it up for a kid.

Fry up is a phrasal verb that just means  the same thing as fry. Let’s fry up some  

potatoes for dinner, that’s the same thing as  let’s fry some potatoes for dinner. Fry up.

Seventy-five exactly.

Did you notice how I said ‘exactly’? You’ll almost  

always hear that word with no  T sound. Exac—-ly. Exactly.

Seventy-five exactly.

Are you kidding me?

No. This is perfect!

That never happens.

Okay, then it actually went up to  seventy-six right after I said that.

Are your parents big bakers slash cookers slash.

Totally not. Neither of them likes  to do either of those things.

Neither and either, these words have two different  pronunciations in American English. Neither,  

neither and either, either. Both  pronunciations are common.

Totally not. Neither of them likes  to do either of those things.

So they eat a lot of like take out or.

Yeah. They also eat a lot of um, cheese and  crackers and hummus and veggies like snacky meals.

Now, we’re working on the buttercream filling.

And then we’re going to sprinkle it  with three tablespoons of water so yeah,  

it’ll be a cup total of content.

Ughh, one over. Forty-three.

This is something that just happens  when I’m with Laura. Random rhythms,  

made up songs, dancing: they just happen.

Spontaneous, dance party.  Hmm-hmmhmm, Hmm-hmmhmm, Hmm-hmmhmm.

We measure the dough to make sure we’ve rolled it out at  

just the exact right thickness. We cut  our circles. Then it’s time to pipe.

What are you doing?

No, I just meant like,

What’s that?

Oh, we’re filling the bag  with the frosting. I just  

meant like give me a yeah, give me a something.

Oh, just got on your shirt.

No, just use your finger  and get a little flip off.

Good, right?

Peanut butter frosting.

Let’s fill these babies. Let’s use the  piping bag and pipe in our frosting.

Pipe is a noun: something you smoke out  of, or a cylinder for moving water, gas,  

steam. As a verb, it has lots of meanings,  one of them is what we’re doing here,  

forcing dough or frosting through a pastry bag.

Ooh, that’s satisfying.

Putting them on.

Okay. David, please try it  and tell me what you think.

Wow. That’s special.

So special right?

I’m doing mine after Stoney.

Okay Sawyer, have a bite.

This is my first bite of the cookie. Now, Laura,

I already had a little nibble.

She started.

Oops.

Wow. It must be good guys.

It’s really peanut butter.

The cookie is less crispy  than I thought it would be.

It’s a little crumbly.

Hmmhm.

The frosting though. And the flavor of the cookie.

Yeah. And like the peanut pieces in there.

Yeah. That’s nice.

Yum.

Hmm.

Wow. What fun it is to get together with Laura  every year and try new recipes. We’ve been doing  

this for 10 years, and we’ve made a bunch of  videos that we turned into English lessons here  

on my channel. Check out this video from a couple  of years ago where we made a delicious apple pie.  

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I love being your English teacher. That’s it,  and thanks so much for using Rachel’s English.