LEARNING ENGLISH | ADVANCED STUDENT LESSON

One of you reached out to me and said:

有同学问我

Rachel, will you make a video that goes over the pronunciation of O-O?

Rachel，你能讲讲OO的发音吗？

There are many different pronunciations.

OO可以有好几种不同的发音。

Do you know them all?

你们都知道吗？

Let’s learn them and practice them.

咱们今天就来说说OO。

As we study the pronunciation of any given letter or set of letters,

当我们学习字母或字母集合的发音时，

we have to remember the sad fact that English is not phonetic.

必须了解一个令人伤心的事实，即英语不是拼音。

That’s why spelling can be so tricky, and why pronunciation can be so hard.

英文的拼写和发音是十分坑爹的。

A phonetic language is one where speech sounds,

英语是一门语音语言，

like AH for example,

举个栗子, 比如AH，

are written just one way.

写的时候就一种。

But in English, the vowel sound AH

但在英语中，元音AH

appears with many different spellings in different words:

很多种拼写都可能发AH的音：

The letter A like in FATHER.

比如father中的A。

The letter E like in SERGEANT.

Sergeant中的E。

Ah.

Ah.

The Letter O like in BODY.

Body中的O

Ah.

Ah.

The letters AA like in BAZAAR.

Bazaar中的AA。

Ah.

Ah.

The letters EA like in HEART.

Heart中的EA。

Ah.

Ah.

For example.

例如。

The same is true for letters.

反之也是如此

Any letter, or set of letters like OO,

任何字母或一组字母，如OO，

might have more than one pronunciation.

可能有多种发音。

The most common pronunciation for the letter OO is the sound [u].

字母OO最常见的发音是声音[u]。

This happens in words like ‘zoo’,

比如zoo

‘food’, ‘moon’, ‘loop’.

‘food’, ‘moon’, ‘loop’.

OO.

OO.

The lips are a bit relaxed, and then the come into a tighter circle.

嘴唇稍微松弛，然后向中间收紧为一个圆圈。

OO.

OO。

I have a video that goes over the pronunciation of this sound,

我专门有一个视频会讲过这个发音，

including some close ups of the mouth.

包括一些口型的特写。

This is in my Sounds of American English series, and

我的美国英语系列音频

I’ll link to that video here and in the description below.

您可以在下面的描述中找到该视频的链接。

Another common pronunciation is the UH sound like in ‘book’,

另一个常见的发音是“Book”中的UH音，

‘cook’,

‘cook’,

‘foot’,

‘foot’,

‘hoodie’.

‘hoodie’.

Uh, uh.

Uh, uh.

Notice the lips flare a bit for this sound.

注意我的口型，嘴唇微张。

Uh. Uh.

Uh. Uh.

See an in-depth video on that sound by clicking here, or, you know what’s even better?

点击此处查看关于该声音的深入视频，或者

I’ll link to the playlist with ALL the sounds of American English at the end of this video.

我会在本视频结尾处将所有美国英语的发音的课程视频链接到播放列表。

Another pronunciation in some common words with O-O is the AW as in LAW sound.

与OO在一些常见词语中的另一个发音是在LAW中的AW。

For this sound, I’ve only found words where OO is followed by R,

OO后面如果跟着R的单词，

and that does change the AW sound,

这确实会改变AW声音，

it makes it more round.

使它更圆。

Let me show you what I mean.

我来演示一下

Some common words here would be ‘door’,

这里常见的一些词将是' door’

‘poor’, ‘floor’.

‘poor’, ‘floor’.

AW as in LAW is pronounced like this, AW, AW.

Law中的AW的发音是这样的，AW，AW。

But in these words, the mouth closes more and the tongue pulls back a little bit more:

但对于oor的单词，嘴巴更闭合，舌头往回拉一点点：

door, o-o, do-o- door,

door, o-o, do-o- door,

aw, aw, law.

aw，aw，law。

So the sound is more closed.

所以声音更加封闭。

What about the words ‘flood’ and ‘blood’?

‘flood’ 和 ‘blood’这两个词呢？

What vowel sound do you hear there?

