So, you've got to control your tongue and your articulation organs.

所以，必须控舌和发音器官。

Now, a good vowel definition, in terms of pronunciation, is that the articulators hold a shape but they don't actually touch.

那么，就发音而言，元音定义是：发音器官保持一个形状，但实际上并不接触。

No sound came from it, but Harry was sure that if it could have given voice, it would have been screaming.

它没有发出声音，但是哈利相信，如果它有发音器官，此刻它肯定在拼命尖叫。

Of course, it's not speech because to speak, I have to move my vocal tract, I have to move the articulators.

当然，这还不是说话，若要说话，我还得去动我声道，动我发音器官。

In order to cure her important vocal organ, her vocal cords, she drank vodka together with vitamins.

为了治疗她重要发音器官，她声带，她混着维他命来喝伏特加酒。

Now, just before I give you an example, to be clear, the articulators are the lips, the tongue, the hard and soft palate, and teeth.

在我举例子之前，先说清楚一点，发音器官是嘴唇、舌和软，还有牙齿。

Now, just before I give you some examples, just to be clear that the articulators are the tongue, and lips, and teeth, and hard and soft palate.

在我给们举一些例子之前，先说清楚一点，发音器官是舌，嘴唇，牙齿，和软。

That is, when we speak we move our vocal organs and produce a number of sounds, organized in a certain way and with a certain meaning.

那就是，我们说话时候，要移动发音器官，发出按照一定方式组织起来并被赋予了一定意义声音。

So, in answer to your question, 'what is a vowel', well, a good definition is that vowels are made with the articulators holding a shape but not actually touching.

所以，要回答问题：“什么是元音”，一个很好定义是发音器官保持一个形状，但实际上并没有接触。

Well, a good definition of consonance sounds is that it is a sound whereby the articulators either touch or almost touch and then releasing suddenly or slowly or they hold their position.

辅音定义就是发音器官要么接触，要么彼此非常接近，然后突然或缓慢地释放声音，或者保持它们位置。

Now, we do have 3 consonants that don't follow that rule exactly, in fact, they don't touch, the articulators don't touch with these three consonants, instead the articulators approximate with one another.

我们有三个辅音没有完全遵守这个规则，事实上，在发那三个音时候发音器官并不接触，而是彼此非常接近。

And with the OO vowel sound, as in 'who', 'shoe' and 'move', the lips are rounded and the back of the tongue is high but again, nothing actually touches, it just, the articulators just hold a shape.

单词“who”，“shoe”和“move”中 OO 音，嘴唇张成圆形，舌背面抬高，同样没有触碰，发音器官只是保持一个形状。

SPEECH ORGANS, also known as VOCAL ORGANS, are those parts of the human body involved in the production of speech, including the lungs, the trachea (or windpipe), the throat, the nose, and the mouth (Figure 2.2).

发音器官是人体参与语音发生器官，包括肺部、气管、喉部、鼻、口等几大部分 (图 2 - 2)。