Well, the IPA is the international phonetic alphabet.

IPA 是国际标。

Now I'm a huge fan of the IPA, the international phonetic alphabet.

我现在是国际标表的忠实粉丝。

Minimal pairs are two words that differ from each other by only one sound.

最小对立体是指标中只有一个素不同，其他素完全相同的两个单词。

These sounds caused a few problems English learners.

标给英语学习者一困难。

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

那么我们看一组英语标。

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

在国际标表中，每一个可能的元都在里绘制出。

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

它有英语中所有单词的国际标。

You go to online dictionaries, you see the IPA.

你去在线词典，你看到国际标。

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

如果你熟悉标，你会注意到里没有 R。

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

我们使用NATO标字母表进行电话上的拼写。

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

看一下两个词的标，我们继续讨论 16 和 60。

It's basically an alphabet of sounds.

它基本上是一个由标组成的字母表。

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

那是国际标。不是啤酒的一种。不是的，是国际标。

Notice that the same English sound can be used for all of those different letters?

同样的英语标可以适用于不同的英语字母，你注意到吗？

I recommend that you learn the IPA, the international phonetic alphabet.

我推荐你学习国际标。

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。

Although it's two letters, English is not a phonetic language and not every letter represent a sound.

英语不是一种标语言，不是每个字母都代表一个声，所以虽然有两个字母，但其实只有一个发。

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

如果你熟悉标，你会注意到里没有 R。它只是 /ˈaɪən/。

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

但是如果你真的投入去做，那么你就没有理由不去掌握国际标。

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

所以，不学国际标就亏大。