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today we're going to go over a bunch of
words relating to the car
this is a vocabulary builder video
you're going to learn the english words
for lots of things in the car and you're
also going to learn the pronunciation
you'll see the phonetic symbol on screen
for each word practice the words out
loud with me
if there's anything unusual or
especially difficult about the
pronunciation we'll talk about it
let's get started
the steering wheel
steering wheel
steering is two syllables the ing ending
is always unstressed it has an r in it
which can be a tricky sound
make sure you hold it out steering
if you can't steering
then you're making it with the wrong
part of the tongue
steering wheel
the tongue tip should be pulled back and
up a little bit so it's not touching
anything wheel
wh words like wheel can be pronounced
without the
before
i think it's easier just to use the w
sound wheel
wheel
steering wheel
say that with me
steering wheel
the steering wheel
this is the gear shift we have a p for
park
r for reverse
n for neutral
and d for drive
gear shift
gear ear that's the same combination as
steer
ear
gear shift
say that with me
gear shift
gear
shift this is the gear shift
we have a p for park
park
all vowel plus r
lots of my students say something like
park without dropping the jaw
do drop your jaw get a clear aw vowel
before the r
par
park
say that with me
park
we have a p for park
r for reverse
reverse
two syllables and the first syllable is
really short
reverse
say that with me
reverse
r for reverse
n for neutral
neutral
many americans make the tr cluster sound
like chr
neutral
try that with me
neutral
n for neutral
and d for drive drive
some people especially japanese speakers
have a problem with r and l
remember it's not
live with the tongue tip forward but
drive
with the tongue tip pulled back and up a
little bit
so it's not touching anything
try that with me
drive
and d for drive
we have the emergency brake or parking
brake
emergency brake or
parking brake
emergency
stress is on that second syllable
emergency
try that with me
emergency
emergency brake
parking brake
remember the ing ending is unstressed
parking brake
say that with me
parking
parking brake
we have the emergency brake or parking
brake
this is the dashboard dashboard stress
on the first syllable
dash
board
try that with me
dash
board
dashboard
dashboard this is the dashboard
here's the rear view mirror
rear view mirror
two words with two r sounds
this is so hard
rear and
mirror have the same sound combination
except for the first consonant
ear
ear this is just like steer in steering
wheel the tongue tip is forward touching
the back the bottom front teeth and then
just lifts and pulls back a little bit
ear
so it's not touching anything
rear
mirror
rear view mirror
re-emphasize the r for the second
syllable of mirror
mirror
let's try the whole thing together
slowed down say it out loud with me
review
mirror
rear view mirror
and now at regular pace
rear view mirror
here's the rear view mirror
oh that sun's bright let's pull down the
visor
even though the letter o is in the
second syllable don't try to make a
vowel
veis
just the r sound
visor
try that with me
visor
oh that sun's bright let's pull down the
visor
i've been driving a long time time for
snooze good thing i have this head rest
ah
head rest
compound words like this have stress on
the first word
head
rest
try that with me
head rest
good thing i have this head rest
this area
is the console
console
this word ends with a dark l
soul
tongue tip stays down and the back of
the tongue pushes down and back a little
bit
try that with me
console
this area
is the console
always buckle up
this is the seat belt
seat belt another compound word stress
on the first word
seat belt
notice i'm making both t's stop t's
seat
belt
i'm not releasing them like
a true tea
seat
belt
seat belt
say that with me
seat belt
this is the seat belt
if you're having an emergency and need
to pull over turn on your hazards also
called four ways
hazards
even though you see the letter a in the
second syllable
has
herbs
you can leave out the vowel just rds
herbs herbs herbs
hazards
try that with me
hazards
if you're having an emergency and need
to pull over turn on your hazards
also called four ways we've got our
driver seat passenger seat and back seat
the driver's seat the passenger seat the
back seat
notice that we have the apostrophe s but
you can't really hear it because the
next word begins with an s
the two s's blend together into one
sound to link the words
driver's seat
passenger's seat
try that with me
driver's seat
passenger seat
we've got our driver's seat passenger
seat and back seat
back seat
we have a couple of interesting ways
that we use this term in english
a back seat driver is one who gives too
much input on driving when they're not
driving
it can also mean of less importance and
we often use it in the negative
i won't take a back seat to him
that means i won't let him or his ideas
be more important or prominent than mine
i won't take a back seat to him and back
seat now if you're going to be riding in
the car and you want to make sure you
get this seat you'll want to yell
shotgun
yelling shotgun
yelling or calling shotgun i don't know
how this phrase got started but you say
it when you want to sit in the front
seat of the car
shotgun
stop t there shot
gun
say that with me
shotgun
shotgun now if you're going to be riding
in the car and you want to make sure you
get this seat you'll want to yell
shotgun
here's the floor mat
floor mat
floor
phonetically this would be written with
the all as in law vowel but before r
this vowel is much more closed the lips
round more and the back of the tongue
pulls back more
fl or
floor
floor mat
say that with me
floor mat
here's the floor mat
and we have the gas pedal and the brake
gas pedal
gas
we have the ab vowel
gas
gas pedal
try that with me
gas pedal
and we have the gas pedal and the brake
brake
