In this American English pronunciation video, we're going to go over how to pronounce the word AT in a sentence.I love reductions.
在这节美式英语发音课上，我们将要学习句子中的单词“at”如何发音。我爱略读。
As you probably know, there are lots of words in American English that will sound different in the context of a sentence then they do on their own.
你们可能知道，美式英语里面面有很多单词，在句子中的发音和单独发音有所不同。
AT is one of these words. On its own, it has the AA as in BAT vowel and the true T.At.(loop two times)
“at”就是这样一个单词。单独发音时，它是“bat”中的aa元音和清音T。“at”（循环两次）
But in a sentence, it will often reduce to the schwa vowel. The final T will either be a stop T or a flap T depending on the next sound.
但是在一句话中，它经常略读为弱读音。而结尾的“t”则根据后面单词的发音来决定是停顿T还是闪音T。
If the next sound is a consonant, then it will be a stop T.If the next sound is a vowel or a diphthong, then it will be a flap T.
如果后面单词的首字母是辅音，则是停顿T。如果是元音或者双元音，则是闪音T。

Let's take a look at some sentence fragments.
我们来看一些句子片段。
First, at my(loop two times). The word after the word 'at' begins with the M consonant. So the T here is a stop T.At (loop four times), at my(loop two times).
首先，“at my”（循环两次）。单词“at”后面的词首字母是辅音M，因此这里是停顿T。“at”（循环四次），“at my”（循环两次）。
At a(loop two times) The sound after the word 'at' here is the schwa sound, a vowel. So the ending T will be a flap T.At a (loop four times).
“at a”（循环两次）单词“at”后面的音是弱读元音，因此结尾是闪音T。“at a”（循环四次）
Now let's look at some full sentences.
现在我们来看一些完整的句子。
I'll be at school. At(loop two times), the word after the word 'at' here is 'school', beginning with a consonant, so the T will be a stop T.At school(loop two times). I'll be at school.
I'll be at school. “at”（循环两次）这里单词“at”后面的词是“school”，开头是辅音，所以是停顿T。“at school”（循环两次）I'll be at school.
Also, are you noticing how fast the word is?As a function word, as a reduced word, it's very fast: at (loop three times).
另外，你有注意到这个单词的发音有多快吗？作为一个功能词和略读词，这个词发音很快，“at”（循环三次）
This provides nice rhythmic contrast in the sentence to the stressed syllables.
这就和句子中的重读音节形成了很鲜明的节奏比较。
For example, at school (loop three times). They're both one syllable, but the word 'at', much quicker than the word 'school'. At school.
例如，“at school”（循环三次）。这两个单词都只有一个音节，但是单词“at”比“school”的发音快很多。At school.
I'll be at her house. The next word, after the word “at”, is the word “her”. But I'm dropping the H to reduce that word, so the next sound is actually the schwa sound.
I'll be at her house. 单词“at”后面的单词是“her”，但是我省略了“h”来进行略读，所以下一个发音实际上是弱读元音。
That means the T will be a flap T.At her(loop three times). I'll be at her house.(loop two times)
这意味着结尾是闪音T。“at her”（循环三次）。I'll be at her house.（循环两次）
I got it at the corner store. At the(loop two times). So the word after the word 'at' begins with a consonant, therefore the T is a stop T.At the(loop two times). I got it at the corner store.
I got it at the corner store. “at the”（循环两次）。单词“at”后面的首字母是辅音，因此结尾是停顿T。“at the”（循环两次）。I got it at the corner store.
I'm going to be at Anna's until 6. At Anna's(loop two times). The next word begins with a vowel sound, so the T is a flap T.At Anna's. I'm going to be at Anna's until 6.
I'm going to be at Anna's until 6. “At Anna's. ”（循环两次）。下一个单词以元音开头，所以T是闪音T。At Anna's. I'm going to be at Anna's until 6.
I'm busy at the moment. At the(loop two times). Again, the next word, 'the', begins with a consonant, so it's a stop T.At the(loop two times). I'm busy at the moment.
I'm busy at the moment.“at the”（循环两次）下一个单词“the”开头是辅音，因此这里是停顿T。“at the”（循环两次）I'm busy at the moment.
I hope you'll notice when native speakers do this and start doing it yourself.
我希望当母语者这样说时你能注意到并且你自己也开始这样说。
Integrating the reduced 'at' into your speech will help smooth out the line, and also add some nice rhythmic contrast to the longer, stressed syllables in a sentence.
将略读“at”融入于你的讲话中将会使你的讲话更流利，并且和句子中长的重读音节形成节奏对比。