A is pronounced.

A 讀作"......"。

This video highlights some of the work I've done on my Sound Chart on my website. I often

這段視頻重點介紹了我在網站上的 我在自己網站上的 "聲音圖表 "上所做的一些工作。我經常

get emails from people asking questions like, why is the CH in Chicago pronounced differently

收到一些人的電子郵件，詢問以下問題 為什麼芝加哥的 CH 讀音不同

than the CH in choice. And my answer is always, unfortunately, the letters in English do not

而不是 CH 的選擇。我的回答總是 不幸的是，英語中的字母不

correspond one-on-one with the sounds of English. To know exactly how a word is pronounced,

與英語發音一一對應。 準確瞭解一個單詞的發音、

you have to look up the International Phonetic Alphabet transcription of the word. Today

您必須查找該詞的國際音標 字母轉寫的單詞。今天

we're going to look at the letter A and all the different sounds it can represent.

我們來看看字母 A 和它所能代表的所有 它所能代表的不同聲音。

In the word 'exact', it's the AA sound, exact. In the word 'father', it's the AH sound. Father.

在 "確切 "一詞中，它是 AA 音，確切。 在 "父親 "一詞中，是 AH 音。父親

In the word 'about', it's the schwa, the UH sound. About. In the word fall, it's the AW

在單詞 "about "中，它是分裂音，即 UH 音。關於在單詞 fall 中，是 AW

sound. Fall. In the word 'able', it's the AY diphthong. Able. In the word 'share', it's

聲音秋天在 "能 "字中，它是 AY 雙元音。能。在 "share "一詞中，它是

the EH sound. Share. In the word 'private', it's the IH vowel. Private.

EH 的聲音。分享。在單詞 "private "中 是 IH 韻母。私人。

So, when you see the letter A, you can't necessarily make assumptions about how that letter is

所以，當你看到字母 A 時，你不一定能 你就不一定能假設這個字母是

pronounced. It's always best to look it up in a dictionary. Or, better yet, listen with

明顯。最好還是 查字典。或者，最好用

your ears open as you hear native speakers. Make note of how they pronounce particular

豎起耳朵聽母語人士說話。 注意他們如何發音，特別是

words.

話。

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

就是這樣，非常感謝 使用瑞秋的英語。

Don't stop there. Have fun with my real-life English videos. Or get more comfortable with

不要止步於此。我的真人 英語視頻。或者通過

the IPA in this play list. Learn about the online courses I offer, or check out my latest

播放列表中的 IPA。瞭解我提供的 我提供的在線課程，或查看我最新的

video.

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