How to Pronounce FAMILY - Word of the Week - American English Pronunciation

In this American English pronunciation video, we're going to go over the pronunciation of the word 'family'.

在这个美国英语发音视频中，我们要来回顾一下"家庭"这个词的发音。

This week's Word of the Week is 'family'.

本周的"一周之词"是"家庭"。

'Family' may be pronounced with three syllables, but more commonly you'll hear it with two.

"家庭"可能用三个音节发音，但更常见的是，你会听到两个音节。

Family, family.

家庭，家庭

it begins with the F consonant sound, so the bottom lip will come up and touch the bottom of the top front teeth.

它从F辅音开始，因此，下唇会向上触摸上前牙的底部。

Ff, ff, fa-.

Ff，ff，fa-.

Then we have the AA as in BAT vowel.

然后，我们有AA，如在BAT元音。

It's followed by the M consonant, and whenever the AA vowel is followed by an M consonant, actually by any nasal consonant, it's not quite a pure AA vowel.

后面是M辅音，每当AA元音后面跟着一个M辅音，实际上任何鼻辅音，它不是一个相当纯粹的AA元音。

The back part of the tongue will relax, and we'll get an uh-like sound.

舌头的后部会放松，我们会听到一种类似声音的声音。

Fa-, fa-, fam-, family.

法，法，法-，家庭

The second syllable, unstressed, has the L consonant sound, ll, ll, tongue tip here, and the EE as in SHE vowel.

第二个音节，没有压力，有L辅音，ll，ll，舌尖在这里，和 EE 如 SHE 元音中。

So, the tongue tip will come down, the corners of the lips will pull wide a bit, -ly, -ly.

所以，舌尖会下来，嘴唇的角落会拉宽一点，ly，ly。

Family, family.

家庭，家庭

I have family in town.

我在城里有家人。

That's it, your Word of the Week.

就这个，你每周的词。

Try it out yourself.

自己试试吧。

Make up a sentence with the word, record it, and post it as a video response to this video on .

用单词做一个句子，记录它，并将其作为视频响应发布到 上。

I can't wait to watch it.

我迫不及待地想看。

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

就这么，非常感谢她用瑞秋的英语。