How to Pronounce VACATION -- American English

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

在这个美国英语发音视频中，我们要来回顾一下"假期"这个词的发音。

This week's word of the week is 'vacation'.

本周的一周单词是"休假"。

Vacation.

假期。

It's a three-syllable word with stress on the middle syllable.

这是一个三音节的单词，中间音节有重音。

Va-ca-tion. Vacation. It begins with the V consonant sound, where the bottom lip comes up and touches the bottom of the top front teeth, vv, vv.

Va-ca- tion。假期。它从V辅音开始，下唇上去，接触上前牙的底部，vv，vv。

Then it has the AY as in SAY diphthong.

然后，它有AY，如在SAY二十通。

The jaw does need to drop for that first sound of the diphthong, va-, va-.

下颚确实需要下降的第一声，第一声，va-，va-。

Then we have the K consonant sound, where the back part of the tongue will reach up here, kk, touch the soft palate and pull away to make the K sound.

然后我们有K辅音，舌头的后部会伸到这里，触摸柔软的口感，拉开，发出K声。

The stressed syllable also has the AY as in SAY diphthong.

强调音节也有AY，如在SAY diphthong。

Since this syllable is stressed, the jaw will probably drop a little bit more than it did in the unstressed syllable.

由于这个音节被强调，下巴可能会下降一点点比它在无应力音节。

Vaca-, -ca-.

瓦卡-,-卡.

Vacation.

假期。

The last syllable is the SH, schwa, N sound: -tion, -tion, -tion.

最后一个音节是SH，schwa，N声音：-tion，-tion，-tion。

You don't need to worry about making the schwa.

你不需要担心做施瓦。

The N sort of takes over that sound, -tion, -tion.

N种接管了那个声音，是的，是的。

Since it's unstressed, we do want it to be very fast.

因为它没有压力，我们确实希望它非常快。

And, it will be lower in pitch and flatter than -ca-, the stressed syllable.

而且，它的音高和扁平性会比-ca-，强调音节。

Vacation, vacation.

假期，假期

Here's a video from my summer vacation.

这是我暑假的录像。

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。