Eleanor Lawson uses ultrasound to study English phonetics.

埃莉诺·劳森用超声波习英语语。

English is not a strictly phonetic language.

英语并不是一个形完全一致的语言。

But English is not a phonetic language.

但是英语不是一种语语言。

Well, the IPA is the international phonetic alphabet.

IPA 是国际标。

I can look at phonetics and phonology — speech sounds.

我可以语和韵——还有语。

One of the most significant is phonetics.

其中最不一样的是语。

So you need a phonetic script? You need something?

所以你需要注字母？你要借助其他东西？

I forgot to mention, here, the phonetics.

我忘了说了，发。

The English letters are the same as the phonetic spelling.

英语字母跟语拼写一样。

I recommend that you learn the IPA, the international phonetic alphabet.

我推荐你习国际标。

The phonetic spelling of the word.

就是单词的读。

But English is not a phonetic language, thank God.

但英语不是一种语语言。

And this changed some vowels and some words and imitated earlier phonetic changes.

这改变了一些元和一些单词，模仿了早期的语变化。

So, they give the phonetic spelling, they give the syllables, they give you other forms.

所以，这些网络词典会告诉你读法拼写，节和单词另外的形式。

At this point writing became phonetic, and then all kinds of new communication became possible.

这样，文字变成了表符号，所有的全新交流方式都变成可能。

And it's so crazy, it has many, many, many English words and their phonetic transcript.

它真的很棒，里面有很多很多的英语单词和它们的语记录。

Now I'm a huge fan of the IPA, the international phonetic alphabet.

我现在是国际标表的忠实粉丝。

I'll also give you the phonetic symbols for each letter.

我还会告诉你们每个字母的标。

Here's the catch: you have no recordings. No phonetic transcriptions. Not even an alphabet.

你没有录，没有标，甚至连ABC都没有。

If you're familiar with phonetic symbols, you'll notice that there is no R here.

如果你熟悉标，你会注意到这里没有 R。