Let's step through a series of words and see what happens to the sounds as we change some

讓我們'的步驟通過一系列的單詞，看看會發生什麼聲音，因為我們改變了一些。

of the letters. Through. Step through. That's a good place to start. Through, a preposition,

的信。通過。步通過。這是一個好的開始。穿過，一個介詞。

a handy little word, begins with the unvoiced TH. Th, the R consonant, thr-, and the oo

一個方便的小詞，以不發音的th開頭。Th，R輔音，th-，還有oo。

vowel. Through. Through. Now what would happen if we drop the R? Thoo, thoo, no, that's not

元音。通過。通過。現在，如果我們放棄R會發生什麼？Thoo, thoo, no, that's not!

right. Through, drop the R, not thoo, but actually, though. So, the TH, th, th, is now

吧。通過，丟掉R，不是Thoo，而是實際上，雖然。所以，TH，th，th，現在是。

voiced. And the vowel sound has changed to the OH diphthong. Though. Ok. What would happen

有聲。而元音則改成了OH雙音。雖然。好的。會發生什麼

if we add a T? Thowt. Thowt. No, that's not right. That word is pronounced 'thought'.

如果我們加上一個T?Thowt.Thowt。不，那是不對的，那個詞的發音是'思想&39;。這個詞的發音是'thought'。

Ok, so we've switched back to an unvoiced TH, now we have the AW vowel, and a final

好了，所以我們已經切換回一個不發音的TH，現在我們有AW元音，和一個最後的。

T. Thought. Thought. Ok.

T.思想。思想。好的

So what would happen if we drop the TH and add a B? Thought becomes bought. And that

那麼，如果我們放棄TH，加個B，會怎麼樣呢？思想變成了買來的。而這

IS how that word is pronounced. Excellent! Bought. Now what would happen if we drop the final

就是這個詞的發音。太棒了！買了現在，如果我們放棄最後一個字，會發生什麼？

T? Bought becomes bah. But it doesn't, it's not pronounced 'bah'. It's pronounced bough.

T?買了就成了呸。但它不'，它'的發音不是'巴'。它'的發音是bough。

Ok, so the AW vowel changes to the 'ow' diphthong. Bough, bough. Ok. What would happen now if

好了，AW元音變成了'ow'雙元音。Bough, bough.好的。現在會發生什麼，如果

we switched out the B for a C? Bough becomes cow. Yes! Cow is a word. But wait, that's

我們把B換成了C？Bough變成了cow.對！牛是一個詞。但是等等，那是...

now how cow is spelled, this is how cow is spelled. So this, even though it was bough,

現在牛是怎麼拼的，這就是牛的拼法。所以這個，即使是苞米。

isn't cow, it's cough. Cough. So we have the AW vowel, and somehow, an F consonant has

不是牛，是咳嗽。咳嗽。所以，我們有AW元音，並以某種方式，F輔音有。

crept in. Cough. Ok, cough. What would happen then if we drop the C, add an EN? Since it

躡手躡腳的。咳嗽。好吧，咳嗽。如果我們去掉C，加個EN，會發生什麼？因為它

was cough, surely this must be enough. No, that's not what it is. It's enough. So the

是咳嗽，當然這必須是足夠的。不，不是這樣的。這'就夠了。所以的

AW vowel changes to the UH vowel. But somehow that F sound stays in there. Enough, enough.

AW元音變成了UH元音。但不知何故，F音還留在那裡。夠了，夠了。

And I think that's about what I've had. I think I've had about enough of OUGH and its

而我認為這'是關於我'已經有了。我想我已經受夠了OUGH和它的。

thousands of pronunciations. That's it, I'm out.

數千種發音。 就這樣，我不幹了。