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below this video i want to say also
also thank you too bill Hammack the
the engineer guy for allowing us to
to use these clips in this video bill
bill does an excellent job of explaining
explaining how the can was created
created as well as the engineering
engineering behind it and he has a
a fantastic voice he
he has a really great way of enunciated
enunciated and focusing when he's
he's trying to teach a new word and
and then moving very quickly and blending
blending his speech when he's moving
moving through more basic everyday
everyday language so
so in this video we're going to look
look at some of the words he uses
uses but mostly we're going to focus
focus on the blending of speech let's
let's begin our first phrase is we'll
we'll look at a slice of the die so
so we can see what's happening we'll
we'll look at a slice of the die so
so we can see what's happening listen
listen carefully to the clip we'll
we'll look at a slice of the dye so
so we can see what's happening look
look at a slice of the dye so we can
can see what's happening look at a
a slice of the dye so we can see what's
what's happening now the dye is what
what shapes the piece of metal so
so that we can turn a simple piece
piece of circular metal into a can
can and when we're looking at a slice
slice of something in engineering
engineering terms we're not looking
looking at the whole thing we're taking
taking a piece of it and opening it
it up to look at the slice or look
look at a slice of something but here's
here's where the sound blending gets
gets interesting we'll
we'll look at if I'm going to say
say this slowly we'll
we'll look at but blending it together
together it becomes look at look at
look at a slice of the
the dye so we can see what's happening
happening
happening we'll
we'll look at a slice of the dye so
so we can see what's happening and
and in the same way a slice of the
the dye becomes slicer slice up a
a slice up we'll
we'll look at a slice of the dye will
will look at a slice of the dye will
will look at a slice of the dye will
will look at a slice of the dye so
so we can see what's happening we'll
we'll look at a slice of the dye so
so we can see what's happening so
so we can see what's happening so
so we can see what's happening instead
instead of can can see what's happening
happening we've got can see what's
what's happening can see what's happening
happening can see what's happening
happening
happening so
so when we say the whole thing quickly
quickly we'll look at a slice of the
the dye so we can
can see what's happening we'll look
look at a slice of the dye so we can
can see what's happening we'll
we'll look at a slice of the dye so
so we can see what's happening watch
watch the clip again look at a slice
slice of the dye so we can see what's
what's happening look
look at a slice of the dye so we can
can see what's happening this sound
sound blending is really important
important
important whenever
whenever we have sounds where it becomes
becomes easier and faster for us to
to express ourselves by blending the
the sounds of words together especially
especially when we have something
something like a consonant and vowel
vowel so look and then we've got the
the a4 at look at we blended together
together
together look
look at look at look at for our next
next section of sound blending we're
we're taking two consonants and putting
putting them together now
now if you look closely at the top
top of the can body you see that the
the edges are wavy and uneven now
now if you look closely at the top
top of the can body you see that the
the edges are wavy and uneven now
now if you look closely at the top
top of the can body you see that the
the edges are wavy and uneven now
now if you look closely at the top
top of the can body now
now if you look closely look closely
closely at the top of the can body
body
body now
now if you look closely at the top
top of the can body notice that we've
we've got look and then we've got
got another for closely so
so we're going to have to remove one
one of those see sounds because it's
it's again just faster to say look
look closely look closely the K from
from look disappears look
look closely look closely if you look
look closely at the top of the can
can body
can body if
if you look closely at the top of
of the can body the second part of
of this phrases you can see that the
the edges are wavy and uneven wavy
wavy and uneven and is another word
word that becomes shortened wavy and
and even wavy and even way be an uneven
uneven you see that the edges are
are wavy and uneven you see that the
the edges are wavy and uneven in this
this next clip I want to look at a
a word that we shorten and again we're
we're shortening it because it's easier
easier and faster to pronounce it
it this way this
this prevents the drink from acquiring
acquiring a metallic taste and also
also keeps assets in the beverage
beverage from dissolving the aluminum
aluminum
aluminum this
this prevents the drink from acquiring
acquiring the metallic taste and also
also keeps assets in the beverage
beverage from dissolving the this
this prevents the drink from acquiring
acquiring a metallic taste and also
also keeps assets in the beverage
beverage from dissolving the aluminum
aluminum the first part of the sentence
sentence is this prevents the drink
drink from acquiring a metallic taste
taste
taste this
this prevents the drink from acquiring
acquiring a metallic taste now to
to acquire means to receive something
something to get something but it's
it's just a longer way of expressing
expressing this to acquire a metallic
metallic taste so when you have a
a metal container like an aluminum
aluminum can but
but you don't put a coating on the
the inside of it then the can flavor
flavor starts to get into the drink
drink
drink so
so the drink will taste like an aluminum
aluminum can but the word acquiring
acquiring gets shortened to acquiring
acquiring acquiring a choir ring acquiring
acquiring again because we're shortening
