word ‘water’.

水 "這個詞。

This video is being made on vacation. So, the background’s weird, the lighting’s

這段視頻是在度假時錄製的。所以，背景很奇怪，燈光也是

weird, but we get the benefit of having lots of other fun people be in this video so that

奇怪，但我們的好處是有很多其他有趣的人出現在視頻中，這樣

you can better learn American English pronunciation. We’re going to learn how to pronounce the

你可以更好地學習美式英語發音。我們將學習如何發音

word ‘water’. ‘Water’ is especially interesting because it’s so different in

水 "這個詞。水 "尤其有趣，因為它在以下方面有很大不同

American English than it is in British English. So let’s start. How do we pronounce it?

美式英語比英式英語更難。那麼，讓我們開始吧。如何發音？

The lips will round for the W consonant. Wa-. Then we have a vowel. It’s a lot more open

嘴脣圓潤，發出 W 輔音。Wa-。然後是元音它更開放

in American English than it is in British English. I use the AH as in FATHER vowel,

在美式英語中比在英式英語中更常見。我使用 AH 作為 FATHER 的元音、

wa-, ah, where my jaw drops quite a bit. The back part of the tongue presses down a little

wa-, ah, where my jaw drops quite a bit.舌頭後部稍稍下壓

bit. Wa-, ah, wa-. So that’s a very open sound. Water.

位。哇，啊，哇這聲音很開闊水聲

Then we have the letter T. It comes between two vowels. So, in American English, we’re

然後是字母 T，它位於兩個元音之間。是以，在美式英語中，我們

going to make that a Flap T. It will sound like a D. In British English they don’t

在英式英語中，他們不會把 "T "變成 "D"。

do that. They keep a True ‘tt’ sound. Water, water. This Flap T sound is the R sound

就能做到這一點。它們保持著真正的 "tt "音。水，水。這個 "T "音就是 "R "音

in some other languages like Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese. But, in American English we call

在其他一些語言中，如阿拉伯語、西班牙語、葡萄牙語。但是，在美式英語中，我們稱之為

it a Flap T, and the tongue just bounces up against the roof of the mouth. Water, -ter,

它的發音是 "Flap T"，舌頭在口腔頂部彈跳。水，-ter、

-ter. So, it’s a quick easy movement and there’s no stop of air.

-ter。是以，這個動作非常簡單快捷，而且不會停頓。

Then we have the schwa-R sound. In American English we maintain a real R sound. In British

然後是 schwa-R 音。在美式英語中，我們保持真正的 R 音。在英式英語中

English, they don’t when it’s at the end of a word. Water, -er, -er. It’s a very

在英語中，當它位於一個單詞的末尾時就不會出現。水，-er，-er。這是一個非常

closed sound. So to make the sound, the tongue lifts up and it pulls back a little bit. So,

閉合音。是以，為了發出聲音，舌頭會向上抬起，然後向後拉一點。所以

the middle part of the tongue is touching: maybe the roof of the mouth, maybe the teeth,

舌頭中間部分接觸到：可能是口腔頂部，也可能是牙齒、

rr, rr, while the front has pulled back and up a little bit, so it’s not touching anything,

rr，rr，而前部已經向後拉了一點，所以沒有碰到任何東西、

rr. We can hold that sound out. The tongue shouldn’t be flapping, ruh, ruh. That’s

rr。我們可以憋住這個音舌頭不應該發出 "嚕""嚕 "的聲音這是

only for the Flap T. Here it holds in place: water, rr, rr. You can see the lips will round

在這裡，它固定到位：水，RR，RR。可以看到嘴脣會變圓

a little bit for that final sound as well. Water.

最後的聲音也要有一點。水

You don’t need to worry about making a separate schwa sound. Just go straight from the Flap

您不必擔心會發出單獨的分裂音。只需直接從翻板

into the R. Water, water. Now we’re going to see a little bit of video of me walking

水，水現在我們將看到一段我走路的視頻

to the well with my family to fill up our water bottles, and you’re going to hear

和家人一起去井邊裝滿水，你們會聽到

the word ‘water’ lots of times.

水 "這個詞出現了很多次。

>> How, like, old-fashioned are we that we have to walk to the well to get water?

>>>我們得走到井邊才能取到水，這多老土啊？

>> I know. >> We’ll here we’re just on our way to

>>我知道。>>我們在這裡，我們正要去

the well to get some water! >> See, in rural Michigan…

你看，在密歇根農村...

>> How’s it taste, David? >> Oh, the water is really good.

味道怎麼樣，大衛？ 哦，水真的很好喝。

>> Jace, how was the water? >> Cold and good.

傑斯，水怎麼樣？ 又涼又好喝。

>> How’s the water? >> ???

水怎麼樣？

>> That water tastes great.

>>這水味道不錯。

>> Alright, does everyone have all the water they need?

>>好了，大家都喝完水了嗎？

>> I have my water. Let’s go. >> Wait! One more.

我有水了，我們走吧。等等，還有一個。

>> Do you have your water? >> I got my water.

你有水嗎？ 我有水。

>> Jace, do you need more water?

傑斯，你還需要水嗎？

>> Karina, can you way ‘water’? >> Wa-wa.

卡琳娜，你會說 "水 "嗎？

>> Say ‘water’ for the camera. >> Say ‘water’.

對著攝影機說 "水"。

>> Wa-wa.

>>瓦-瓦。

>> Water.

水。

I hope this has helped you understand how to pronounce ‘water’ in American English.

希望這能幫助您瞭解如何用美式英語發音 "water"。

If you’re interested in exploring the differences between American English and British English,

如果您有興趣探索美式英語和英式英語之間的差異、

check out this video I made with Minoo. Don’t forget to like the video and share it. Put

看看我和 Minoo 一起製作的視頻。別忘了點贊和分享。放

a comment below if there’s another word that you would like me to teach you how to

如果您還想讓我教您另一個單詞的用法，請在下方評論。

pronounce.

發音

That’s it guys, and thanks so much for using Rachel’s English.

就這樣，謝謝你們使用瑞秋的英語。