Hello! I'm John Russell.
大家好!我是约翰·拉塞尔。
In recent videos, we explored the differences between many of the vowel sounds of American English.
在最近的视频中,我们探讨了美式英语中许多元音之间的差异。
We have spent a lot of time learning how to distinguish between vowel sounds that are easy to mix up.
我们花了很多时间学习如何区分容易混淆的元音。
But there are a few remaining vowel sounds that we need to work on.
但是还剩下一些我们需要学习的元音。
Our vowel sound for today is written a few different ways in IPA.
我们今天要讨论的元音音素在国际音标中有几种不同的写法。
You don't need to worry too much about that for now.
你现在不需要太担心这一点。
For the purposes of today's lesson, we will say it like this: /au/.
在今天的课程中,我们说它是:/au/(正确写法见视频)。
This vowel sound goes with a couple different English spelling patterns: ou and ow.
这个元音有几种不同的英语拼写模式:ou,ow。
Let's practice with the vowel sound by doing a quiz.
让我们通过做一个小测验来练习这个元音。
I will say a sentence. Count how many times you hear the /au/ vowel sound.
我将会说一句话。数一数你听到/au/这个元音的次数。
I doubt they like their downtown house. I doubt they like their downtown house.
我怀疑他们喜欢他们在市中心的房子。我怀疑他们喜欢他们在市中心的房子。
I doubt they like their downtown house.
我怀疑他们喜欢他们在市中心的房子。
Listen again: I doubt they like their downtown house.
再听一遍:我怀疑他们喜欢他们在市中心的房子。
The /au/ vowel sound appeared 4 times in the sentence.
元音/au/在这个句子中出现了4次。
You heard it in these words: doubt, downtown, house.
在以下单词中听到了该元音:doubt,downtown,house。
That's all for today!
今天就到这里吧!
In future videos, we will do more fun games that explore the sounds of American English.
在以后的视频中,我们将会做更多有趣的探索美式英语发音的游戏。