shortening it listen
listen to the clip this prevents the
the drink from acquiring the metallic
metallic taste this
this prevents the drink from acquiring
acquiring the metallic taste the second
second part of this is and also keeps
keeps acids in the beverage from dissolving
dissolving the aluminum and also keeps
keeps acids in the beverage from dissolving
dissolving the aluminum we've
we've got acids in the beverage so
so beverage means drink we're talking
talking about whatever the drink is
is inside the can and then to dissolve
dissolve means to make it go away
away
away so
so on the outside of a can or on the
the outside of the can there
there is the decoration or image for
for the branding of that can what
what the drink is but on the inside
inside we've also got a thin layer
layer of coding so that neither the
the the flavor of the can can touch
touch the drink so you don't get that
that metallic flavor but also you
you don't get the flavor of the drink
drink or the acids in the drink dissolving
dissolving the outside metal and also
also keeps assets in the beverage
beverage from dissolving the aluminum
aluminum and also keeps assets in
in the beverage from dissolving the
the aluminum listen carefully acids
acids in as SIDS in acids in the acids
acids in the beverage the acids in
the beverage
beverage and also keeps assets in
in the beverage and also keeps assets
assets in the beverage next we've
we've got some more shortening of
of a word and this is the word retract
retract retract to
to retract something and listen carefully
carefully for the full pronunciation
pronunciation retrack to retract this
this means to pull something back
back
back you
you can pull back a physical thing
thing like retracting a machine retracting
retracting an arm or you can even
even retract something like a statement
statement
statement so
so if someone says something stupid
stupid or rude or racist on TV and
and other people will say hey do you
you want to retract that statement
statement do you want to apologize
apologize for that to retract something
something but the word here is retract
retract
retract so
so it's retrack and it's quite complicated
complicated to say slowly retrack
retrack retrack retract but
but if we just say it quickly we're
we're going to just use an ex sound
sound retracts retracts retracts by
by itself retracts is not retract
retract retract but we're saying it
it quickly and in the context of the
the sentence you understand what's
what's happening listen
listen to the clip the necking sleep
sleep attracts the inner diary tracks
tracks and the can moves to the next
next stage the necking sleep attracts
attracts the inner diary tracks and
and the can moves to the next stage
stage the necking sleep attracts the
the inner diary tracks and the can
can moves to the next stage now we'll
we'll say it correctly in a blended
blended way but a little bit more
more slowly the
the necking sleeve retracts the necking
necking sleeve retracts the inner
inner die retracts the necking sleeve
sleeve retracts the inner daire tracks
tracks the necking sleep attracts
attracts the inner diary tracks the
the necking sleep attracts the inner
inner diary tracks and the final part
part of this is and the can moves
moves to the next stage and the can
can moves to the next stage notice
notice the word to get shortened and
and blended as well moves
moves to the next stage moves to the
the next stage we
we don't say moves to the next stage
stage because that's more difficult
difficult to say it takes more time
time and effort so moves to the next
next stage moves to the next stage
stage and the can moves to the next
next day
next day and
and the can moves to the next stage
stage and for our final sound blending
blending this is again the kind of
of thing that we were talking about
about before where we've got a consonant
consonant and vowel this often this
often so said slowly
slowly
slowly this
this often becomes the soften this
this often this
this often is often contaminated the
the cans contents this
this often contaminated the cans contents
contents this often contaminated the
the cans contents this
this often contaminated the cans contents
contents
contents this
this often contaminated the cans contents
contents to contaminate means to have
have a pure substance but to put something
something else in there probably
probably that shouldn't be in there
there so maybe if you have a pure
pure glass of water but you put some
some drops of poison in it you are
are contaminating that drink to contaminate
contaminate something this
this often contaminated the cans contents
contents this often contaminated the
the cans contents in general when
when you're thinking about sound blending
blending try to think about how you
you would say something really quickly
quickly so in the case of this we've
we've got lots of examples and even
even more than what I've just introduced
introduced in this quick video but
but in general if you've got a consonant
consonant and vowel or a vowel and
and consonant and you're putting them
them together we're blending that
that sound together we're blending
blending that sound together this
this soften this soften or if we've
we've got two of the same sound together
together then we're going to remove
remove one of those and just kind
kind of put a little bit of space
space in the sentence where we're
we're saying it but we only say the
the sound one time so
so if i say look closely look closely
closely
closely I
I would read that where I would say
say that quickly in a conversation
conversation away as look closely
closely
closely look
look closely so I'm giving a little
little bit of space where the KFOR
KFOR look might be but I'm saying
saying it faster and at a normal speed
speed because people understand what
what I'm saying without pronouncing
pronouncing the whole thing look
look closely look closely look closely
closely
closely well
well that's it for this quick review
review of sound blending i hope you
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