英國(guó)人都覺(jué)得束手無(wú)策的單詞，大部分腐國(guó)人都會(huì)讀錯(cuò)的單詞，Sherry和Angela來(lái)給你們一一糾錯(cuò)啦！想不想知道都有哪些詞呢？
More than three-quarters of British people struggle with common words and place names, with espresso and prescription among the most difficult to pronounce, according to researchers.
超過(guò)四分之三的英國(guó)民眾會(huì)拿常見(jiàn)單詞或地名沒(méi)轍。研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn)，espresso和prescription便處在最難讀的單詞之列。
A new study has revealed that 82 per cent of British people regularly trip over the words, with women getting most tongue-tied by every day terminology. And place names can be particularly confusing, according to the study commissioned by London railway station St Pancras International.
一項(xiàng)新研究已經(jīng)發(fā)現(xiàn)有82%的英國(guó)人經(jīng)常會(huì)讀錯(cuò)單詞，女生則通常會(huì)在日常生活術(shù)語(yǔ)的讀音上犯難。地名也非常讓人糾結(jié)。這項(xiàng)研究是由倫敦的圣潘克拉斯國(guó)際火車站操作執(zhí)行的。
TONGUE-TIED? TRY TESTING THE 10 TRICKIEST WORDS TO PRONOUNCE：舌頭打結(jié)？試一試這十個(gè)讀音最令人糾結(jié)的單詞吧！
1. Ely Mispronounced by 59％ of people EE-lee NOT Ee-Lie1. 59%的英國(guó)民眾將Ely讀錯(cuò)，實(shí)則應(yīng)讀為“EE-lee”，并非“Ee-Lie”�！綞ly是英國(guó)劍橋郡沼澤地區(qū)教區(qū)總教堂所在城市的名字】
2. Keighley (West Yorkshire town) 40％ keith-lee NOT ki-lee or kay-lee2. 40%的英國(guó)民眾把Keighley（西約克郡某城鎮(zhèn)的名字）要么錯(cuò)讀成"ki-lee"，要么讀成“kay-lee”，實(shí)際應(yīng)讀成“keith-lee”。
3. Sherbet 40％ shur-but NOT sher-burt3. 40%的英國(guó)人把Sherbet（果汁牛奶凍）錯(cuò)讀成“sher-burt”，實(shí)際應(yīng)是“shur-but”。
4. Et cetera 34％ et-set-ter-eh NOT ecc-set-ter-eh4. Et cetera（諸如此類）被34%的英國(guó)民眾錯(cuò)讀為“ecc-set-ter-eh”，應(yīng)該讀為“et-set-ter-eh”。
5. St Pancras 33％ Saint Pan-krass NOT Saint Pan-kree-ass5. 33%的英國(guó)民眾將St Pancras（前面提及過(guò)的車站名）錯(cuò)讀為"Saint Pan-kree-ass”，應(yīng)該讀為"Saint Pan-krass“。
6. Espresso 26％ ess-press-oh NOT ex-press-oh6. 26%的英國(guó)人把espresso（意式濃咖啡）錯(cuò)讀為“ex-press-oh”，實(shí)際正確的讀音是"ess-press-oh“。
7. Bruschetta 25％ Brew-sket-a to be truly Italian NOT Brew-shet-a7. Bruschetta（上圖所示的意大利烤面包）被25%的英國(guó)人錯(cuò)讀成“Brew-shet-a”，實(shí)際意大利讀音應(yīng)該是“Brew-sket-a”。
8. Often 24％ (traditionally offen, although off-ten has become increasingly common in the UK)8. 發(fā)Often的音是，24%的英國(guó)人會(huì)讀錯(cuò)，之前通常發(fā)為“offen”，不過(guò)把它讀成“off-ten”已經(jīng)在英國(guó)變得更加常見(jiàn)。
9. Prescription 21％ Pruh-skrip-shun NOT per-skip-shun or pro-skrip-shun9. 21%的英國(guó)民眾錯(cuò)把處方這一單詞prescription讀成“pro-skrip-shun”，實(shí)際發(fā)音應(yīng)為“Pruh-skrip-shun”。
10. Greenwich 16％ Gren-itch NOT Green-witch or Green-itch10. 16%的人把Greenwich（格林尼治，倫敦一地名）讀錯(cuò)了——正確應(yīng)讀為“Gren-itch”，而非“Green-witch或Green-itch”。
The study found a quarter of British people (23 per cent) feel so worried about getting words like these wrong they even ask someone else to say them.研究還發(fā)現(xiàn)四分之一（23%）的英國(guó)人會(huì)因?yàn)樽约哼@么把單詞讀錯(cuò)而特別著急，他們甚至?xí)?qǐng)其他人來(lái)讀。
