Shou we— shou we-- Should. Should. Just the SH sound and the schwa.

只留下SH和中元。

We link the consonant onto the vowel.

我们将辅连到元上。

And the vowels that just make completely different sounds.

元会发出完全不同。

On to the next one, then, another vowel that changes.

好，我们看下一个，同样是元发生变化。

Linguists give vowels names to make it easier to talk about them.

语言学家为很多元字命了名，以此来方便讨论。

So it's almost like a vowel sound.

所以它（help中he部分）几乎就像一个元(/e/)。

Note that in American English, they say data, so the vowel sound is different.

注意在美式英语里他们读是data，元不同。

We reduce the vowel in those words to a schwa.

我们会把那些单词中元字缩减成一个非重读节元。

We drop vowels and consonants when words come together, right?

当几个词连在一起时，我们会去掉一些元和辅。

And we get the sound of this vowel.

我们就得到了这个元声。

Don't try to make a vowel there.

不要试着发元。

Just S into N sound, son, the schwa will happen on its own.

只有 S 到 N ，son，弱央元就会自动出现。

No idea, we add a W sound because it's two vowels.

No idea，我们加一个 W ，因为有两个元。

And you release into the vowel, " e" , " te-" .

然后松开，发出元/ɛ/. /tɛ/。

Can you write down your favorite word that starts and ends with the same vowel?

你能否写下最喜欢一个以同一元开始和结束单词？

We're replacing it with what we call a diphthong.

我们用双元代替它。

For instance, in the word " photography, " I stressed the second vowel.

比如，在单词" 摄影（photography）" 中，我会在第2个元上重读。

In " can't, " the vowel sound is never reduced.

在" can’t" 发时，元从来不弱读。

One theory is that it's all due to the great vowel shift.

一种理论认为这都是由于元巨大转换。

So, firstly, how do we pronounce the schwa sound?

首先，我们是怎么发弱央元呢？