(单词翻译:单击)
Hello. I'm John Russell.
大家好，我是约翰·罗素。
It's time to look at the vowel sounds that is important.
今天我们来看一个重要的元音。
If you want to talk about yourself: the /ai/ vowel sound.(注：此写法为便于编辑，正确写法见视频）
如果你想说你自己：/ai/的音。（注：此写法为便于编辑，正确写法见视频）
The /ai/ vowel sound is also one of the subject pronouns in English: I.
/ai/也是英语中的主语代词之一“I”的发音。
The /ai/ vowel sound is a vowel sound followed by a semi-vowel, in this case a /y/ sound.
/ai/的音是一个元音后面跟着一个半元音——/y/音。
The /ai/ vowel sound is a dipthong.
/ai/是一个双元音。
This term suggests that your tongue has to move quite far in your mouth.
双元音意味着，发音时你的舌头需要在口腔里移动相当远的距离。
Your tongue should be relaxed, flat, and in a low central position in your mouth.
你的舌头应该平放且放松，在嘴巴的中间位置，较低。
Then the tongue needs to move to a high front position.
然后舌头需要移动到前面一个较高的位置。
Your lips should be open and relaxed, but not rounded.
你的嘴唇应该张开和放松，但不是圆形的。
They need to close up a bit when moving to the final position.
当他们移动到最后的位置时，嘴巴稍微合上一点。
The /ai/ vowel sound has a few common spelling patterns that you should know about.
/ai/的发音有几种常见的拼写模式，你应该知道。
The first is the letter "y" at the end or middle of a word, as in: why, sky, style.
第一个是字母“y”位于词尾或词中，比如单词why为什么，sky天空，style样式。
The letter i is another common spelling as in: nice kind.
字母i是另一种常见的拼写方式，比如：nice美好的，kind友好的。
And there is the "-igh" spelling, as in: night, light, right.
字母组合“-igh”也发/ai/的音，比如night晚上，light灯光，right正确的。
That's all for today.
以上就是本节的全部内容。
Keep up the good work.
继续加油吧。
