Well, the IPA is the international phonetic alphabet.

IPA 是国际标。

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

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。

That's why I use the IPA to help my students when they're studying English pronunciation.

这就是我为什么用国际标来帮助我学英语的学生。

You can see in the phonemic script that that first syllable is the stressed one.

可以标中看到第一个节是重读的。

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

国际标表中，每一个可能的元都这里绘制出来。

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

它有英语中所有单词的国际标。

You go to online dictionaries, you see the IPA.

去线词典，看到国际标。

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

如果熟悉标，会注意到这里没有 R。

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。

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。这不是啤酒的一种。不是的，这是国际标。

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。

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

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。

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

但是如果真的投入去做，那么就没有理由不去掌握国际标。

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

如果熟悉标，会注意到这里没有 R。它只是 /ˈaɪən/。

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

所以，不学国际标就亏大了。

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

我推荐学习国际标。

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

不一定要使用标符号，但是它们可以帮记住单词的正确。

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，就像我会打电话时拼出的那样，用的是NATO标字母表。