Our question today is how do I pronounce the word: On—which is in contact with a surface or part of a topic, own—belonging to a person, and only—meaning solely or exclusively or no longer than like only a year.

今天要講解的是怎麼讀這些詞：On，意思是與東西的表面或是一部分有接觸。 Own，意思是屬於一個人的。 還有 Only，指唯一、只有，或不超過一段時間，例如只有一年。

So, let's take a look at our words.

讓我們來看看這些字。

We have on, own and only.

我們有 on、own 和 only。

So let's start with the 'n' sound /n/.

我們從「n」的發音開始，

Let's get that out of the way.

讓我們把這些發音弄清楚。

To say this sound, you're going to touch the tip of your tongue to the back of your top front teeth, and air moves out of your nose.

發這個音時，要用舌尖輕觸上門牙的後面，空氣就會從你的鼻子送出。

The 'l' sound is made in the same spot, this /l/, but the air moves out of your mouth.

而「l」的發音位置也是在同一個地方，但空氣是從嘴巴送出。

So, /n, /l/, /n/, /l/.

所以發音為「n」、「l」、「n」、「l」。

Let's also talk about the "y". "Y" is  that nice high flat tongue, vowel is long, and you are smiling.

我們也來談談「y」的音，舌頭抬起放平，長母音，嘴型像在笑一樣。

So we're gonna end this word with /ly/.

這個字以「ly」結尾。

Now let's talk about these vowels.

現在讓我們來看看這些母音。

O in english is very confusing for a lot of my students.  

對很多我的學生來說，o 的發音很容易搞混。

It can be pronounced many different ways.

O 有許多不同的發音方式。

We have two options here for the letter o and how we pronounce it.

這裡有兩種 o 的發音方式。

For "on", we are going to pronounce it with an open,  short /o/ sound.

「On」發音嘴型是張開的，這邊的 o 發音是短的。

You can see my mouth is in an oval, it's very open, my lips are not puckered.

可以看到我的嘴型是橢圓形的，張得非常開，嘴脣沒有撅起。

My tongue is going to be low in the front and pulled up and high in the back. 

我的舌頭前端往下，而後部拉高。

You're gonna see I have to close my mouth.

你會看到我必須閉上嘴巴。

Now for "own", I'm going to start with that open mouth again, my tongue is going to be low, the back is going to be pulled up, but then I'm going to move to a pucker.

至於「own」需要再張開嘴，舌頭前端往下，後面拉高，但接下來嘴唇要撅起。

As I close my mouth and move to that pucker, my tongue is going to just come along for the ride.

當我閉上嘴巴，嘴巴撅起時，舌頭就會順勢移動。

It's going to start here and it's going to move up as I close my mouth.

從這裡開始，當我閉上嘴時，舌頭會向上移動。

And then at the end /oʊn/.

最後「on」。

So we have "on". 

所以念作「on」。

"Own".

念作「own」。

"Only".

念作「only」。

So, yes. We're gonna use that long /o/ here.

我們要在這裡使用長音 o 。

So let's try those again.

讓我們再試一次。

On, own, only.

「On」、「own」、「only」。

And now for a sentence: She only wants to be on her own when she is studying.

現在來看例句：讀書的時候，她只想一個人待著。

She only wants to be on her own when she is studying.

讀書的時候，她只想一個人待著。

So, give it a try.

試試看吧！

I know people are going  to notice the difference.

你們一定會注意到不同之處的。

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如果覺得影片有幫助的話，可以跟朋友推薦我們，還有不要忘記訂閱。

If you're looking for some help, we have products and classes listed at Tarle speech.

如果需要更多幫助，Tarle 還有很多課程跟產品。

Thanks so much, everyone. Have a great week!

非常感謝大家，祝大家有個美好的一週！