00:00Aria
00:29I'm Arianna and we're here at Camden Lock or the Hampstead Road Locks in London. Now a lock is what you can see behind me and it's a barrier to stop the water of a canal. It's probably one of my favourite places here in London and I wanted to stop and have a look around.
00:53Have you guessed what sound we're learning today? Yes, the off sound.
01:23Let's learn how to pronounce the off sound correctly. The off is a very short sound. What you need to do is keep your tongue at the back of your mouth. Pull your lips together very slightly and voice off.
01:43So, now let's pronounce some nouns that have the off sound within them. Why don't we start with Camden Lock.
02:04Lock, lock, lock, lock, lock. Now, when you're walking around, you need to be sure that you watch your wallet.
02:18Now, I use the word watch here in order to make sure that you remember to look after something, to look over it.
02:37Watch. Watch also is one of these that I have on my wrist. Watch. Watch. Watch. Watch.
02:51Perfect. Really good work.
03:07OK. So, it's now time for our tongue twister. Repeat after me and we'll start off slowly.
03:17Tom's got a lot of socks.
03:20Tom's got a lot of socks.
03:24Tom's got a lot of socks.
03:27Tom's got a lot of socks.
03:30Did you get that?
03:32Great.
03:33Perfect. Well done. Really good job.
03:36There are lots of phrases within the English language that have the a sound within them.
03:42One very popular phrase is what you are doing.
03:46So, it's got a lot of socks.
03:47Now, let's try it but a tiny bit faster.
03:49Tom's got a lot of socks.
03:51Tom's got a lot of socks.
03:52Tom's got a lot of socks.
03:53Tom's got a lot of socks.
03:54Tom's got a lot of socks.
03:55Tom's got a lot of socks.
03:56Tom's got a lot of socks.
03:57Did you get that?
03:58Perfect.
03:59Well done.
04:00Really good job.
04:01frase is what's the problem and you use this when you want to know what is wrong
04:09with something or whether there's the matter with someone what's the problem
04:17what's the problem what's the problem another way to say this phrase is is
04:27is anything wrong and it means the same thing is anything wrong is anything wrong
04:36is anything wrong so another way to say this is what's the matter and this means
04:47exactly the same thing when you want to know if someone has a problem what's the
04:55matter what's the matter what's the matter now for a word that is very very common in
05:06the English language and you use it if you either want to apologize for something if
05:12you've done something wrong or you can use it as another way to say excuse me so
05:19repeat after me sorry sorry sorry sorry
05:34anyway unfortunately that's all we've got time for here at Camden Locks in London I
05:41hope I've helped you learn how to pronounce the oh sound correctly look
05:47forward to seeing you next time
