Hi, guys. Welcome to today’s Pronunciation Challenge and my name is Kristi.
So today we will be talking about Britney Spears.
And so I don't know if you guys know her or not but maybe younger generations tend not to recognize her.
But she has been very famous when I was a kid and today we have a video about a Britney Spears' interview.
And first of all, this video is not random at all.
We're doing the video for a reason which is because she is coming to Taiwan for her concert.
And reason number two, VoiceTube is giving out concert tickets of Britney Spears to you.
That's right! That's free concert tickets to see Britney Spears.
So if you have any more questions or you don't know what to do,
just take a look at our Facebook post and before that,
let's take a look at today's sentence.
This business is really hard to get into.
I think you have to know the right people.
It's really cut throat.
You have to be very determined and very focused and very disciplined and know that
there's going to be a lot of work ahead of you to make it in this business.
It's a lot of hard work, and you know I think once you're cut out for that
and you want to really understand what that means, I think then you can succeed.
This business is really hard to get into.
I think you have to know the right people.
It's really cut throat.
You have to be very determined and very focused and very disciplined and know that
there's going to be a lot of work ahead of you to make it in this business.
It's a lot of hard work, and you know I think once you're cut out for that
and you want to really understand what that means, I think then you can succeed.
那我們首先要來看的第一個字
是 business
business 的重音在最前面，bus 只有發短音 /ɪ/ 的音，busi-ness
那 s ，第一個 s 可以發短音 z 的感覺 ，biz-ness ， ness 是發 /ɪ/
那它是職業或者是行業的意思
那像是 Britney 在例句裡面提到的 this business is really hard to get into 指的就是這個演藝生涯
其實是一個非常難、非常難，大家都會搶破頭想要擠進來那種感覺
那當然也可以再教大家一個很不禮貌的說法，可是好像又還蠻好用的
就有時候，有些人多管閒事的時候，就說 "Hey, what are you doing?" 問你在幹嘛
你可以說 "None of your business." 就是「不關你的事啦」，你管好或者是可以說
"Mind your own business." 就是你管好你自己的事情就好了，不要在那邊管多管西的
好，那再來我們要看的是 determined
determined 指的是「有決心的」，像是我們可以說 "He is so determined that he will conquer Mt. Jade this time. "
他非常有決心的，他這次會要征服玉山。
那他的名詞呢則是 determination，determination 的重音在 na 的地方，de 一樣發短音 /ɪ/ 的音，ter 是 /tɝ/
mi 這邊則是發短音 /ə/ 的音，de-ter-mi-nation，重音在 nation 的地方，是果斷或者是決心
舉例來說，”With his determination, no one can stop him from doing anything.”
因為他這麼有決心，所以誰都別想阻止他
再來我們要來看 focus，
focus 是指專注於某一件事情，那他的重音在 fo 的地方， cus 發 /əs/， focus 指專注於
舉例來說呢， She now has her mind focus on taking care of the pet.
她現在很專注於照顧好那隻小狗狗。 那或者是我們又可以說 Don't lose your focus.
這句話指的就是說，你要繼續專注這樣子，不要分心了！
再來我們要來看的是 disciplined， disciplined 指的是受過訓練的，或者是很有規範的
它的重音在 dis 的地方 /dɪs/ ，ci 發短音 /ə/ 的音， pli 這邊的 i 呢一樣是是短音 /ɪ/
disciplined 是受訓的，那它的名詞原形則是 discipline，紀律
舉例來說，There are a lot of disciplines in the military that soldiers must follow.
在當兵的時候有非常多紀律，是這些當兵的人要遵守的
那他的形容詞則是 disciplinary，disciplinary 是紀律的 我們可以說
There will be some disciplinary punishments for the kids that were fighting.
對於那些在打架的小朋友，會有一些紀律上的懲罰
最後我們要來看是 succeed，succeed 指的是成功的意思， 它的 ceed 是發長音 /i/ 的音。
suc 這邊則是發短音/sək/，ceed 是 /sid/。 /səkˋsid/，succeed 成功
那他的名詞原形則是 success， /səkˋsɛs/，cess 這邊是發微笑的嘴型 /ɛ/。
那他的形容詞則是 successful，/səkˋsɛsfəl/ 它的重音在 cess 的地方發 /sɛs/，/səkˋsɛsfəl/，成功的
像是說，He has successfully entered his dream school. 他終於成功地進入他夢想中的學校了
Alright, let's take a look at today's sentence one more time.
This business is really hard to get into. I think you have to know the right people.
It's really cut throat. And you have to be very determined and very focused and very disciplined and know that
there 's going to be a lot of work ahead of you to make it in this business.
It's a lot of hard work, and you know I think once you're cut out for that
and you want to really understand what that means, I think then you can succeed.
Alright, so I think in this video Britney Spears has been very mature, because for those who kind of know, follow the news
and during the 2006 and 2007, Britney Spears had some personal struggles with her kids and with her drinking problems.
But right now, she has overcome those obstacles in her life. And she has become sober.
And now she is having world tours again, and I think that's absolutely amazing.
So, for those of you who want to see Britney Spears in person, just remember follow what the Facebook post on VoiceTube says.
And you will win a chance to go to Britney Spears concert. And that's for today's Pronunciation Challenge.
And on June 2ed, we will have another entry of the Pronunciation Challenge about Britney Spears, so stay tuned. Bye!