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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。
If you want to reduce your accent or sound more like an American, it is worth paying careful attention to the differences between vowel 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，那么仔细注意元音音素之间的区别是值得的。
A nice place to start is to develop your ability to recognize vowel sounds.
你可以从培养识别元音音素的能力开始。
So, let's do an activity with two sounds we have explored in recent videos.
让我们用我们在最近的视频中探索过的两个元音来做一个活动。
In International Phonetic Alphabet (or IPA), they are written like this: // and /u/.
在国际音标中，它们写成这样：//和/u/（正确写法见视频）。
// appears in words such as "good."
//出现在诸如“good”之类的词中。
/u/ appears in words like "food."
/u/出现在诸如“food”之类的词中。
So, we have our two vowel sounds: // and /u/.
因此，我们有了两个元音：//和/u/（正确写法见视频）。
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.
听我说的单词，仔细想你听到的元音，然后说出单词。
Let's start. Blue book, blue book.
我们开始吧。Blue book, blue book。
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?
哪个词有哪个元音？
Now say the words "blue book."
现在说“blue book”。
So, you said the words "blue book."
所以你说了“blue book”。
The first word, "blue," involves the /u/ vowel sound.
第一个单词“blue”涉及元音/u/（正确写法见视频）。
The second word, "book," involves the // vowel sound.
第二个单词“book”涉及元音//（正确写法见视频）。
What is a blue book? A blue book is a kind of special book used on writing tests in the United States.
什么是蓝皮书？在美国，蓝皮书是一种用于写作测试的特殊书籍。
But now you know the term is also interesting because it has two similar, but different vowel sounds.
但是现在你知道这个词也很有趣，因为它有两个相似但不同的元音。
That's all for today! Keep up the good work!
今天就到这里吧！继续努力！
