Speaker 1: Hey there, it's Michael here and welcome back to Speak
Naturally in a Minute from Happy English. I'm here every
Sunday with a quick one point lesson to help you
improve your pronunciation, rhythm and intonation. Today, let's look at
two words that are often hard to hear, can and can't.
First is can. Can is unstressed and the sound is
more like kin and distresses on the verb after can,
for example, I can take it, she can do it.
We can go there tomorrow. Did you hear that can
sounds like kin? I can take it, she can do it,
we can go there tomorrow. On the other hand, kent
is stressed. For example, I can't take it, she can't
do it. We can't go there tomorrow. Listen again, I
can go, she can't go. Can is unstressed, Kent is stressed.
I can do it, she can't do it. Remember, pronunciation
is half listening and half doing, so be sure to
listen to this podcast a couple of times to get
these sounds of English in your ears. Hey, thanks for listening,
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