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In this American English pronunciation video, we're going to take a look at how the letter A is pronounced.
在这个视频中，我们来看看字母A的发音。
This video highlights some of the work I've done on my Sound Chart on my website.
这个视频讲述的是我在网站上的发音图表中所做的一些工作。
I often get emails from people asking questions like,
我经常收到一些人的电子邮件，
why is the CH in Chicago pronounced differently than the CH in choice.
他们问我这样的问题：为什么Chicago的CH发音和choice的CH发音不同。
And my answer is always, unfortunately, the letters in English do not correspond one-on-one with the sounds of English.
我的答案是，很遗憾，英语中的字母与其发音并不一一对应。
To know exactly how a word is pronounced,
要准确地知道一个词如何发音，
you have to look up the International Phonetic Alphabet transcription of the word.
必须查这个词的国际音标字母标录。
Today we're going to look at the letter A and all the different sounds it can represent.
今天我们来看看字母A和它能代表的所有不同发音。
In the word "exact", it's the AA sound, exact. In the word "father", it's the AH sound. Father.
在单词“exact”中，是AA音，exact。在“father”这个词里，是“AH”音，Father。
In the word ''about", it's the schwa, the UH sound. About.
在“about”这个词里，是“schwa”这个词，是“UH”音。
In the word fall, it's the AW sound. Fall.
在“fall”这个词里，是AW音，Fall。
In the word "able", it's the AY diphthong. Able.
在“able”这个词中，是AY双元音，Able。
In the word "share', it's the EH sound. Share.
在“share”这个词中，是EH的发音，Share。
In the word "private", it's the IH vowel. Private.
在“private”这个词中，是IH元音，Private。
So, when you see the letter A, you can't necessarily make assumptions about how that letter is pronounced.
所以，看到字母A时，你不一定要对字母的发音做出假设。
It's always best to look it up in a dictionary.
最好是查字典，
Or, better yet, listen with your ears open as you hear native speakers.
或者，更好的办法是，仔细听母语是英语的人说话，
Make note of how they pronounce particular words.
记下他们对特定单词的发音。
That's it, and thanks so much for using Rachel's English.
这期节目就到这里了，感谢收看《瑞秋纯正美式发音视频》。
Don't stop there. Have fun with my real-life English videos.
不要就此止步，观看我的实景生活英语视频吧。
Or get more comfortable with the IPA in this play list.
或者在这个播放列表中观看IPA节目。
Learn about the online courses I offer, or check out my latest video.
了解我提供的在线课程，或者查看我的最新视频。
