(单词翻译:单击)
Hello. I'm John Russell.
大家好，我是约翰·罗素。
Today I would like to introduce you to a traveling sound /ou/.(注：此音标写法为方便编辑，正确写法见视频。)
今天我要给你介绍一个旅行的声音/ou/。（注：此音标写法为方便编辑，正确写法见视频。）
To make the /ou/ sound your lips should be very rounded, intense. /ou/ /ou/
要发出/ou/的音，你的口型应该是非常圆的，紧绷的。
Your tongue should be toward the middle and back of your mouth.
舌头应该在嘴巴的中部和后部。
It should be a little tense too.
舌头也应该保持一点紧张感。
An important point: your tongue should travel or move a little bit, too.
重要的一点：你的舌头也应该移动一点。
/ou/ is not a pure vowel.
/ou/不是一个纯元音。
Rather, it is a vowel sound followed by a semi-vowel, sometimes called an off-glide.
相反，它是一个元音后面跟着一个半元音，有时也被称作滑音。
The term off-glide suggests that your tongue has to travel a little bit.
滑音这个术语暗示你的舌头必须稍微移动一下。
Many languages of the world do not have tense vowels that are followed by semi-vowels.
世界上许多语言都没有紧元音后面跟半元音的情况。
This means that many English learners do not pronounce the semi-vowel in /ou/.
这意味着许多英语学习者不会发/ou/的音。
The result is that the /ou/ sound can sound slightly unusual to native speakers if you don't say it correctly.
所以如果你没有正确发/ou/的音，对于英语母语的人来说听起来可能有点不正常。
Let's explore some common words that have the /ou/ sound.
我们来探索一些常见的有/ou/音的词。
Many of them have something to do with travel: boat, road.
它们中的许多都与旅行有关：boat船、road道路。
Or consider this sentence: We drove slowly on the open road.
或者想一下这句话：我们在开阔的路上慢慢行进着。
I used the /ou/ sound 4 times in that sentence.
在刚才的句子里，我四次用到了/ou/的音。
My tongue is tired now.
我的舌头现在累了。
Well that was quite a journey we went on the /ou/ sound.
关于/ou/的音，我们已经行进了一段旅程了。
Which reminds me, where do you go after you travel?
这倒提醒我了，你旅行之后都去哪里？
Another place with the /ou/ sound: home.
另一个有 /ou/音的地方：home家里。
Keep up the good work.
继续加油吧。
