This video comes to you from Dillon, Colorado, where I'm spending Christmas with my family.

这段视频拍摄于科罗拉多州的狄龙，我在这儿和家人一起过圣诞节。

I'm going to introduce you to my cousin and my cousin's husband.

我要向你介绍我的表妹和她的丈夫。

Do you notice anything interesting about how those words are pronounced? If not, stay tuned.

注意到这些词发音的有趣之处了吗？如果没有，请继续收看。

Hi, I'm Rachel's cousin Nikki.

嗨，我是瑞秋的表妹尼基。

I'm Rachel's cousin's husband, Steve.

我是瑞秋表妹的丈夫，史蒂夫。

Did you notice how they pronounced the words 'cousin' and 'husband'? Listen again.

注意到他们怎么读的“表妹”和“丈夫”吗？再听一遍。

Hi, I'm Rachel's cousin Nikki.

嗨，我是瑞秋的表妹尼基。

I'm Rachel's cousin's husband, Steve.

我是瑞秋表妹的丈夫，史蒂夫。

Did you notice how they pronounced the S as a Z sound?

注意到他们是怎么把S音读成Z音的吗？

This is actually quite common in American English.

这在美式英语中很常见。

I've done a video on how to pronounce plural nouns.

我做过一个关于复数名词发音的视频。

There are many cases there where the final S will be pronounced as a final Z.

在很多情况下，会把最后的S发成Z音。

The same rules apply to third person verb conjugations.

同样的规则也适用于第三人称动词的变化。

But in the words 'cousin' and 'husband', they're not plural nouns, and they're not third person verb conjugations.

但在“表妹”和“丈夫”这两个词中，它们不是复数名词，也不是第三人称动词的变化。

They're simply words where the S is pronounced as a Z.

它们只是S音发成Z音的单词。

Unfortunately, there are no rules to tell you why the S is pronounced as a Z.

很遗憾，没有规则可以告诉你为什么把S读成Z。

But there are a whole slew of words where this is the case, and they just have to be memorized.

但是，很多词都是这样，只需要记住就行了。

Two days ago, my cousin's husband Steve took me snowboarding.

两天前，我表妹的丈夫史蒂夫带我去滑雪。

Unfortunately, because I'm not very good at it, I fell many times.

遗憾的是，因为我不太擅长滑雪，摔了很多跤。

And I've ended up with a huge bruise on my knee. Both knees, actually.

我的膝盖上有一块很大的瘀青，实际上是两个膝盖都这样。

Did you notice?

你注意到了吗？

Because, with a Z.

因为，发了Z音。

But also, did you notice, bruise.

但你注意到了吗，瘀青。

Spelled with an S, pronounced with a Z.

拼写为S，发音为Z。

Don't believe her, she did an excellent job.

别信她，她滑得很好。

Do believe her about the bruise, though.

不过，要相信她说的瘀青。

Yes, the bruise is, is not a lie.

是的，瘀青不是假的。

Other words where the S is pronounced as a Z: is, his, use.

S音发为Z音的其他单词：is、his、use。

Now, let's stop for a minute and talk about use.

现在，停一下，我们来说说use。

In verb form, the S in 'use' is pronounced as a Z.

在动词形式中，“use”中的S读作Z。

But when it's a noun, use, it's pronounced as an S.

但当它用作名词时，use的发音是S。

So that's one way you can differentiate between which form of the word is being used.

所以，这是一种区分使用单词哪种形式的方法。

This also applies to a few other words, for example, house.

这也适用于其他一些词，例如house。

As a noun it is an S, and as a verb, house, it is a Z.

名词发S音，动词house发Z音。

Was, design, lose.

was、design、lose。

These are just some of the many words where the S will be pronounced as a Z.

这些只是S音发为Z音的许多单词中的一部分。

Special thanks to my cousin and her husband for being in this video with me.

特别感谢我的表妹与她丈夫和我一起录制这个视频。

That's it, and thanks so much for using Rachel's English.

这集节目结束了，谢谢你收看《瑞秋纯正美式发音》。