Hello.

你好啊

I'm John Russell.

我是約翰-羅素

So far in this series, we have talked about the vowel sounds of American English and the consonant sounds of American English.

到目前為止，在這個系列中，我們已經談到了美國英語的元音和美國英語的輔音。

But we have not yet specifically talked about an unusual sound that you have heard in almost every episode.

但我們還沒有具體談及一種不同尋常的聲音，你幾乎每集都聽到過。

Every time I greet you to the show, I say the following word.

每次招呼你去看演出，我都會說以下的話。

Hello?

喂？

Is it me you're looking for today?

你今天找的是我嗎？

Let's explore the sound at the beginning of this common everyday word.

讓我們來探究一下這個常見的日常詞語開頭的音。

Uh huh.

嗯哼。

When you produce ha, you breathe out in general, your lips and tongue take whatever position is required to produce the vowel sound after it.

當你產生哈的時候，一般情況下，你的嘴脣和舌頭採取什麼位置，就會產生後面的元音。

In other words, ha is a bit different depending on the nature of the following vowel.

換句話說，ha根據下面元音的性質不同而有些不同。

Think about these words.

想一想這些話。

Hello.

你好啊

When I say hello, I form my lips and tongue in a way so that I can say the vowel sound.

當我說 "你好 "的時候，我的嘴脣和舌頭的形態是這樣的，這樣才能說出元音。

Now consider this word which is similar to Hello Halo Note how my mouth moves to say the vowel after ha halo.

現在考慮一下這個類似於Hello Halo的單詞，注意我的嘴是如何移動來說出ha halo後面的元音的。

Overall, when you make the ha sound, your vocal cords are tense and restricted, but they do not move.

總的來說，當你發出哈音時，你的聲帶是緊張的、受限的，但卻不動聲色。

The back of your tongue should be pushed back a little to create friction as the air flows out from the back of your mouth, while speakers of some kinds of English drop the ha sound.

當空氣從嘴後流出時，舌頭的後部應向後推一下，以產生摩擦力，而一些英語種類的發言者則會放棄哈音。

In some words, I would recommend pronouncing the ha fully and clearly so when you practice making the sound, be sure to pay careful attention to how you say the following vowel sounds as well.

在一些單詞中，我建議把ha的發音完整而清晰，所以在練習發聲的時候，一定要注意下面的元音也要注意怎麼說。

That's all for today.

今天就到這裡吧。

Keep up the good work.

繼續保持良好的工作。