How to Pronounce Monophthongs - Vowel Sounds - British English RP Accent · English with Liz
本视频讲解英语元音发音，包括长元音和短元音的练习方法，适合初学者练习发音和语调。
I'm going to let you into a little secret.
我打算告诉你一个小秘密。
Did you know that there are hardly any languages that have as many vowel sounds as English?
你知道吗？几乎没有哪种语言的元音发音数量能与英语相媲美。
But there's good news ahead, because today we're going to practice all those naughty little monathongs.
不过前方还有好消息呢，因为今天我们将会练习所有那些“调皮”的连音练习（即那些需要连续发音的音节组合）。
So come on, let's get started.
那么，快点吧，我们开始吧。
So we're going to begin with two of the long vowel sounds.
那么，我们先从两个长元音发音开始学习吧。
But before we do, let's do a few lip trills.
但在开始之前，我们先来做几个唇部颤动练习吧。
Probably a good idea to make sure no one's listening at the moment.
最好先确认此刻确实没有人在偷听。
We do them like this, don't laugh.
我们就是这么做的，别笑。
Don't worry, you'll get better at it.
别担心，你会慢慢掌握这项技能的。
But this gets your lips, voice and mouth warmed up.
不过这个动作可以帮助你的嘴唇、声音以及口腔“热身”（即让它们变得更加灵活、更容易发出声音）。
Okay, let's begin.
好的，让我们开始吧。
E and Ooh.
E 和 Ooh……
Watch my mouth when I glide between the two sounds.
当我在这两个音之间转换时，请注意我的发音方式（即注意我的口型变化）。
Can you
你能……吗？
see that my mouth is spread like a smile for E with my jaws close together,
请注意：我的嘴巴张开成微笑的样子（即上下颌紧闭），同时嘴唇也呈微笑的形状。
and then it changes to full lip rounding with the jaw lowering like I'm blowing a kiss like this.
然后，嘴唇的形状会完全变圆，同时下巴也会向下移动，就像我在亲吻一样。
Ooh.
哦……
But where's the tongue, I hear you say?
但是舌头在哪里呢？我听到你们在问这个问题。
Well, the tongue is forward for E and comes back for Ooh.
嗯，发“E”音时舌头会向前伸出，而发“O”音时舌头又会缩回原位。
Watch this.
看看这个。
Now you try.
现在轮到你了，试试看吧。
Take a deep breath.
深吸一口气。
Eww.
呃……真恶心。
Eww.
呃……真恶心。
Got it?
明白了吗？
If not, practice until you have.
如果做不到，那就不断练习，直到能够做到为止。
If these sounds are new to you, you're probably using muscles you've never used before.
如果这些声音对你来说很陌生，那么很可能你正在使用一些以前从未用过的肌肉。
Now let's put them into two words.
现在，让我们用两个词来概括它们。
These are the most common words in English.
这些是英语中最常见的单词。
Please and thank you.
请务必这样做，非常感谢您。
Please and thank you.
请务必这样做，非常感谢您。
Can you hear it?
你能听到吗？
Okay, so now we have those sounds.
好的，现在我们已经得到了那些声音了。
Let's practice the short sounds.
我们来练习一下那些短音（即发音时间较短的音节）。
E and Ooh.
E 和 Ooh……
So why these?
那么，为什么偏偏选择这些呢？
Well, they are almost the same as the long sounds.
嗯，它们几乎与那些长音发音相同。
E and Ooh.
E 和 Ooh……
But just shorter.
不过要更短一些。
The tongue and the mouth and your do exactly the same thing as before.
舌头、口腔以及你的其他相关部位，仍然像以前一样正常工作（即执行与进食或说话相关的功能）。