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

我们使用NATO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。这不是啤酒的一种。不是的，这是国际。

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

所以，不学国际就亏大了。

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

它有英语所有单词的国际。

You go to online dictionaries, you see the IPA.

你去在线词典，你看到国际。

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

我还会告诉你们每个母的。

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

如果你熟悉，你会注意到这里有 R。

Well, the IPA is the international phonetic alphabet.

IPA 是国际。

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

那么我们来看一组英语。

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

你有录，有，甚至连ABC都有。

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

在国际表，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，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有助于你的英语发变更好。

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

这是国际表，我在学生英语发的时候经常用到它。

Remember that they're sounds not English letters.

记住他们是而不是英语母。

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

你不一定要使用符号，但是它们可以帮你记住单词的正确发。

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，那么你就有理由不去掌握国际。

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母表。