Well, the IPA is the international phonetic alphabet.

IPA 是国际音。

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

我现在是国际音忠实粉丝。

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

最小对立体是指音中只有一个音素不同，其他音素完全相同两个单词。

These sounds caused a few problems English learners.

这些音给英语习者带来了一些困难。

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

那么我们来看一组英语音。

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

在国际音中，每一个可能元音都在这里绘制出来。

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

它有英语中所有单词国际音。

You go to online dictionaries, you see the IPA.

你去在线词典，你看到国际音。

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

如果你熟悉音，你会注意到这里没有 R。

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

我们使用NATO音字母来进行电话上拼写。

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

看一下这两个词音，我们继续讨论 16 和 60。

It's basically an alphabet of sounds.

它基本上是一个由音组成字母。

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

那是国际音。这不是啤酒一种。不是，这是国际音。

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

同样英语音可以适用于不同英语字母，你注意到了吗？

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

我推荐你习国际音。

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

你没有录音，没有音，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.

英语不是一种音语言，不是每个字母都代一个声音，所以虽然有两个字母，但其实只有一个发音。

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

如果你熟悉音，你会注意到这里没有 R。它只是 /ˈaɪən/。

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

但是如果你真投入去做，那么你就没有理由不去掌握国际音。

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

所以，不国际音就亏大了。