Received Pronunciation標準發音Hello everyone， my name is Neil. I
prefer the British accent and I am an English learner in China. Someone
told me something about standard Received Pronunciation. I visited the
podcast page of the BBC and downloaded some programmes but I‘m still
confused about which one is standard Received Pronunciation. And could
you tell me something about which presenter should I copy in BBC programmes.

    Zhao Yufan， China

    下載文字稿Do you prefer the sound of British English or American English？

    If you said British English ， we're sure many of you are thinking
of a particular kind of accent called Received Pronunciation.

    Also known as RP or the Queen's English ， it is the kind of accent
traditionally used by BBC presenters， hence its other name ： BBC English.

    But these days it is no longer the only kind of English you hear in
BBC broadcasts， and in fact RP is spoken by only around 2% of all British
people.

    Listen to the Queen speaking RP in this programme So what's going
on？

    And if you want to listen to RP ， where's the best place ？

    In this programme we listen to recordings of people speaking RP through
the decades.

    You can hear how even the Queen's RP is changing.

    And as always ， we suggest that you listen to as wide a variety of
pronunciations as possible， not just RP， in order to help your listening
comprehension.

    Let us know which BBC Learning English presenter you would like to
copy.