the word America.

美國這個詞。

This week's Word of the Week is America. 'America' is a four-syllable word with stress on the

本週的 "每週一詞 "是 "America"（美國）。

second syllable. America. The first syllable is simply the schwa sound, uh. Then we have

第二個音節。美國。第一個音節是簡單的 schwa 音，uh。然後是

the stressed syllable, -mer-. It begins with the M consonant where the lips are together.

重讀音節 -mer-。它以嘴脣併攏處的 M 輔音開頭。

Then we have the EH as in BED vowel. The jaw has to drop for that, -mer-. Then the R consonant.

然後是 BED元音中的EH。下巴都要掉下來了，-mer-。然後是 R 輔音。

So, the tongue will pull back and up, and the jaw will close as the tongue reaches towards

是以，舌頭會向後上拉，當舌頭伸向下頜時，下頜會閉合。

the roof of the mouth, -mer-rr-. Then we have the IH as in SIT vowel, Ameri-. And finally,

口腔頂部，-mer-rr-。然後是 IH 和 SIT 的元音，Ameri-。最後

the K consonant sound and schwa for the last syllable. The tongue will reach up here, kk,

最後一個音節是 K 輔音和 schwa。舌頭會伸到這裡，kk、

kk, and the back part of the tongue will touch the soft palate and release to make the K

kk，舌後部接觸軟顎後鬆開，發出 K

sound. America, America. She visited America last May.

聲音美國，美國去年五月，她訪問了美國。

That's it, your Word of the Week. Try it out yourself. Make up a sentence with the

這就是本週的關鍵詞。自己試試吧。用

word, record it, and post it as a video response to this video on YouTube. I can't wait to

字，錄製下來，作為對 YouTube 上這段視頻的迴應發佈。我迫不及待地想

watch it.

看吧

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

就是這樣，非常感謝你使用瑞秋的英語。