Hello! I'm John Russell.

大家好！我是约翰·拉塞尔xaGh9iC!E=Y3XoqJjl。

Let's continue our exploration of vowel sounds.

让我们继续探索元音]+.K.Yz~[[VTn&。

If you want to reduce your accent or sound more like an American, it is worth paying careful attention to the differences between vowel sounds.

如果你想纠正你的口音，即令你的发音听起来更像美国人，那么仔细注意元音音素之间的区别是值得的F=x;W__B-QZk。

A nice place to start is to develop your ability to recognize vowel sounds.

你可以从培养识别元音音素的能力开始.GL[zLAyp[ff。

So, let's do an activity with two sounds we have explored in recent videos.

让我们用我们在最近的视频中探索过的两个元音来做一个活动[(6W5KRCHuuz^o6KJl。

In International Phonetic Alphabet (or IPA), they are written like this: /^/ and /a/.

在国际音标中，它们写成这样：/^/和/a/（正确写法见视频）6&AFx]+W!0_J.!OW。

/^/ appears in words such as "fun."

/^/出现在诸如“fun”之类的词中euoWZSbK;hbGCVLob7W。

/a/ appears in words like "father."

/a/出现在诸如“father”之类的词中1z^arua9.&。

So, we have our two vowel sounds: /^/ and /a/.

因此，我们有了两个元音：/^/和/a/ehi[;]3H(jTvVu|1G4XJ。

You will hear me say two words.

你将会听到我说两个单词cveEZoMYbH。

Listen to what I say, think carefully about the vowel sounds you hear, then say the words.

听我说的单词，仔细想你听到的元音，然后说出单词tZ#qQ^(E5H)~]&~x[E;-。

Let's start. Cost much

我们开始吧s0a9yX*Jk~+1JjQv8。Cost muchzP2gG(;-YB]。

Now think carefully about the vowel sounds you heard.

现在仔细想想你听到的元音8k#ish|f~g=UgF+*[。

Which word had which vowel sound?

哪个词有哪个元音？

Now say the words "cost much."

现在说“cost much”.qQ1Hd(E8N。

The first word, "cost," involves the /a/ vowel sound.

第一个单词“cost”涉及元音/a/（正确写法见视频）.n4k7lMnh@5yYYPkSDbU。

The second word, "much," involves the /^/ vowel sound.

第二个单词“much”涉及元音/^/（正确写法见视频）BrC.ErDM-yMhC*o。

You will often hear the words "cost much" as part of a longer sentence about prices.

你会经常在有关价格的长句中听到“cost much”zL=iQu|u1g4DrX=#5y。

So, for example, you might hear a person say, "That didn't cost much" or "It won't cost much."

例如，你可能会听到一个人说，“That didn't cost much.”或“It won't cost much.”（那花不了多少钱）JZmcUVZ_dMg]3@&kyh。

That's all for today! Keep up the good work!

今天就到这里吧！继续努力！