The phonetic spelling of the word.

就单词的读音。

There are many more weak forms, but the number of words with weak forms is limited.

轻读音有很多，但轻读音的字汇数 有限的。

This is a great way of you practicing your weak forms.

这练习弱读音的好方法。

English words are not always spelled as they sound.

英语单词并非完全按照读音拼写。

Can you hear the weak forms?

您可以听到轻读音？

To pronounce stress clearly, you need a clear contrast between your stressed and unstressed syllables.

要清晰地念重读，你就需要在重读音节和不重读音节之间有一个清晰的对比。

Then he broke down the sound of each character.

然后，他将各个汉字的读音拆分。

But it still has the length of a stressed syllable.

可它还有重读音节的长度。

It's a compromise between ancient literary dialects.

它几种古代文读音的杂糅。这个观点学界仍有争论。

And the R actually takes over the schwa sound.

“R”实际上取代了弱读音。

Almost all weak forms have a schwa sound.

几乎所有的轻读音都有一个schwa音。

Iambic pentameter follows the heartbeat rhythm, one short unstressed syllable followed by one long stressed syllable.

抑扬格五音步遵循心跳节奏，一个短的非重读音节后面跟着一个长重读音节。

But what about the other important sound.

但另一个重要的读音呢？

Oth, th, th, th. Other. Then the schwa R ending in the unstressed syllable.

然後念轻读音节中混母音加上R的结尾。

This is because we don't take this much time for unstressed syllables.

这因为非重读音节的时长非常短。

However, sound is just part of the problem.

然而，其读音并不最大的问题所在。

So start training your ear to pick out these sounds or these chunks, right?

开始训练你的耳朵找出这些读音或这些语块吧。

In a stressed syllable, you have an up- down shape in the voice, OO, OO.

在重读音节中，音调有一个上下波动。

Now we'll glide up on a single stressed syllable.

现在我们来练习在单一重读音节上滑行。

We say the negative word 'can't' differently.

我们对否定词 can't 的读音不同。