В продолжение темы про транскрипцию, изучение которой я тоже считаю абсолютно необходимой вещью, - тут бы она очень пригодилась.

произношение слов от носителей языка можете поискать на сайте: https://forvo.com,

произношение от ИИ можно послушать:

в Гуглопереводчике: translate.google.com, кнопка в виде динамика в окне оригинала,

на сайте суперкомпьютера IBM Watson: https://www.ibm.com/cloud/watson-text-to-speech

https://www.ibm.com/demos/live/tts-demo/self-service/home

Ох уж эти фамилии, сколько переводческого брата они сгубили... Как востро ухо ни держи — а на мине подорваться легче лёгкого... Вот, к примеру, есть один довольно известный, в узких фрико-эзотерических кругах, американский автор: Sal Rachele. Лет 20 назад первый переводчик (впрочем, подозреваю, это была одна известная, также в тех же самых обозначенных выше кругах, "-ца") перевёл его фамилию как Рейчел. И пошло-поехало, и книги стали выпускать под этим нэймом... А ведь он, как выяснилось впоследствии, Раке́ли... Но было поздно. "Врач сказал — в морг, значит — в морг". Похоже, на необъятных просторах Руси великой останется он Рейчелом на веки вечные...

Да, но вариантов много, можно найти не неахинею. Русских вариантов там 4, но лишь один звучит четко. При желании можно найти хороший вариант.

More generally, if you want to improve your spoken English, you might want to decide firstly whether you want to speak in a US accent, or a UK one, or even another accent such as Canadian/Irish/Australian/NZ/etc. There are differences in pronunciation (ca 5% of the words) between US and UK English pronunciation, for example, although both sides understand each other 99.5% of the time. Or you may not have a preference.

Secondly, do you want to learn to pronounce just single words -- or phrases/sentence/whole paragraphs? If you want to pronounce whole paragraphs, you could look on YouTube for clips of (say) university or BBC talks/lectures, specifying that you want (English) subtitles? Most people giving talks/lectures tend to speak fairly clearly and with a neutral accent and not too quickly. Go to YouTube and type in eg:

"university" OR "institute" "talk" OR "lecture" "subtitles" OR "subtitled"

[exactly as written, including the quotation marks] or

"BBC" "talk" OR "lecture" "subtitles" OR "subtitled"

Alternatively, if you just want general lessons in English pronunciation, you could search YouTube for something like:

"English pronunciation" OR "how to speak English" "subtitles" OR "subtitled"

However, be aware that some of these clips feature non-native speakers with foreign accents (eg Spaniards) and the subtitles may also be in a non-English language (eg, Spanish). You need English subtitles, of course, so that you can see what the speaker is saying.

* Avoid speakers who don't speak clearly (=many of them, unfortunately!), or talk too quickly, or have strong regional accents, or use lots of idiomatic/slang English. Often British and American speakers forget that non-native English-speakers find these confusing.

* Avoid speakers with unusual accents (eg aristocrats and the British Royal family and very poorly-educated people), as most people don't speak like this.

* Always avoid English as sung in music (lyrics), because songwriters often deliberately mispronounce words for artistic effect and/or use non-standard grammar.

If you have a particular interest (eg history, the news, law, etc), you can add these subjects (eg "history") to the search strings in bold above.

Here's a clip to start off with if interested -- a Professor of English at Edinburgh University talking about how the university teaches English to foreign students: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ql5mQdxeWk

Спасибо за ссылку!

Both that professor and the lady who introduces him have clear, neutral, middle-class English (ie, from England) accents rather than Scottish ones, even though they work at a Scottish university. And, importantly, they don't speak too quickly -- unlike most people on TV. The subtitles are also very accurate (I've checked them). You may not recognise every word/phrase you hear the professor say -- but at least you have it in writing at the bottom of the screen to look it up in a dictionary if you want to!

Other British/US/Canadian/Australian/Irish/South African universities will also have thousands of lectures with clear speakers and subtitles both on YouTube and on their own websites, of course. Usually the subtitles are added for native English-speakers who are deaf/partially deaf. The BBC also has lots of lectures/talks with clear speakers and subtitles, as all BBC TV programmes have to be subtitled for the benefit of deaf viewers.

If you want any videos on specific subjects of interest (eg history, psychology or whatever), with clear, non-hurried native speakers and accurate subtitles, just let me know and I'll look for some and also tell you what sort of accent the speaker has.

"If you want any videos on specific subjects of interest (eg history, psychology or whatever), with clear, non-hurried native speakers and accurate subtitles, just let me know and I'll look for some and also tell you what sort of accent the speaker has."

Ой, спасибо огромное, johnstephenson! Я была бы очень благодарна! Меня интересуют многие темы, но в основном да, история, психология, путешествия и языкознание. И отношения между людьми без границ, конечно же. Наверно, это самая главная тема.

I've chosen this only because King was a particularly clear speaker. He was a Baptist minister and the Baptist Church in the US trained some of its ministers (inc King) to be very good public speakers. As a result the speech contains three references to the Bible/religion -- 'the mountaintop', 'the Promised Land' and 'Mine [=My] eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord', which is the first line of a US anti-slavery hymn also known as The Battle Hymn of the Republic. When he repeatedly says "Somewhere I read ......" he's referring initially to the US Constitution.

King was from the southern USA and southerners there often speak with a 'drawl', ie they speak slowly and 'stretch' their vowels. Please ignore his comment at the beginning about Russia and China: this was at the height of the Cold War and King was trying to show he was a patriotic American. The subtitles have a few misspellings in them but are 97-98% perfect. The day after King gave this speech he was shot dead, so this was his last public speech.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ2Ca2FgXTs

Спасибо!

https://ru.forvo.com/word/beaujoyeulx/#fr

[божуаё], в натуре...

The speaker has a clear, North American accent and the subtitles are 97-98% accurate and easy to read. Note that, to see the subtitles, you may have to click on the 'Subtitles' button at the bottom right of the YouTube screen (https://www.britishtitanicsociety.com/youtube-subtitles-icon).

Let me know if you want any more clips on the subjects you've listed.

Спасибо огромное за это видео! Легкий понятный язык. Была бы очень благодарна, если бы вы нашли время для того, чтобы поделиться и другими видео на темы, перечисленные мною выше.

What exactly do you mean by "отношения между людьми без границ"?

In the meantime, on the subject of история, here's a 9-minute clip about a 1911 attempt to steal the Mona Lisa from the Louvre. You don't need the subtitles on for this clip as the script is written on-screen. The on-screen script contains occasional spelling mistakes but is 96-97% accurate. The accompanying graphics are rather simplistic. The narrator has a 'mid-Atlantic' (part-British, part-North American) accent and speaks very clearly:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOoPfh2G4Ns

Let me know if the narration is too slow for you. If it isn't, some of the other Learn English Through Story clips may interest you -- just click on their name.