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Today we're going to take a look at why studying English pronunciation can be so hard.
今天我们来看看为什么学英语发音这么难。
Let's step through a series of words
让我们一步步地读一系列单词，
and see what happens to the sounds as we change some of the letters.
看看改变一些字母时，发音会发生什么变化。
Through.
through。
Step through.
一步一步地。
That's a good place to start.
这是一个很好的开始。
Through, a preposition, a handy little word, begins with the unvoiced TH.
through，一个很易使用的小词，以清音TH开头。
Th, the R consonant, thr-, and the oo vowel.
th，R辅音、thr-和oo元音。
Through.
through。
Through.
through。
Now what would happen if we drop the R?
如果我们省掉R会怎么样？
Thoo, thoo, no, that's not right.
thoo、thoo，不，这样不对。
Through, drop the R, not thoo, but actually, though.
through，去掉R，不是thoo，实际上是though。
So, the TH, th, th, is now voiced.
所以，TH，th、th，现在发音。
And the vowel sound has changed to the OH diphthong.
元音变成了OH双元音。
Though.
though。
Ok.
好吧。
What would happen if we add a T?
如果加一个T会怎么样？
Thowt.
thowt。
Thowt.
thowt。
No, that's not right.
不，这样不对。
That word is pronounced 'thought'.
这个词的发音是“thought”。
Ok, so we've switched back to an unvoiced TH, now we have the AW vowel, and a final T.
我们又换回到清音TH，现在我们有AW元音，还在结尾加了T。
Thought.
thought。
Thought.
thought。
Ok.
好的。
So what would happen if we drop the TH and add a B? Thought becomes bought.
如果我们去掉TH，加上B会怎么样？thought变成了bought。
And that IS how that word is pronounced.
这个词就是这样发音的。
Excellent! Bought.
真棒！bought。
Now what would happen if we drop the final T? Bought becomes bah.
如果我们去掉结尾的T会怎么样？bought就变成了bah。
But it doesn't, it's not pronounced 'bah'.
但不是，它的发音不是“bah”。
It's pronounced bough.
而是bough。
Ok, so the AW vowel changes to the 'ow' diphthong.
AW元音变为“ow”双元音。
Bough, bough.
bough、bough。
Ok.
好的。
What would happen now if we switched out the B for a C? Bough becomes cow.
如果我们把B换成C会怎么样？bough变成了cow。
Yes! Cow is a word.
对！cow是一个词。
But wait, is that now how cow is spelled?
不过等一下，cow是这样拼的吗？
this is how cow is spelled.
cow是这样拼的。
So this, even though it was bough, isn't cow, it's cough.
即使这个词是bough，它也不发cow，而是cough。
Cough.
cough。
So we have the AW vowel, and somehow, an F consonant has crept in.
我们有了AW元音，一个F辅音悄悄地出现了。
Cough.
cough。
Ok, cough.
好的，cough。
What would happen then if we drop the C, add an EN?
如果去掉C，加上一个EN，会发生什么？
Since it was cough, surely this must be enough.
因为是cough，肯定应该是enough。
No, that's not what it is.
不，不是这样的。
It's enough.
是enough。
So the AW vowel changes to the UH vowel.
AW元音变为UH元音。
But somehow that F sound stays in there.
但F声音还在。
Enough, enough.
enough、enough。
And I think that's about what I've had.
我想这就是我所知道的。
I think I've had about enough of OUGH and its thousands of pronunciations.
我想我已经受够了OUGH和它成千上万的发音了。
That's it, I'm out.
这期节目就到这里了，我不行了。
