Trava-Línguas em inglês: as pronúncias do B, S e TH

Hi, this is Jason Bermingham—with a bit of a cold this week! Today we continue our study of tongue-twisters with three short warm-up exercises taken from the book Voiceovers: Techniques and Tactics for Success by author and voice-over artist Janet Wilcox.

The first warm-up will help you with the b sound, the second with the s sound, and the third with the th sound.

Make sure you click on the audio link and follow along. You should repeat each line after me.

Let’s start with the b sound.

Big black bears
(repeat)

Bake brownies while breathing
(repeat)

Back black smoke
(repeat)

Good. Now let’s work on the s sound

Snakes smile so sweetly
(repeat)

When they see shiny
(repeat)

Snails sitting on the
(repeat)

Shore
(repeat)

OK. Finally, let’s work on the th sound.

Thank Theodore for
(repeat)

Those thatched roofs and
(repeat)

Thick thistles without thorns
(repeat)

Thorns, Thaddeus
(repeat)

I’m Jason Bermingham on English Experts. We’ll have more tongue-twisters next week.