American English Sounds - UH [ʊ] Vowel - How to make the UH as in PUSH Vowel

美式英语发音-元音UH [ʊ] -怎样发 PUSH 中的元音 UH

In this American English pronunciation

在这个美式英语发音视频中

video, we’re going to learn how to pronounce

我们将学习如何发

the UH as in PUSH vowel.

PUSH 中的元音 UH

To make this sound, the corners of the lips

为了发这个音，嘴角要稍稍向内撅起

come in a little so the lips flare away

这样嘴唇就会从脸部向外张开

from the face, UH.

UH

The back of the tongue lifts towards the back

舌根向后上方抬起

of the roof of the mouth. The front of the

舌尖保持向下

tongue remains down, but it might be pulled

但是可能会稍稍向后拉

slightly back, so it’s not quite touching the

所以舌尖不会触及下前牙的背面

back of the bottom front teeth.

Let’s look at this sound up close and in

让我们用慢动作近看一下这个元音

slow motion.

The lips flare and the tongue inside the

嘴唇张开，嘴巴里的舌头比其他元音中的要暗一点

mouth is a little darker than on other

vowels because the tongue is pulled back.

这是因为舌头向后拉了

Here’s the word ‘took’. The corners of the

这是单词“took”

嘴角向内，嘴唇张开

mouth come in to flare the lips. The back

舌根抬起，舌尖稍稍向后拉

of the tongue lifts, and the front pulls

back a little.

In a stressed syllable, the vowel curves up

在重读音节中，该元音(音调)先向上后向下

then down. Took, uh. In an unstressed

Took, uh

在非重读音节中，它的音调更低更平

syllable, it’s lower and flatter in pitch,

as well as quieter and quicker. The vowel

同时声音更小、发音短促

在单词“good-bye”中，该元音是非重读的，uh, uh

is unstressed in the word ‘good-bye’, uh, uh.

Let’s look at this word up close

让我们用慢动作近看一下这个单词

and in slow motion.

Again, the lips flare and the tongue lifts in the

同样的，嘴唇张开

舌根抬起，舌尖稍稍向后拉

back, pulling back the front of the tongue.

Let’s compare the stressed version on

让我们来比较重读版本(上图)和非重读版本(下图)

top with the unstressed version on

the bottom. Notice the lips flare a little

注意，非重读的时候嘴唇张开得更小

less for the unstressed vowel, hiding the

下牙隐藏了起来

bottom teeth.

Generally, the unstressed version of a vowel

一般来说，一个元音或双元音的非重读版本

or diphthong is more relaxed and doesn’t

要更放松，并且不会达到完整的口型

take the full mouth position, in this case,

在这个例子中

a little less lip flare, and possibly less jaw

嘴唇张开稍少一点，同时也许下巴也放下得少一些

drop. This is because unstressed syllables

这是因为非重读音节更短

are shorter, so we don’t take the time to

所以我们没有时间完成完整的口型

make the full mouth position.

The stressed UH: took, UH

重读 UH : took, UH

Unstressed: good-bye, uh

非重读：good-bye, uh

UH, uh. UH, uh.

UH, uh. UH, uh.

Example words. Repeat with me:

请跟读这些示例词汇：