this is a homophone and it's pronounced
just like this other word
break
say that with me
break
break and we have the gas pedal
and the brake
side mirror
okay we already went over the tricky
word mirror here it is again the word
before it side
ends in a d
just make a little sound with the vocal
chords side
before the next word you don't need to
release the d side
side
side mirror
say that with me
side mirror
and here is the car seat
car seat just like park you need to drop
your jaw to get a good ah vowel before
the r
car
car seat
say that with me
car seat
and here is the car seat
trunk
remember the tr cluster can be
pronounced chr
trunk or
trunk
try that with me
trunk
this is the same word that's used for
the trunk of a tree
trunk
license plate license plate
both the letter c and the letter s make
the s sound here
lie sense
license plate say that with me
license plate
and
tires
remember for the r the tip of the tongue
is pulled back and up
tighter
[Music]
tire
tires
try that with me
tires
here's the antenna
antenna
stress on the middle syllable
antenna try that with me
antenna
here's the antenna
and this is where you can get to the gas
tank
gas tank
both of these words are written
phonetically with the a vowel but this
vowel is followed by the ng sound here
and it's not really an ab vowel anymore
ah
gas
but
tank
it's more like the a diphthong
gas
ah tank
[Music]
try that with me
gas tank
and this is where you can get to the gas
tank
windshield wiper
it's common to drop the d between two
other consonants and we definitely do
that here windshield
wind
shield no d
windshield wiper
windshield wiper try that with me
windshield wiper
and the hood
i actually have no idea how to open this
thing
hood
double o making the uh sound like in
look
cook and
foot
hood say that with me
hood hood
and the hood
i actually have no idea how to open this
thing
headlights headlights
compound word stress on the first word
head
lights
say that with me
headlights
headlights and in here you would find
the engine and all that other good stuff
that i don't know anything about
engine stress on the first syllable
the second syllable should be said very
quickly
engine
say that with me
engine
headlights
and in here you would find the engine
and all that other good stuff that i
don't know anything about
had to come over to our trusty vw for
this one where we have a manual
transmission that's different from the
automatic transmission in the other car
manual versus automatic
look both of these words have that
stressed a vowel in the stressed
syllable
but the vowel isn't pure before a nasal
consonant here is before the n so it
relaxes into a
man
manual
manual try that with me
manual
automatic has a pure a
automatic
notice both of those t's are flap t's
not true teas
automatic
say that with me
automatic
had to come over to our trusty vw for
this one where we have a manual
transmission that's different from the
automatic transmission in the other car
another common word for manual in the us
is stick shift try that with me
stick shift
now we have a third petal
the clutch
clutch
this word is also used idiomatically i
go over that use of it in a podcast i
recently did on slang click here to
check it out i'll also put a link in the
description
clutch try that with me
clutch
now we have a third petal
the clutch
don't forget the horn
horn
just like floor in floor mat we have the
all vowel followed by r
the all vowel is a little bit more
closed
horn
try that with me
horn
don't forget the horn
airbag
we have an airbag in the steering wheel
here
airbag another compound word so stress
is on the first word
airbag
air bag
drop your jaw before that r
air
air bag
try that with me
air bag
we have an air bag in the steering wheel
here
on the manual we have reverse
and then five different gears first
second third fourth and fifth
first second third fourth fifth gears
these are all ordinal numbers different
from one two three four i know they can
be tricky to pronounce and i made a
whole video on these words click here or
in the description
practice them with me
first
second
third
fourth
fifth
on the manual we have reverse
and then five different gears first
second third fourth and fifth
here we have vents
air vents
compound word even though there's a
space stress on the first word air vents
try that with me
air vents
here we have vents
climate control
even though this second syllable looks
like it might be what some people call a
long a
mate
climate it's not
it's really short mit
climate
climate control
try that with me
climate control
the radio
radio
three syllables stress on the first one
ray dio radio
try that with me
radio
the radio
odometer
speedometer
odometer
speedometer for both of these the stress
is on the syllable just before the
suffix
mirror
odometer
speedometer
notice the t's here are flaps try these
words with me odometer
speedometer
odometer
speedometer
this is called the grill of the car
grill dark l
grill
keep the tongue tipped down and pull the
back part of the tongue back a little
bit
grill
i don't mention it but the part under
the grill is the bumper
my bumper really helps me when i'm
parallel parking
bumper
say that with me
bumper
gas gauge
the word gauge is funny because the
first g is pronounced
and the second g is pronounced
gas gauge
try that with me
gas gauge
here we have the cruise control
cruise control
you know when we went over climate
control i didn't really talk about
control did i keep the first syllable
really short don't even try to put a
vowel in there can
can
control
cruise control
try that with me
cruise control
here we have the cruise control
here we have the glove compartment
what kinds of interesting things do you
have in yours
glove compartment
two stop tees in compart
mint
glove compartment
try that with me
glove compartment
that's a lot of terms if some of these
words are tricky for you slow them down
and practice them lots of times in a row
they will get more comfortable
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