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

留下SH音和中元音。

We link the consonant onto the vowel.

我们将辅音连音到元音上。

And the vowels that just make completely different sounds.

元音会发出完全不同的音。

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

好，我们看下一，同样是元音发生变化。

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

语言学家为很多元音字命了名，以此来方便讨论。

So it's almost like a vowel sound.

所以它（help中he的部分）几乎就像一元音(/e/)。

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

请注意在美式英语里他们读的是data，元音不同。

We reduce the vowel in those words to a schwa.

我们会把那些单词中的元音字缩减成一读音节的元音。

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

当几词连在一起时，我们会去掉一些元音和辅音。

And we get the sound of this vowel.

我们就得到了这元音的声音。

Don't try to make a vowel there.

不要试着发元音。

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

有 S 到 N 的音，son，弱央元音就会自动出现。

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

No idea，我们加一 W 音，因为有两元音。

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

然后松开，发出元音/ɛ/. /tɛ/音。

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

你能否写下最喜欢的一以同一元音开始和结束的单词？

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

我们用双元音代替它。

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元音上读。

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

在" can’t" 发音时，元音从来不弱读。

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音的巨大转换。

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

首先，我们是怎么发弱央元音的呢？