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In some languages, you can look at a written word and know almost immediately how to say it.
在某些语言中，你看到一个书面文字，几乎可以立即知道怎么说。
You can also hear a word and know exactly how to write it down.
你也可以听到一个词，知道如何准确地把它写下来。
These are properties of phonetic languages.
这些是语音语言的特性。
But English is not a phonetic language.
但是英语不是一种语音语言。
In English, often the same letter or group of letters can be said in different ways.
在英语中，同一个字母或一组字母通常可以用不同的发音方式表达。
Our question this week comes from Virginie in France.
我们这周的问题来自法国的Virginie。
Hello! It's always a little bit hard for me to get the right pronunciation of the letter -i in a word.
你好!对我来说，要把字母“i”读音读正确总是有点难。
Is it pronounced "I" or "e"? How do I know when to say one or the other?
它读作“I”还是“e”？我怎么知道什么时候该说哪个？
Hello, Virginie.
你好Virginie。
This may come as a surprise, but the letter -i can have more than one sound.
你可能会感到惊讶，但是字母“i”不止有一个音。
In fact, it can be pronounced six ways in American English alone!
事实上，仅在美式英语中，它就有六种发音方式!
(i) as in kick and sit
在“kick”和“sit”中发音为/i/
(ai) as in mine and time
在“mine”和“time”中发音为/ai/
(i) as in junior and lenient
在“junior”和“lenient”中发音为/i/
(i:) as in regime and vaccine
在“junior”和“lenient”中发音为/i:/
(倒e) as in audible and permissible(注：此音标写法为编辑方便，正确写法参照词典)
在“audible”和“permissible”中发音为/倒e/（注：此音标写法为编辑方便，正确写法参照词典）
And (ae) as in timbre(注：此音标写法为编辑方便，正确写法参照词典)
在“timbre”中发音为/ae/（注：此音标写法为编辑方便，正确写法参照词典）
But do not worry! There are a few things that can make things easier:
不过，别担心，下面有一些方法可以让你学起来更容易。
The first is an online dictionary with pronunciation audio recordings.
第一个是使用带有语音记录的在线词典。
Good computer-based guides have a little sign or mark you can click on to hear how a word is said.
好的计算机指南会有一个小的标志或标记，你可以点击来听一个词是怎么发音的。
The Merriam-Webster Learner's Dictionary is excellent for American English.
《韦氏学习词典》是美国英语的优秀读物。
If online dictionaries say the words too quickly, Google Translate offers two speeds: standard and slow.
如果在线词典对单词的解释太快，谷歌翻译提供了两种速度：标准速度和慢速。
Good online dictionaries also list the IPA spellings of words.
好的在线词典也会列出单词的IPA（国际音标）拼写。
Some people find the IPA, or International Phonetic Alphabet, useful.
一些人会发现国际音标很有用。
It is a series of markings that represent spoken sounds.
它是一系列表示声音的标记。
You can find the IPA guide and its sounds on two websites: internationalphoneticalphabet.org/ and on Wikipedia.
你可以在两个网站上找到IPA指南和它的发音：internationalphoneticalphabet.org/和维基百科。
You can also ask a native English speaker to say the word a few times and watch their mouth as they speak.
你也可以让一个以英语为母语的人说几次这个单词，并注意他们发音时的嘴型。
Pronunciation involves the lips, teeth and tongue so seeing how the speaker uses them can be a big help.
发音涉及嘴唇、牙齿和舌头，所以看看说话人如何发音的会有很大帮助。
Or, you can use a good video pronunciation series.
或者，你可以观看一个好的视频发音系列。
Videos will not explain every word that contains a letter but they can show you how to produce sounds from that letter.
视频不会解释每一个包含字母的单词的释义，但它们可以告诉你那个字母是如何发音的。
Although English is not a phonetic language, there are some spelling patterns, or combinations, whose sounds are more dependable than others.
虽然英语不是语音语言，但有一些拼写模式或组合，它们的发音比其他语言更可靠。
Listen to the following words and then look at the spelling.
先听下列单词，然后看拼写。
The word meanings are not important: regime gasoline routine marine vaccine
单词的含义不重要：regime gasoline routine marine vaccine
In words with two or more syllables that end in the letters i-n-e and i-m-e, the –i is often pronounced (i).
在以i-n-e和i-m-e结尾的两个或更多音节的单词中，-i通常发音为/i/。
And that's Ask a Teacher.
以上为本期名师答疑的全部内容。
I'm Kelly Jean Kelly.
我是凯莉·珍·凯莉。
