How long have you been studying English? How happy are you with your pronunciation? It's

你學英語多久了？多久 你對自己的發音滿意嗎？是的

a new year, and it's a new opportunity to get fluency in spoken American English. The

新的一年，這是一個新的機會，以 獲得流利的美式英語口語。的

Sounds of American English, and how they relate to stress, are the building blocks of American

美式英語的聲音，以及它們之間的關係。 要強調的是，是美國的基石。

English. So I've made a new set of 36 videos, totaling nearly 3 hours, that is truly special

英文。所以我做了一套新的36個視頻。 總共近3個小時，是真正意義上的特別的

for the way integrates understanding stress into learning sounds.

因為這種方式整合了對壓力的理解 成學習聲音。

Most of the materials you'll find elsewhere just teach the sounds on their own, in isolation.

你在其他地方能找到的大部分材料。 只是教他們自己的聲音，孤立地。

It's a mistake to learn this way -- we learn sounds to speak words and sentences, not just

這樣學習是錯誤的--我們學的是。 音來說話的單詞和句子，而不僅僅是。

sounds! For beginners, you can focus on the different sounds, and how they're made.

聲音!對於初學者，你可以專注於 不同的聲音，以及它們是如何產生的。

More advanced learners can focus on the subtleties of how sounds are affected by stress to put

更高級的學習者可以專注於細微之處。 聲音是如何受到壓力影響的

the finishing touches on their American accent. Every vowel and diphthong video teaches the

在他們的美式口音上做最後的修飾。 每一個元音和雙元音視頻都會教給學生

sounds in the context of stress, so you're working on the overall character of American

聽起來是在壓力的背景下，所以你是。 在美國的整體特徵上下功夫

English, which is so important.

英語，這是非常重要的。

These videos have a mix of explanations, images, and slow motion speech study. I recommend

這些視頻有解釋、圖片的組合。 和慢動作語音學習。我建議

watching all of the videos at once, several times. It's a lot of information. Give your

一次看完所有視頻，幾 次。這是一個很大的資訊。給你的

mind the time to take it all in and get the bigger picture. Then go back and study individual

介意時間來接受這一切，並得到了。 大局觀。然後回去研究個別

sounds. Imitate and practice the example words out loud.

音。模仿和練習例詞 大聲說。

Today's the day. This set of videos is now available. You can buy the download for just

今天是個好日子。這套視頻現在是 可用。您可以購買下載，價格僅為

$27. That's less than a dollar per video. You can download the videos to your device

27美元，每個視頻不到一美元。 你可以下載視頻到你的設備

or simply stream them. Go to RachelsEnglish.com/sounds

或者乾脆用流媒體播放。前往RachelsEnglish.com/sounds

to purchase, and you'll get instant access

購買，您將獲得即時的訪問權

to all of the videos. If a DVD is more your style, I've got you covered. The set is

到所有的視頻。如果DVD更適合你 風格，我已經為你準備好了。這一套是

available as a DVD as well.

也可作為DVD。

If you can't afford to purchase, you'll still get access to the videos. The videos

如果你沒有能力購買，你會。 仍然可以訪問視頻。視頻

in this collection will be released on YouTube twice a month, every first and third Thursday

在這個系列中，將在YouTube上發佈 每月兩次，第一和第三個星期四

until May 2017. But why wait? Get the whole set now, study the sounds as a unit, and get

直到2017年5月。但為什麼要等待呢？獲取整個 集現在，以聲音為組織、部門進行研究，並得到

fluency in your spoken English. Make 2016 YOUR year. Welcome to 2016, welcome to your

流利的英語口語。讓2016年 你的一年歡迎來到2016年，歡迎來到你的

new accent.

新口音。

Here's a sneak peak: the video on the AA as in BAT vowel.

以下是偷拍：AA上的視頻。 如BAT元音。

In this American English pronunciation video, we're going to learn how to pronounce the

在這個美式英語發音視頻中。 我們將學習如何發音的

AA as in BAT vowel.

