回顾那些被误读的名字和单词
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Vice President Kamala Harris and pop singer Chappell Roan were among the year's most talked-about people.
副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯和流行歌手查普尔·罗恩是今年最受热议的人物之一。
Their names were also among those people said incorrectly, or mispronounced.
他们的名字也在那些被错误提及或读错的人之中。
In early December, the language-learning company Babbel and The Captioning Group released a list of words that people in the U.S. struggled with the most in 2024.
12月初，语言学习公司Babbel与字幕集团联合发布了一份2024年美国人最难掌握的词汇清单。
The list also provides a look back at the year's most discussed subjects and people, from pop culture to politics.
该榜单还回顾了这一年里从流行文化到政治领域最受热议的话题和人物。
Esteban Touma is a linguistic and cultural expert at Babbel.
埃斯特班·图马是Babbel的语言和文化专家。
He said, "It's a nice way to kind of look back into the year and see everything that has happened."
他说：“这是一种回顾过去一年、看看所发生的一切的好方式。”
Chappell Roan became famous this year and is nominated for six Grammy awards.
Chappell Roan今年成名，并获得六项格莱美奖提名。
But people still do not know how to say her name correctly.
但人们仍然不知道如何正确念出她的名字。
The list says her name is pronounced CHAP-uhl ROHN, not SHA-pel ROW-an.
名单上写着她的名字读作CHAP-uhl ROHN，而不是SHA-pel ROW-an。
Help with pronouncing names
帮助发音名字
During Harris' campaign for president this year, two of her young relatives spoke at the Democratic National Convention to teach the crowd how to say her first name, pronounced COM-a-la.
在今年哈里斯的总统竞选期间，她的两位年轻亲属在民主党全国代表大会上发言，教大家如何念她的名字——卡玛拉。
Also making the list was U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, whose last name still causes some problems.
同样上榜的还有美国交通部长皮特·布蒂吉格，他的姓氏仍然会带来一些麻烦。
During his 2020 presidential run, his campaign made shirts with the pronunciation "Boot-Edge-Edge" to help.
在他2020年竞选总统期间，他的竞选团队制作了印有“Boot-Edge-Edge”发音的衬衫来帮忙。
Other words on the list include:
列表上的其他单词包括：
— Dutch Kooikerhondje, pronounced COY-ker-HUND-che, is a breed of dog that became known this year.
荷兰科克尔犬，发音为COY-ker-HUND-che，是今年为人所知的一种犬种。
That is because Los Angeles Dodgers baseball player Shohei Ohtani has a Kooikerhondje called Decoy that appeared with him at an opening game.
这是因为洛杉矶道奇队棒球运动员大谷翔平有一只名叫Decoy的荷兰科伊克犬，它曾和他一起出现在一场开幕赛上。
— The name of the actress Zendaya is often mispronounced as zen-DIE-uh, but it should be zen-DAY-a.
女演员赞达亚的名字常被误读为zen-DIE-uh，但正确的读法应该是zen-DAY-a。
— Online fast-fashion business Shein is SHE-in, not SHEEN.
— 在线快时尚企业Shein的读音是SHE-in，而不是SHEEN。
— Newly discovered exoplanet Speculoos-3b is pronounced SPEK-yuh-lohss three bee.
— 新发现的系外行星Speculoos-3b发音为SPEK-yuh-lohss three bee。
— Phryge, the mascot of the Paris Olympics, is pronounced FREE-je.
— 巴黎奥运会吉祥物弗里吉的发音是FREE-je。
— Semaglutide, the drug in weight-loss medications Ozempic and Wegovy, is pronounced sem-ah-GLOO-tide, not SEE-mah-gloo-tide.
— 司美格鲁肽，即减肥药物Ozempic和Wegovy中的药物成分，读作sem-ah-GLOO-tide，而不是SEE-mah-gloo-tide。
— The last name of Irish actor Barry Keoghan, who starred in "Saltburn," is pronounced key-OH-gin.
——出演《盐burn》的爱尔兰演员巴里·基奥汉的姓氏读作key-OH-gin。
Nancy Niedzielski is chair of the linguistics department at Rice University in Houston.
南希·涅兹耶尔斯基是休斯顿莱斯大学语言学系主任。
She points out that most of the words on the list are not English, so it is not surprising that they would be mispronounced in the U.S.
她指出，名单上的大多数单词并非英语，因此它们在美国被误读也就不足为奇了。
The key to pronouncing them correctly, she said, would probably just be hearing them spoken.
她说，正确发音的关键可能只是听别人怎么说。
Touma, a native Spanish speaker, said if you cannot pronounce a word, it is important to just keep trying.
母语为西班牙语的Touma表示，如果一个单词你发不出音，重要的是要坚持尝试。
"One of the problems we have is our mouths are not trained to do those sounds that come from different languages," he said.
他说：“我们面临的问题之一是，我们的嘴没有经过训练，发不出那些来自不同语言的声音。”
Touma admitted even he struggles with some words, including Harris' first name.
托马承认，就连他自己对一些词也感到吃力，包括哈里斯的名字。
Even though he knows the correct pronunciation, he said, it is hard to get it right in a conversation.
他说，尽管知道正确的发音，但在对话中却很难发得准确。
As Roan's music gained popularity, it was an interesting cultural moment to watch as people learned to pronounce her first and last name, he said.
他说，随着罗安的音乐越来越受欢迎，人们学着念出她的名和姓，这是一个有趣的文化时刻。
"The way we create understanding with each other is just trying to do these things," Touma said.
托马说：“我们彼此建立理解的方式，就是努力去做这些事情。”
I’m Jill Robbins.
我是吉尔·罗宾斯。
Jamie Stengle reported this story for the Associated Press.
杰米·斯滕格尔为美联社报道了这则新闻。
Jill Robbins adapted it for Learning English.
吉尔·罗宾斯为《学习英语》改编了它。
