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Hello! I'm John Russell.
大家好！我是约翰·拉塞尔。
Vowel sounds are very important in American English.
元音在美式英语中非常重要。
If you want to reduce your accent or sound more like an American, it is worth paying careful attention to the differences between these sounds.
如果你想纠正你的口音，即令你的发音听起来更像美国人，那么仔细注意这些音素之间的区别是值得的。
So, let's play a game.
我们来玩个游戏吧。
We will explore the difference between two vowel sounds.
我们将会探索两个元音之间的区别。
The first one is written like this in International Phonetic Alphabet (or IPA): /ae/.
第一个元音在国际音标中写成这样：/ae/（正确写法见视频）。
This vowel sound appears in words such as "apple" or "have."
这个元音出现在诸如“apple”或“have”之类的单词中。
The second vowel sound is written like this in IPA: /a/.
第二个元音在国际音标中写成这样：/a/（正确写法见视频）。
This vowel sound appears in words like "job" or "father".
这个元音出现在诸如“job”或“father”之类的单词中。
So, we have our two vowel sounds: /ae/ and /a/.
因此，我们有了两个元音：/ae/和/a/（正确写法见视频）。
You will now hear one word.
现在你将听到一个单词。
Which vowel sound do you hear?
你听到了哪个元音？
Dark, dark. Let's listen one more time. Dark.
Dark，dark。让我们再听一遍。Dark。
The answer is /a/ - dark.
答案是/a/（正确写法见视频）-dark。
Now, let's try another word.
现在，我们来试试听另一个单词。
Which vowel sound do you hear?
你听到了哪个元音？
Hat, hat, hat. Let's listen one more time. Hat.
Hat，hat，hat。让我们再听一遍。Hat。
The answer is /ae/ - hat.
答案是/ae/（正确写法见视频）-hat。
That's all for today!
今天就到这里吧！
In future videos, we will do more fun games that explore the sounds of American English.
在以后的视频中，我们将会做更多有趣的游戏来探索美式英语的发音。
Don't forget to watch more of our videos at our website learningenglish.voanews.com.
不要忘记在我们的网站learningenglish.voanews.com上观看更多视频。
