To spell things on the phone, we use the NATO Phonetic Alphabet.

我们使用NATO标字母表来进行电话上的拼写。

That's the IPA. And that's not a type of beer. No, it's the international phonetic alphabet.

那是国际标。这不是啤酒的一种。不是的，这是国际标。

So, it would be silly not to learn the IPA.

所以，不学国际标就亏大了。

It's just the IPA of all the words in English.

它有英语所有单词的国际标。

You go to online dictionaries, you see the IPA.

你去在线词典，你看到国际标。

I'll also give you the phonetic symbols for each letter.

我还会告诉你们每个字母的标。

If you're familiar with phonetic symbols, you'll notice that there is no R here.

果你熟悉标，你会注意到这里没有 R。

Well, the IPA is the international phonetic alphabet.

IPA 是国际标。

So let's look at this group of English sounds.

那么我们来看一组英语标。

Here's the catch: you have no recordings. No phonetic transcriptions. Not even an alphabet.

你没有录，没有标，甚至连ABC都没有。

And within that, every single possible vowel sound is mapped out here.

在国际标表，每一个可能的元都在这里绘制出来。

These sounds caused a few problems English learners.

这些标给英语学习者带来了一些困难。

So, the IPA includes consonants and vowels and also indicators like stress.

国际标包括辅和元，也包括重等内容。

Take a look at the phonetic transcriptions of these two words, let's go on to 16 and 60.

看一下这两个词的标，我们继续讨论 16 和 60。

That's why learning the IPA is going to help you pronounce English words better!

这就是为什么学习国际标有助于你的英语变更好。

This is the International Phonetic Alphabet and I use it a lot when I'm teaching pronunciation to my English students.

这是国际标表，我在教学生英语的时候经常用到它。

Remember that they're sounds not English letters.

记住他们是标而不是英语字母。

You don't have to use phonetic symbols, but they can help you to remember the correct pronunciation of words.

你不一定要使用标符号，但是它们可以帮你记住单词的正确。

But if you really dedicate yourself to it, there is no reason why you shouldn't master the IPA.

但是果你真的投入去做，那么你就没有理由不去掌握国际标。

I'm going to spell out a word, as I would on the telephone, using the NATO alphabet.

我要拼出一个词，就像我会在打电话时拼出的那样，用的是NATO标字母表。