hello and welcome to speak American English with Lyman Holton my name is
Lyman Holton in this lesson we're going to talk about American English
pronunciation are you ready let's begin sound 33 of the 44 sounds that comprised
American English here we have four different letters and letter
combinations that we can use to make the same sound the sound is heard in the
word company company red red come come pet Annie red cemetery cemetery at
spread spread convenient can be in convenient it now many of these sounds
remember there are 44 of them so many of them sound so close to each other that
they're hard to distinguish apart so if you look back on some of the other
videos for the same series of 44 you're going to hear some sounds it's like hmm
is that really a different sound or not but there are 44 sounds so here we have
another one all right now let's look at these words we have a company what's a
company company well if you have an employer if you have a job you probably
work for a company perhaps something like the kmart corporation under the
corporation there many companies perhaps you own a company maybe you own a
trucking company you move things around for people maybe you own a bakery where
you baked goods and sell at your store accompany many kinds of companies the
color red
hmm let's see not this is there anything red hear about that red a cemetery a
cemetery is also known as a graveyard when someone dies they are put into a
cemetery they're buried in the cemetery maybe Barry maybe they're put in a
cringe but a cemetery we have the word spread so in the morning maybe you like
to get up have some toast and you spread some jelly or jam or butter peanut
butter on your toast you spread spread also you may have a bedspread a big
blanket type of material that you put over your mattress makes your bed look
nice and keeps you warm at night Vince pretty convenient convenient now what is
convenient well something that's easy to do something that's easy to use if
there's a little store nearby your home maybe a block away closer than a block
you can walk there conveniently oh it's so conveniently located that you'll go
there and shop even though the prices are high it's convenient perhaps you
have your office set up so everything is convenient for you easy to get to your
computer easy to access your phone in books convenient that's the end of this
lesson thank you for watching this video and I look forward to seeing you at our
next lesson goodbye for now