你听到了什么元音？

Flood, blood, bloody.

Flood, blood, bloody.

It’s the UH as in BUTTER sound.

这是butter的UH音。

So, a fourth sound.

所以，第四个声音。

Now, we’ve talked about ‘food’, ‘foot’, ‘floor’, and ‘flood’.

现在，我们讲了 ‘food’, ‘foot’, ‘floor’, and ‘flood’.

In all of these words, O-O is pronounced differently.

在所有这些单词中，OO的发音是不同的。

In ‘food’, it’s OO.

在 ‘food’中，这是OO。

In ‘foot’, it’s UH.

在'foot'中，是UH。

In ‘floor’, it’s AW,

在'floor'中，是AW，

in ‘flood’ it’s UH.

在'flood'中 是UH。

Look at the four words.

看看这四个词。

Can you tell by looking which vowel sound it is?

你可以通过查看它是哪个元音来判断吗？

What’s the clue?

有什么想法么？

How to do you know the pronunciation of the letters O-O by looking at a word?

如何通过查看单词知道字母OO的发音？

Do you know the answer?

你知道答案吗？

It’s a disappointing one.

答案很坑爹。

There’s no way to know by looking at these words.

通过看这些是无法知道的。

Really, the pronunciation of a word has to be memorized when you learn the definition of a new word.

真的，当你学习一个新单词时，这个单词的发音需要记住。

I know. It’s extra work.

我知道。这是额外的工作。

It’s one of the things that makes communicating in English, speaking English,

然而英语的确就是这个德行，

that much harder.

这太难了。

Food, foot, floor, flood.

Food, foot, floor, flood.

There are even two more pronunciations,

其实还有两种发音，

though they’re not as frequent.

尽管他们并不常见。

First, the word ‘cooperation’,

首先，‘cooperation’ 这个词，

or, for short, you might see it as ‘coop’.

有时会简写为'coop'。

What’s interesting is that there, the two letters O

坑爹的是，这里有两个字母O.

are actually in different syllables,

实际上是在不同的音节中的，

making two different sounds.

发出两种不同的声音。

The first is the OH diphthong:

首先是OH双元音：

co- oh- oh-

co-oh- oh-

and the second is the AH as in FATHER vowel.

第二个是father的AH。

OH-AH. OH-AH.

OH-AH。 OH-AH。

Co-op.

Co-op.

Co-op.

Co-op.

Occasionally you’ll see this written with a dash between these two syllables,

偶尔你会看到在这两个音节之间用短划线书写的，

but often not.

但通常不会。

Co-op.

Co-op.

This pronunciation is also in the word ‘zoology’,

zoology也是这个情况，

where there is a syllable split between the two O’s.

在两个O之间有一个音节分裂。

OH-AH.

OH-AH。

Zo-ology.

Zo-ology.

This one is funny because it’s related to the word ‘zoo’,

这个很有趣，因为它与“zoo”这个词有关，

where the double O makes one sound,

双O发出一个声音，

the OO vowel.

OO元音。

Zoology, the study of animals,

Zoology, the study of animals,

zoo, a place where animals are kept.

zoo, a place where animals are kept.

Same root, different pronunciation of OO.

同根，OO的发音却不同。

Also the O-O in the word ‘brooch’.

'brooch’一词中的OO。

The most common pronunciation for this in the US is with the OH as in NO diphthong.

在美国，最常见的发音是OH，就像在NO中一样。

OH, broo-, brooch.

OH, broo-, brooch.

A brooch is a piece of jewelry that you can pin to your shirt or jacket.

A brooch is a piece of jewelry that you can pin to your shirt or jacket.

So we’ve gone over six pronunciations.

以上我们已经学了六种OO的发音。

Let’s review.

我们来复习一下。

Double O makes the OH diphthong like in ‘brooch.

两个OO发‘brooch’里的双元音OH。

It makes two sounds:

发两个音：

The OH diphthong plus the AH vowel, like in ‘cooperation’ or ‘zoology’.

