這12個國際名牌你都讀對了嗎？英國小姐姐教你正確發音

忍不住炫耀自己的衣櫥里有哪些大牌，但發音一水兒都是錯的，是不是有土老帽進城買了A貨的既視感？

要想提升自己的整體氣質，還是先從弄清楚這些大牌的準確發音開始吧。

在一個名為「跟露西學英語」（English With Lucy）的視頻中，主播露西·厄爾（Lucy Earl）一段教網友讀大牌名稱的視頻意外走紅。

一起來看漂亮小姐姐的視頻：

Lucy said: "I am by no means a fashion expert. I am, however, extremely interested in pronunciation and I know a lot of you guys are as well and you want to sound like you know what you"re talking about."

露西說：「我並非時尚專家。但我對發音非常感興趣，我知道你們當中很多人也很感興趣。你們想讓人覺得自己熟知這些品牌。」

"A lot of you will be here because you want to improve your English speaking and pronunciation and will want to sound more professional when talking about these brands."

「很多人會在這裡看我的視頻，因為想要提高英語口語和發音水平，還想讓自己在談論這些品牌時顯得更專業。」

以下是她挑出的一些經常被讀錯的品牌發音：

?Hermès, a French designer, is meant to be pronounced "AIR-mez", not the common mispronunciation of "Hermz".

法國時尚品牌Hermès（愛馬仕）發音應該為AIR-mez，而不是人們常說的Hermz。

?Instead of Mosh-sheen-oh, the Italian label Moschino is actually pronounced with a hard "ch": "Moss-KI-no".

義大利品牌Moschino（莫斯基諾）發音並不是Mosh-sheen-oh，而是要重讀ch，標準的發音為Moss-KI-no。

?Popular sports brands seem to have different pronunciations everywhere, with Adidas and Nike sometimes being pronounced "A-dee-das", and Nike torhyme withPike.

知名的體育品牌似乎在世界各地發音都不相同，Adidas（阿迪達斯）有時會被讀為A-dee-das，而Nike（耐克）則容易與Pike（匹克）的音韻搞混。

But they"re actually meant to be pronounced "Nike-ee" and "Adi-dass", the latter being named after its founder Adi Dassler.

但其實這兩個品牌的發音分別是Nike-ee和Adi-dass，後者是以其創始人阿迪-達斯勒的名字命名的。

? The more high-end designers are often pronounced incorrectly, with many people saying "Bale-Main" instead of "Bul-muh" when uttering the name of the French label Balmain.

品牌越高端越容易被讀錯，很多人把法國品牌Balmain（巴爾曼）讀成Bale-Main，正確發音為Bul-muh。

? Similarly, many people pronounced Versace as "Ver- sar-chee" when the Italian brand is meant to be said like "Ver-SAH-cheh".

同樣，也有很多人把義大利品牌Versace（范思哲）讀成Ver- sar-chee，正確讀音為Ver-SAH-cheh。

學完知識，順便來了解一下這個教英語的漂亮小姐姐吧。

English With Lucynow has more than 350,000 subscribers from all over world, who ask her questions about life in Britain, how to pronounce words and popular sayings and phrases.

「跟露西學英語」欄目全球訂閱人數已超35萬，大家詢問她有關英國生活的問題、單詞如何發音、以及一些流行用語和短語。

Ms Earl, 22, set up the business with a ￡500 loan from her father. She bought a tripod and camera, taught herself how to shoot and about lighting and now earns more than the average teacher through advertising.

22歲的厄爾向父親借了500英鎊開始了這項業務。她購買了三腳架和攝像機，自學拍攝和打光，現在的廣告收入已經超過教師平均工資。

她之前曾說：

"It"s a business that I started completely fromscratch witha ￡500 business loan from my dad, paid back with interest, of course, and has now a pretty significant turnover."

「我完全是白手起家，從父親那裡借了500英鎊就開始做起來了，當然我已經連本帶利都還清了，現在還有非常可觀的收入。」

"It was a huge step for me to say no to the grad schemes and yes to going at it alone, but it was the best thing I ever did."

「拒絕常規的畢業規劃，獨自創業是我人生中非常重要的一步，也是我做過的最好的選擇。」

最後，再來測測以下這些大牌的發音，你能說對幾個？

1. Hermes（愛馬仕） - AIR-mez

2. Adidas（阿迪達斯） - ADI-dass

3. Balmain（巴爾曼）- Bul-muh

4. Loewe（洛伊） - Lo-EH-veh

5. Moschino（莫斯基諾） - Moss-KI-no

6. Versace（范思哲） - Ver-SAH-cheh

7. Nike（耐克） - Nai-key

8. Thierry Mugler （蒂埃里-穆勒）- Tea-EH-(R)ee Moo-gle(r)

9. Saint Laurent（聖羅蘭） - Suh Lo-(r)o

10. Ralph Lauren（拉夫-勞倫） - Ralph LO-ren

11. Givenchy（紀梵希） - Zhee-vo-shee

12. Porsche（保時捷） - Por - shuh

編輯：許雅寧

英文來源：每日郵報