In this American English pronunciation video, we’re going to go over lip exercises.
在这段美式英语发音视频中，我们将学习一下嘴唇练习。
I don’t know about you, but when I was a kid,
我不知道你是不是也这样，当我还小的时候，
one of the funny faces that I loved making was the fish face.
我喜欢做的一个滑稽表情就是鱼脸。
Nice. That’s a good one.
不错。做的不错。
The lips are two wonderful articulators for many sounds: B, P, F, V, M, W
嘴唇对于许多声音来说是两个很棒的发音器官，比如B，P，F，V，M，W，
as well as rounding for vowels and diphthongs like OO, UH, AW, OH, OW.
嘴唇也可以发出许多圆唇元音和双元音，比如OO，UH，AW，OH，OW。
Let’s practice some relaxation exercises that will help our lips become as flexible and versatile as possible.
让我们做一些放松练习，这样可以让我们的嘴唇尽可能地灵活多变。

Let’s start by massaging the lips, which are really mostly skin and mucous membrane. Anyway you like.
让我们从嘴唇按摩开始，嘴唇实际上主要是皮肤和粘膜。随便你怎么按摩都行。
I can’t do that because I’m wearing lip stick, but otherwise I would.
我不能像他那样做，因为我涂了唇膏，要不然我也会按摩一下嘴唇。
I like to spend some time on the corners of the lips, where there is some muscle that you can feel.
我喜欢花点时间按摩嘴角，因为那里有一些可以感知到的肌肉。
Now blow through your lips, like we’re making the sound of an airplane or boat.
现在开始吹嘴唇，就像我们在模仿飞机或船只的声音。
This can be a good chance to connect with your support and blow through the lips from support.
这可能是一个很好的机会来联系你的支撑器官，并用支撑器官来用力吹嘴唇。
I’m going to go higher than you. Okay. You know that really is hard.
我要比你吹的声音更高。好吧。你要知道这真的很难。
If you have an tension in your lips, they won’t do that. Singers do that too.
如果你嘴唇紧张，就不能做到这样。歌手也是这么做练习的。
You can start by blowing through just with the breath, and then add voice to it.
你可以从只用呼吸吹气开始，然后再加上振动声音。
Now, let’s try the fish face. Can you do it?
现在，让我们试一下做鱼脸练习。你能做到吗？
It actually feels pretty good. Now here again, let’s drop out heads and shake the lips out.
实际上感觉相当不错。现在又来了，让我们低下头，摇一摇嘴唇。
Do I have to do that again? You don’t have to if you don’t want to. Well, it messes up my hair.
我必须再做一次吗？如果你不想做的话，就别做了。嗯，那样会把我的头发弄乱。
Wow. So, when you’re doing these exercises, try not to wear lipstick,
喔。所以，当你做这些练习的时候，尽量不要涂口红，
and do it before you do your hair. And pull your hair back in a bun.
练习之前不要做发型。其实你可以把头发向后梳成一个发髻。
Now, let’s work on some vowel sounds with the lips. OO-EE, OO-EE
现在，让我们用嘴唇练习一些元音。OO-EE、OO-EE
So the lips start very forward and rounded, and then pull back in the corners for that EE vowel. OO-EE, OO-EE
所以嘴唇开始非常向前和圆润，然后向后拉到那个EE元音的嘴角位置。OO-EE、OO-EE
And now, we’re going to get the jaw involved on this next one.
现在，我们在下一组发音要用到下颌。
We’ll go from OO, where again the lips are rounded forward, into AW, AW,
我们从OO开始，嘴唇再次变圆，然后变成AW，AW，
where the jaw will drop a bit. OO-AW, OO-AW
下颌略微下降。OO-AW，OO-AW
And now, let’s go from OO-EE to OO-AW. OO-EE, OO-AW, OO-EE, OO-AW
现在，让我们从OO-EE到OO-AW练习发音。OO-EE、OO-AW、OO-EE、OO-AW。
Nice. Now, drop your head and shake your lips out again, and you’re done!
不错。现在，低下你的头，再摇一摇你的嘴唇，你的练习就完成了！
This video is part of a series on Relaxation and placement.
这个视频是放松和位置系列的一部分。
If you liked it, check out the one that came just before on Tongue Relaxation,
如果你喜欢这个系列，你可以看看之前关于舌头放松，
and the one that comes next, on Throat Relaxation.
以及紧随其后的关于喉咙放松的视频。
Now, all of these exercises are new to me as well, and they were taught to me by Tom.
所有这些练习对我来说其实都是新的，都是汤姆教给我的。
He learned these exercises while he was getting his master’s degree in acting at Harvard University.
这些练习是他当时在哈佛大学攻读表演硕士学位时学会的。
So Tom, thanks so much for lending your expertise to this series. My pleasure.
汤姆，非常感谢你为本系列提供的专业知识。这是我的荣幸。
That’s it, and thanks so much for using Rachel’s English.
好了，非常感谢你使用瑞秋英语。