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Hi, This is this.
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Here's a short video to introduce you to the show
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Our sound a key sound in spoken English.
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By learning to use this sound, you can make your
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speech more fluent, which will make it easier and more
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enjoyable to communicate with your colleagues on business partners.
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So listen up.
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So what is this sound?
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The Schwab?
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Well, it's one of the most used sounds in English.
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It actually accounts for more than 30% of all the
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sounds that we hear in spoken English.
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It's used to make our speech more fluent and to
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speed up syllables and words which are unstrung est.
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So that means the ones which are less important and
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not emphasize when we speak.
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Ah, nde.
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It's really easy to pronounce.
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It just sounds like this.
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Uh huh.
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All you have to do is open your mouth and
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let a little bit of air out.
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Uh, okay, So where do we find the Schwab?
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The first places in words such as supplier and stakeholder
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Here, the SWAT is used at the end of the
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word as that's the part which is not stressed.
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Supplier, stakeholder.
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There's loads of words like this that have the Schwab
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at the end.
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Maybe you can think of some of us.
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Okay. The second place where we find the Schwab is
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at the beginning or in the middle of words, for
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example, Take the word about it.
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Sounds like this about here.
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The SWAT is at the beginning of the word and
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in the world to communicate, we hear the Schwab twice
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communicate, communicate.
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We hear the Schwab in two places again.
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Where the syllables are unstrung est.
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Finally, we also hear the Schwab a lot in sentences
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to speed up unstrapped words.
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So here the sentences.
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I need to go to the meeting.
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I don't say too because this word is unstrap est
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I say, Huh?
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I need to go to the meeting.
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Okay, so there you have it.
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That's the Schwab.
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Let me know in the comments.
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If you regularly hear other words with the Schwab and
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if you are an engineer or project manager and you'd
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like to work with me on advancing your English skills,
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including improving your pronunciation, just send me a message here
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on Lincoln CIA