有时，会使用一个单词和会念对一个单词是两码事。下面5个单词绝大部分人都会念错，来看看吧。

　　1. Espresso 蒸汽咖啡

　　UK/esˈpres.əʊ/ US /esˈpres.oʊ/ (pluralespressos)

　　Any coffee lover worth their beans has had this argument. Technically, the pronunciation with ‘s’ is correct; it is faithful to the original Italian word caffè espresso, which literally means ‘pressed out coffee’. However, the pronunciation (and spelling) expresso, with an ‘x’ instead of an ‘s’, has grown greatly in popularity, probably due to the influence of ‘express’.

　　2. Prescription 处方，药方

　　UK /prɪˈskrɪp.ʃən/ US /prɪˈskrɪp.ʃən/

　　Both prescription and prescribe offer a challenge to many speakers. The initial syllable is not pronounced as PER or PRO, but rather as PRUH, with the ‘r’ sound immediately following the initial ‘p’ sound.

　　3. Comptroller 审计官，审计员

　　UK /kənˈtrəʊ.lər/ US /kənˈtroʊ.lɚ/

　　For those who only encounter this word when pondering candidates in a voting booth, the pronunciation of comptroller may seem obvious; you might be surprised to learn that the word is pronounced the same as controller. So how did that pesky -mp- end up sounding like an ‘n’? The frustrating answer has to do with a late 15th century spelling reform. The spelling comptroller was established as a variant of controller because of an erroneous association with the French term compte, ‘calculation’ and its late Latin source computus. If the change was based on an error, you are probably wondering why we have bothered keeping it around. A practical reason behind the maintenance of this spelling is because the word has been established as an official title of office. The OED additionally observes that the ‘retention [of this spelling] has probably been partly due to a desire to separate the title from the general modern sense of control’.

　　4. Nuclear 能源, 核能的, 使用核能的…

　　UK /ˈnjuː.klɪər/ US /ˈnuː.kliː.ɚ/

　　Before anyone goes bashing political figures for botching this pronunciation, it’s worth observing that lots of non-politicians say it incorrectly as well. While many people pronounce the word as NUKE-yuh-luhr, the proper pronunciation is actually N(Y)OO-klee-uhr.

　　5. Quinoa 奎奴亚藜 (一种南美植物的种子，烹制后可食用)

　　UK /kɪnˈwɑː/ /kɪˈnəʊə/ US /kɪnˈwɑː/

　　In the case of quinoa, it’s not that there is a single alternative pronunciation that everyone is mistakenly using; it’s simply that no one seems entirely sure of how to pronounce the thing that is appearing in health-conscious salads everywhere. The correct pronunciation of the word is KEEN-wah. However, variants ranging from kee-NO-ah to KWIN-wah. You can credit the troublesome pronunciation to the word’s origin; quinoa comes from the South American Spanish term quinua, and ultimately from the Quechua kínuwa.

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