【大家一起學發音】[au]該怎麼發(視頻)

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The [au] diphthong. The first sound of this diphthong is once again a sound that does not stand on its own as a vowel sound in American English. However, it is very similar in sound to the aa as in bat. The way it is different from that sound is that the jaw on aa, aa, is tighter. And on aa as in ow, it drops more. In that way, it is similar to the ah as in father. Also, as you can see, aa, there's the lift here, and it's not quite as extreme in the 'ow', 'ow'. In that sense, the lips are also like the ah as in father. The tongue however, aa, ow, is similar to the aa as in bat in that it's raised in the back and then comes forward, and that's what you see.

The second sound is written as the uh as in pull. I do find, however, that it tends to taper a little bit towards the oo as in boo without the lips actually coming into that position.

[au]是一個雙元音，它的第一個音並不像它本身所寫的那樣唸作[a]，但是卻和bat中的[æ]音很相近。它倆的區別在於：發[æ]音時下頜收得緊些，嘴角有明顯的上揚；而發[au]中的第一個音時是下頜要下垂一點，嘴角沒有那麼上揚。不過發兩個音時，舌跟都要擡起然後向前舒展。[au]的第二個音寫做pull中的[u]，但是它更接近於boo中的[u:]音，但是脣形沒有收得那麼緊。

Sample words:

cow 奶牛

bough 大樹枝

sound 聲音

Sample sentence:

I came back from vacation and found my flowers dead and brown. 度假回來發現我養的花已經死了，都變成棕色的了。