‘cooperation’ 或 ‘zoology’ 中发OH双元音再加上AH元音。

There are also four vowels that can be made with the double O:

oo还还可以发其他四个单元音：

Food, foot, floor, flood.

Food, foot, floor, flood.

For these four, let’s go over more words for each category.

对于这四种，我们再分别多举几个例子。

The UH as in BUTTER vowel:

butter中的UH：

Flood, blood,

Flood, blood,

and other words or compound words with ‘blood’,

‘blood’类似的还有，

like ‘bloody’ or ‘blood work’.

‘bloody’ 或 ‘blood work’.

The AW as in LAW plus R:

Law中的AW加R：

Floor, oh-oh, floor,

Floor, oh-oh, floor,

door, anything with ‘door’ like ‘doorway’,

door, ‘door’ 类似的 ‘doorway’,

‘doormat’, ‘indoor’, ‘outdoor’.

‘doormat’, ‘indoor’, ‘outdoor’.

Also, the word ‘poor’, which is a homophone with this word ‘pour’, P-O-U-R,

‘poor’跟‘pour’是同音词，

like when you pour water out of a pitcher.

比如 when you pour water out of a pitcher.

The UH as in PUSH vowel:

push中的UH：

there are lots that end in K.

常见的有很多以K结尾的词

Book, cook, hook, look, took.

Book, cook, hook, look, took.

And any words that are variations or compound words,

类似的有

like bookshelf, bookstore, bookworm,

比如 bookshelf, bookstore, bookworm,

bookmark, booking, books.

bookmark, booking, books.

Cooking, cookbook.

Cooking, cookbook.

Fishhook, unhook.

Fishhook, unhook.

Looks, looking, lookout.

Looks, looking, lookout.

Mistook, undertook.

Mistook, undertook.

We have ‘foot’ and related words like:

与 ‘foot’ 相关的词，如：

football, barefoot, foothill.

football, barefoot, foothill.

Good, hood, wood, and related words like:

Good, hood, wood, 和相关的词比如：

goodbye,

goodbye,

lots of words that end in –hood like neighborhood, boyhood,

很多以hood结尾的单词，neighborhood, boyhood,

girlhood, adulthood.

girlhood, adulthood.

We have woods, woodpecker, woodcutter,

wood 相关的, woodpecker, woodcutter,

plywood, redwood, hardwood.

plywood, redwood, hardwood.

Uh.

Uh.

We have brook, booger, cookie.

brook, booger, cookie.

And the most common pronunciation, the OO vowel like in: too,

最常见的发音，too中的OO：

boot, cool, moon,

boot, cool, moon,

mood, boom, doom,

mood, boom, doom,

food, goofy, fool,

food, goofy, fool,

hoop, loop, noon, oops,

hoop, loop, noon, oops,

ooze, roof, soon,

ooze, roof, soon,

cartoon, bloom, aloof,

cartoon, bloom, aloof,

boost, booze, broom, hoop,

cartoon, bloom, aloof,

moose, proof, scoop, shoot,

moose, proof, scoop, shoot,

stoop, bamboo, Google, goose.

stoop, bamboo, Google, goose.

I hope this video has helped clarify what's going on with the letters O-O.

我希望这段视频有助于大家了解OO。

You have several different pronunciations,

有几个不同的发音，

but we’ve gone over a lot of the most common words with OO in this video.

我们已经在这个视频中学习了含有OO最常见的单词。

Were any of the pronunciations different from what you thought?

有那个发音和你自己认为的不一样吗？

It might not be a bad idea to watch the video again

您可以反复收看本视频

to solidify the words for each pronunciation.

巩固每个发音的单词。

Also, here’s that playlist I promised you.

另外，这是我提到过的播放列表。

It has a video for each sound in American English.

有一个美国英语每个声音的视频。

That, of course, includes the possible pronunciation of O-O that you learned today.

当然，也包括您今天学到的OO的可能发音。

As you go forward speaking English,

当你继续说英语时，

think to yourself,

想想自己，

I am now the master of the letters OO.

我现在是OO大师了。

That’s it, and thanks so much for using Rachel’s English.

今天就讲到这里，非常感谢收看Rachel’s English.