AA如BAT元音。

This is a sound that changes depending on the following sound. So, it can either be

這是一種根據以下情況而改變的聲音 下面的聲音。所以，它既可以是

a pure vowel or a modified vowel. We'll go over both in this video.

純元音或修飾元音。我們將 在這段視頻中去這兩個。

To make the pure AA vowel, the jaw drops quite a bit, AA.

為了使純AA元音，下巴下垂得很厲害 有點，AA。

The tip of the tongue stays forward; it's touching the back of the bottom front teeth,

舌尖保持前傾，它是。 觸及下前牙的後方。

AA. The back part of the tongue stretches up.

AA.舌頭的後半部分伸展 了。

The tongue is wide, AA. Because the tongue is high in the back and low in the front,

舌頭很寬，AA。因為舌頭 是後高前低。

you can see a lot of it. This is different from the 'ah' as in 'father' vowel, for example,

你可以看到很多。這是不一樣的 例如，從 "啊 "的 "父親 "元音。

where the tongue presses down in the back and you see more dark space in the mouth.

舌尖上的中國 而你看到的更多的是口中的黑暗空間。

AA, AH.

AA，AH。

You can also see the corners of the mouth pull back and up a little bit. AA.

你也可以看到嘴角的痕跡 往後拉，再往上一點。AA.

Let's take a look at the pure AA vowel up close and in slow motion.

讓我們來看看純AA元音的漲幅 近，而且是慢動作的。

The tongue tip is down and the back of the tongue lifts. Here's the word 'sat'.

舌尖向下，後方的 舌頭抬起來。這裡的 "坐 "字。

The tongue position is easy to see because of the jaw drop needed for this vowel.

舌頭的位置很容易看到，因為 這個元音所需的下巴落差的。

When AA is in a stressed syllable, the vowel will go up and come down in pitch, AA. Sat,

當AA出現在一個重音節中時，元音為 將在投擲中上升和下降，AA。星期六

AA. In an unstressed syllable, the vowel is flatter and lower in pitch, quieter, aa. This

AA.在未受力的音節中，元音是在一個不受力的音節中，元音是...。 更平坦，音調更低，更安靜，aa。這個

vowel is unstressed in the second syllable of 'backtrack'. Let's look up close

韻母 的'背道而馳'。讓我們近距離觀察

and in slow motion.

而且是慢動作的。

In the first, stressed syllable, the jaw drops, and we see the corners of the lips pull back

在第一個，強調的音節中，下巴下垂。 我們看到脣角向後拉開

and up for the stressed AA. In the unstressed syllable, the jaw drops less. Let's compare

和上的壓力AA。在無壓力的情況下 音節，下巴掉得少。我們來比較一下

them.

他們。

On top is the stressed AA. You can see the jaw drops more. For the unstressed AA, the

上面是強調的AA。你可以看到 下巴掉的比較多。對於未受力的AA，。

corners of the lips are a little more relaxed than in the stressed version, where they pull

脣角微微一鬆 比在強調的版本，他們拉

slightly back and up.

微微向後和向上。

Generally, the unstressed version of a vowel or diphthong is more relaxed and doesn't

一般來說，元音的非受力版本。 或雙音比較輕鬆，不

take the full mouth position, in this case, a little less jaw drop, and relaxed lips.

採取全口位，在這種情況下。 少了一點下巴，嘴脣也放鬆了。

This is because unstressed syllables are shorter, so we don't take the time to make the full

這是因為未受力的音節較短。 所以我們沒有花時間去做完整的。

position.

位置：

At the beginning of this video, I said the AA vowel is not always a pure AA. This vowel

在這段視頻的開頭，我說的是 AA元音不一定是純AA。這個元音

changes when it's followed by a nasal consonant. When it's followed by the M or N sounds,

當它後面跟著一個鼻輔音時，就會發生變化。 當它後面跟著m或n音時。

the tongue relaxes in the back, making an UH sound after AA. AA-UH. It's not a pure

舌頭在後面放鬆，使 AA後的UH音。AA-UH。這不是一個純粹的

AA sound. Unfortunately, this change is not represented in the International Phonetic

AA的聲音。遺憾的是，這種變化並不是 國際音標中的代表

Alphabet. It's still written with the same AA symbol. So, you just have to know when

字母表。它的書寫方式仍然是 AA符號。所以，你只要知道什麼時候

it's followed by [m] or [n], it's different.

