In the last two lessons we've brought in sounds that are commonly problematic for Swedish speakers. The first step is realizing that these sounds are different. The second step is actively practicing them -- even looking at yourself in the mirror or filming yourself so that you can see and hear yourself.
th
all four of these sounds are different
1 - three, thing, think
2 - that, there, then
3 - free, fling, fink
4 - tree, ting, tinkle
y and j
Y: Yale, yet, yellow
J: jail, jet, Jello
SAVING THE BLACK RHINOS
One of the student papers written this fall was about the poaching of rhinoceroses, which is a practice in which the horn is hacked out of the rhino's body, and the animal then dies. Because of poaching these animals are under extreme threat.
But the horn of a rhino can be cut off (albeit not easily) and it will grow back -- just like our fingernails. Here's a story about a South African veterinarian Mike Toft, who has been working with a group to de-horn the rhinos in a particular reserve in order to save the animals' lives. The horns are tehn stored in a undisclosed location, to keep them safe from poachers and illegal markets.
The story explains how the process of removing the horns works, and how this is considered the best option in the current climate. The hope is that once attitudes and regulations gradually change (particulalry in societies such as Vietnam and China, which are pushing the illegal trade), there will no longer be a need for these measures. Listen here.
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