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In this American English pronunciation video,
在这段美式英语发音视频中，
we're going to go over the difference between the words 'man' and 'men'.
我们将讨论单词“man”和“men”之间的区别。
These two words are similar, but not the same.
这两个词相似，但不相同。
Thanks to those out there in the Rachel's English community who have suggested this comparison.
感谢《瑞秋纯正美式发音》社区的朋友，他们建议我做这个比较。
These words have a different vowel sound.
这些词有不同的元音。
'Man' has the AA, and 'men' has the EH.
“Man”有AA音，“men”有EH音。
But it's actully not quite as simple as just comparing these vowel sounds.
但实际上，并不像比较这些元音那么简单。
When the AA vowel is followed by a nasal consonant, like N, the sound changes a little bit.
当AA元音后面跟N等鼻音辅音时，声音会有一点变化。
We'll get to see that when we watch these words up close and in slow motion.
我们用慢镜头近距离观察这些单词时，就会明白这一点。
For 'men', the lips start closed and we engage the vocal cords for the M. Mmmm.
对于“men”来说，嘴唇开始紧闭，再用声带来发M音。
Then we open into the EH vowel, me-. The jaw drops a good bit for this vowel.
然后张开嘴发EH元音，me-。发这个元音时，下巴有点下落。
The tongue tip is forward and down, lightly touching the back of the bottom front teeth.
舌尖向前、向下，轻轻接触底部门牙的背面。
The middle/front part of the tongue lifts towards the roof of the mouth, but it doesn't get too close.
舌头的中部/前部向上提，但不要太靠近嘴的顶部。
Make the middle of the tongue wider as it lifts. Eh, men.
舌头抬起时，使舌头中间展宽。men。
Then the front of the tongue simply goes up to the roof of the mouth for the N, men.
然后舌头的前部直接向上延伸到嘴的顶部，
It stays wide and flat, the back is relaxed. Men, men.
它保持展宽、放平，舌头的背部放松。Men、men。
'Man' starts the same way, with the lips closed, mm.
“Man”开始时也是这样，嘴唇紧闭，mm。
Now we have the AA vowel, which changes into the UH vowel before we get to the N.
现在，发AA元音，发N音前变成UH元音。
So for the AA vowel, the jaw drops and the tongue tip stays forward, lightly touching the back of the bottom front teeth.
所以对于AA元音，下巴下落，舌尖保持向前，轻接触底部门牙的背面。
The back part of the tongue stretches up, aa, maa-, maa-, maa-.
舌头的背部向上伸展，aa、maa-、maa-、maa-。
Lift the top of the lip just a little bit.
稍稍抬起嘴唇的顶端。
If we were making this a pure vowel, it would sound like this: AA, man.
如果想把它发成一个纯元音，听起来会是这样的：AA，man。
But that's not how we say it.
但我们不这么读，
Even though that's what it says in the dictionary, Americans relax it before making an N.
尽管字典上是这样，美国人在发N音前会松口气。
So it sounds and looks like this: ma-uh-n.
听起来和看起来是这样：ma-uh-n。
Did you see how every thing relaxed?
你看到每个音是怎么放开的吗？
My lips relaxed, and my tongue relaxed down, ma-uh-n.
嘴唇放松，舌头也放松，ma-uh-n。
We do this with the AA vowel when it's followed by N.
在跟着N时，我们发AA元音。
Then, to make the N, the front part of the tongue simply goes up to the roof of the mouth, ma-uh-n.
然后，为了发N音，舌头的前部向上抵到嘴的顶部，ma-uh-n。
It stays wide and flat, the back is relaxed.
舌头保持展宽、放平，舌头背部放松。