它的後面是[m]或[n]，這是不同的。

We don't say 'man', aa, 'man', with a pure AA. We say 'man', aa-uh, aa-uh,

我們不說 "人"，aa，"人"，與。 一個純粹的AA。我們說 "人"，啊，啊，啊，啊。

relaxing the tongue and corners of the lips before the consonant. You can think of this

舌尖脣角放鬆 在輔音之前。你可以這樣想

UH relaxation as the 'uh' as in 'butter' sound or schwa sound. Let's look up close

UH放鬆作為'呃'的'呃'如'黃油'。 音或分音。讓我們近距離觀察

and in slow motion at the word 'exam'.

並在'考試'二字上慢動作。

First we see the familiar shape of the mouth, when the AA is in a stressed syllable. Watch

首先我們看到熟悉的嘴形。 當AA在重音節中時。觀察

how the relaxation that happens: the corners of the lips relax in. The tongue will relax

如何發生的放鬆： 角落 的嘴脣放鬆在。舌頭會放鬆

down in the back. And the lips close for the M consonant.

後面的下來。而嘴脣閉合的 M輔音。

This relaxation of the corner of the lips and back of the tongue happens when the AA

脣角的放鬆 和舌背發生時，AA

vowel is followed by the N consonant as well. For example, the word 'hand'. Haa-uhnd.

元音後面也是N輔音。 例如，"手 "字。Haa-uhnd。

Hand.

手。

So, when you see this symbol followed by this symbol or this symbol, it's no longer a

所以，當你看到這個符號後面跟著這個。 符號或這個符號，它不再是一個

pure AA. Think of relaxing out of the vowel, AA-UH.

純AA。認為放鬆出元音。 AA -UH。

If the next sound is the NG consonant, it's a little different. Rather than 'aa-uh',

如果下一個音是NG輔音，那就是 有一點不同。而不是'aa -uh'。

the vowel changes into AY. It's really like the AY as in SAY diphthong. First, the middle

元音變成了AY。這真的就像 AY如SAY雙音。首先，中間的

part of the tongue lifts towards the roof of the mouth, then the front part of the tongue.

舌尖 的口腔，然後是舌頭的前部。

Let's watch 'gang' up close and in slow motion.

讓我們近距離觀看 "幫派"，並以慢速進行 動議。

The position for the first sound looks a lot like AA, but the part of the tongue lifting

第一個聲音的位置看起來很 像AA制，但提舌的部分。

up is more forward. Gaaaang. Then the front part of the tongue arches up towards the roof

起來是比較靠前的。Gaaaang。那麼前面 舌尖上翹

of the mouth, while the tongue tip remains down.

而舌尖仍然 下。

When you see this symbol followed by this symbol, it's no longer a pure AA. It's

當你看到這個符號後面跟著這個 符號，它已經不是一個純粹的AA。它是

more like AY. Gang. Thanks.

更像是AY。崗。諒諒

Pure stressed AA: Sat, aa Pure unstressed AA: backtrack, aa

純壓力AA：Sat，aa 純粹的無應力AA：回溯，aa。

AA, aa, AA, aa.

AA, aa, AA, aa.

AA vowel modified by M: exam, aa-uh AA vowel modified by N: man, aa-uh

由M修飾的AA元音：考試，aa-uh。 由N修飾的AA元音：man，aa-uh。

AA vowel modified by NG: gang, ay

AA元音經NG修飾：gang，ay。

Example words. Repeat with me: Chapter, can, act, last, bank, bypass.

例詞。跟我重複一下。 章，可以，行動，最後，銀行，繞過。

I hope this video helps you understand this sound. That's it, and thanks so much for

希望這段視頻能幫助你瞭解這 聲音。這就是它，並感謝這麼多的

using Rachel's English.

用瑞秋的英語。