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Hello! I'm John Russell.
大家好！我是约翰·拉塞尔。
Let's continue our exploration of vowel sounds.
让我们继续探索元音。
These sounds are very important in American English.
元音在美式英语中非常重要。
If you want to reduce your accent or sound more like an American, it is worth paying careful attention to the differences between these sounds.
如果你想纠正你的口音，即令你的发音听起来更像美国人，那么仔细注意这些音素之间的区别是值得的。
So, let's do an activity with two sounds we have explored in recent videos.
那么，让我们用我们在最近的视频中探讨过的两个音素来做一个活动。
In International Phonetic Alphabet (or IPA), they are written like this: /I/ and /i/.
它们在国际音标中写成这样：/I/和/i/（正确写法见视频）。
/I/ appears in words such as "sit."
/I/出现在诸如“sit”之类的单词中。
/i/ appears in words like "read."
/i/出现在诸如“read”之类的单词中。
So, we have our two vowel sounds: /I/ and /i/.
因此，我们有两个元音：/I/和/i/。
You will hear me say two words.
你将会听到我说两个单词。
Listen to what I say, think carefully about the vowel sounds you hear, then say the words.
听我说的两个单词，仔细想想你听到的元音，然后说出单词。
Let's start. Listen: feel ill, feel ill.
我们开始吧。听：feel ill（感觉不舒服），feel ill（感觉不舒服）。
Now think carefully about the vowel sounds you heard.
现在仔细想想你听到的元音。
Which word had which vowel sound?
哪个单词有哪个元音？
Now say the words "feel ill."
现在说“feel ill（感觉不舒服）”。
So, you said the words "feel ill."
所以，你说了“feel ill（感觉不舒服）。”
The first word, feel, involves /i/.
第一个单词feel涉及元音/i/。
The second word, ill, involves /I/.
第二个单词ill涉及元音/I/。
Now imagine we added a subject pronoun such as "he" or "she."
现在假设我们添加了一个主语代词，如“他”或“她”。
Now we have the sentence "He feels ill." Or "She feels ill."
现在我们有一句话“他感觉不舒服。”或者“她感觉不舒服。”
You will notice that he and she both have a familiar vowel sound /i/.
你会注意到he和she都有一个熟悉的元音/i/。
That's all for today! Keep up the good work!
今天就到这里吧！继续努力！
