So we have lots of vowel sounds.

所以元音的发音有很多种。

And we get the sound of this vowel.

我们就得到了这个元音的声音。

Now here are some words which have this vowel sound.

这里有一些含有这个元音的词。

Often, unstressed vowels have a more relaxed lip position.

通常非重读元音的嘴型更放松。

The number of syllables in a word is decided by its number of vowel sounds.

一个词音节的数量是由元音的数量决定的。

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

首先，我们是怎么发弱央元音的呢？

This sound is a little different from all of the other vowel sounds.

这个音和其它元音的发音不太一样。

The number of syllables in the word depends on the number of vowel sounds.

词音节的数量取决于元音的数量。

Spanish is another language that has five.

西班牙语是另一门有五个元音的语言。

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。

This is the Science of Vowels.

这里是元音的科学。

I said it louder and longer than the other vowels.

此处比其他元音的发声力度更大、时间也更久。

So here we have some very similar differences, the vowel sound, right?

这个区别跟之前那个很像，也是元音的区别。

And it revealed that neurons fire in different patterns for continents versus vowels.

它揭示了不同大陆和元音的神经元激活模式不同。

Jaw drops for the beginning of the diphthong and the back of the tongue lifts.

在读元音的时候，一开始下巴下沉，然后舌头抬高。

There are three consonant-vowel links to find in each sentence.

在每个句子里可以找到有三个辅音 - 元音的连音。

If your language has fewer vowel sounds than English.

如果你的语言元音的发音比英语少。

Let's look at a few more examples of words that lose unstressed vowels.

让我们再看几个略读了非重读元音的词。

Make sure that the vowels in this word are the same.

确保这个词的元音是相同的。

Vowel sounds are open and flowing like a, e, i, o, u.

元音的发音是开放且流畅的，比如 a、e、i、o、u。