In this American English pronunciation video,

在这段美式英语发音视频中，

we're going to go over some of the differences in vowel sounds in American English and British English.

我们将学习一下美式英语和英式英语在元音发音方面的一些不同之处。

Today I'm going to make a video with another awesome English channel on YouTube, MinooAngloLink.

今天我要和YouTube上另一个很棒的英语频道MinooAngloLink一起制作一个视频。

The reason why I'm collaborating with them is because they're in the UK.

我之所以与他们合作是因为他们在英国。

So, together we're going to talk about some of the differences between American English and British English pronunciation.

下面我们一起来聊聊美式英语和英式英语发音的一些不同之处。

Hi Minoo, can you tell me a little about your channel and AngloLink?

嗨，Minoo，你能告诉我一些关于你们的频道和AngloLink的情况吗？

Hello everyone. My name is Minoo and my YouTube channel is called AngloLink.

大家好。我的名字是Minoo，我的YouTube频道叫AngloLink。

On this channel, I teach British English,

我在这个频道上教英式英语，

and I base my lessons on what I find to be the most challenging areas of English grammar, pronunciation, or vocabulary for my learners.

我的课程基础是我所发现的对我的学生来说最具挑战性的几个方面：英语语法、发音或词汇。

So, I hope you will come and have a look at some of my lessons.

所以我希望你们能看一看我的一些课程。

Great. Let's start with the OH diphthong.

太棒了。让我们从OH双元音开始。

This is the sound we use: OH.

这是我们使用的声音：OH。

The sound used in British English, however, is the schwa and the UH as in PULL sound.

然而，英式英语中使用的发音是非重读音节的元音，就像在Pull这个单词中UH的发音一样。

We say 'know', know. And in British, it's 'know'.

我们说“know”，读作know。而在英国，是这样读“know”。

You can see in the pronunciation on the left, the British pronunciation,

你可以从左边英式发音中看到，

that there's less jaw drop for the first sound, than the American pronunciation on the right.

第一个音发出来的时候，下颌下垂距离比美式发音要小。

Jaw drop is one of the topics I have to work a lot on with my students.

下颌下垂是我必须和我的学生们一起努力的话题之一。

Know. (6x) Know. Let's take a look at a sentence. Don't go alone.

Know。（6遍）Know。让我们来看一个句子。Don't go alone。

Each of these words has the OH as in NO diphthong in American English.

在美式英语中，这个句子中的每一个单词都有和NO一样的双元音。

Don't go alone. In British English, Don't go alone. (4x) The AH vowel.

Don't go alone。在英式英语中，这样读Don't go alone。（4遍）AH元音。

In American English, there are many words that have the letter O representing the AH as in FATHER vowel.

在美式英语中，有很多单词用字母O表示AH，就像FATHER中的元音一样。

For example, hot, honest, mom, top.

例如这些单词：hot，honest，mom，top。

The AH vowel has a good bit of jaw drop and totally relaxed lips.

AH元音在发音的时候，下颌下垂一点点就可以了，而且嘴唇是完全放松的。

In British English, however, in these words where the O represents the AH, there's a different vowel sound.

然而，在英式英语中，在这些O代表AH的单词中，有一个不同的元音发音。

There's more lip rounding and less jaw drop. For example, I say 'hot'. Minoo says 'hot'.

发音的时候嘴唇更圆，下颌下垂更少。例如，我是这样说“hot”的。Minoo这样说“hot”。

Notice how much more Minoo's lips round for this sound.

你会注意到Minoo的嘴唇在发出这个声音的时候变得更圆了。

In American English, the corners of the lips are completely relaxed, and the jaw drops a bit more.

在美式英语中，嘴角是完全放松的，下颌下垂得更多。

Hot. (6x) Honest. (6x) An example sentence: Hot or iced coffee?

Hot。（6遍） Honest。（6遍）例句：Hot or iced coffee？