And we get the sound of this vowel.

我们就得到了这个元音的声音。

Notice, also, that the last consonant goes into the vowel.

再，最后一个辅音/v/和前面的元音融合。

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

你能否写最喜欢的一个以同一元音开始和结束的单词？

I said it louder and longer than the other vowels.

此处比其他元音的发声力度大、时间也久。

Can you guess where the schwa sound is in this word?

你能猜到这个词的弱央元音是哪个吗？

Now here are some words which have this vowel sound.

这里有一些含有这个元音的单词。

But why, why does 'lose' have a longer vowel?

但是为什么，为什么“lose”的元音长呢？

Often, unstressed vowels have a more relaxed lip position.

通常非重读元音的嘴型放松。

The singing of Latin brought purer vowels into the King's sound, which was pleasing.

拉丁语的歌唱给国王的声音带来了纯正的元音，这是令人愉快的。

However, it's a vowel sound that's used in many grammar words like articles and prepositions.

然而，它却是很多语法词（比如冠词和介词）中的元音。

You can do this by underlining the vowel where the stress is.

你可以在重音所在的元音划划线来进行标。

Vowel sounds are open and flowing like a, e, i, o, u.

元音的发音是开放且流畅的，比如 a、e、i、o、u。

The vowels -- sounds you make with an open mouth – began to change.

此时，发声时嘴巴要张开的元音开始改变。

We're just doing what's called a schwa, so a schwa is a completely neutral sound.

我们只是在做一个叫做 schwa（非重读音节的元音）的东西，所以 schwa 是一个完全中性的声音。

So what we need to do is work on the vowel sound, the R sound.

所以我们需要做的是练习元音，R 的发音。

The vowels -- sounds you make with an open mouth -- began to change.

此时，发声时嘴巴要张开的元音开始改变。

The number of syllables in a word is decided by its number of vowel sounds.

一个单词中音节的数量是由元音的数量决定的。

The number of syllables in the word depends on the number of vowel sounds.

单词中音节的数量取决于元音的数量。

So let's start with a different vowel sound.

让我们从一个不同的元音开始。

A diphthong is a vowel in which the position of the tongue changes.

双元音是舌头位置会发生改变的元音。