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I often get emails from users asking how to pronounce specific words.
我经常收到用户的电子邮件询问如何针对特定的单词进行发音。
Today I'm going to show you three different online resources that will help you figure this out on your own.
今天，我将向你展示三种不同的在线资源，这些资源将帮助你自己解决这个问题。
First, dictionary.com. Let's use the word ‘attain'. The default on dictionary.com is their own pronunciation guide.
首先是dictionary.com这个网站。举个例子，“attain”这个单词。dictionary.com上的默认发音是他们对这个单词的标准发音。
But you can see the link here, show IPA, and when you click it, it brings up the international phonetic alphabet transcription of the word,
但是你可以在这里看到这个链接，显示国际音标，当你点击它的时候，它会显示这个单词的国际音标，
the same pronunciation symbols that my website uses. So you can see here, ‘attain' begins with the unaccented schwa syllable.
我的网站使用相同的发音符号。所以你可以在这里看到，“attain”开始于无重音的schwa音。
This little mark means that the next syllable is stressed.
这个小标记表示下一个音节是重读的。
So the stressed syllable begins with the T consonant, has the ‘ay' as in ‘say' diphthong, and the N consonant.
因此，重读的音节以t辅音开始，正如在“say”双元音中有“ay”，还有一个辅音n。
When you press the speaker icon, you can hear a short audio clip of a native speaker saying the word.
当你按下这个发音扬声器图标时，你就可以听到以英语为母语的人说这个词的简短音频剪辑。
The next site I want to show you is the Cambridge Dictionary of American English.
我想给你们看的下一个网站是剑桥美国英语词典。
So again, we'll look up the word ‘attain'. Here you see the IPA transcription of the word.
所以，我们再来看看“attain”这个单词。在这里你可以看到这个词的国际音标转录。
And again, there's a speaker icon, where you can hear a different native speaker saying the word.
这里还有一个说话者图标，你可以听到不同的母语者对这个词的读法。
So, in both of these great resources, you can hear the word pronounced by a native speaker,
因此，在这两个庞大的网络资源中，你可以听到一个以英语为母语的人的发音，
but you can also see the International Phonetic Alphabet transcription of the word.
但你也可以看到国际拼音字母抄写的单词。
And here's a site called howjsay.com. Again, we'll look at the word ‘attain'.
这里有一个叫做howjsay.com的网站。我们再来看看“attain”这个词。
There's no transcription here, but again you get a third opportunity to hear a different person saying the word.
这里没有书面标注，但你又有第三次机会听到另一个人在说这个词。
To hear the word a second time, just move the cursor over the word again.
要想再次听到该单词，只需将光标再次移到该单词上。
The default pronunciation for this site is British English.
此网站的默认发音是英式发音。
But for some words they will give you both British English and American English. For example, on the word "water".
但是对于一些单词他们会给你英式英语和美式英语。例如，关于“water”这个词。
One thing I really like about this site is that you can type multiple words separated by a semicolon to bring them up in one batch.
我真正喜欢这个网站的一点是，您可以键入由分号分隔的多个单词，以便在一个批处理中显示它们。
Then you can move quickly from audio file to audio file. This will help you if you have multiple words that sound the same to you
然后你可以将鼠标快速地在多个单词音频图标上点击。如果你有多个词听起来一样的话，
if you're not quite sure how to differentiate the words.
或者如果你不太确定如何区分的话，是对你有帮助的。
I encourage you to take advantage of these wonderful free resources on the web as you work on your pronunciation.
我鼓励你利用这些非常好的免费资源在线给你的发音提供帮助。
That's it, and thanks so much for using Rachel's English.
就这样，非常感谢你使用瑞秋英语。
