Eleanor Lawson uses ultrasound to study English phonetics.

埃莉诺·劳森用超声波习英语语音。

English is not a strictly phonetic language.

英语并不是一个音形完全一致的语言。

But English is not a phonetic language.

但是英语不是一种语音语言。

Well, the IPA is the international phonetic alphabet.

IPA 是国际音标。

I can look at phonetics and phonology — speech sounds.

我究语音和音韵——还有语音。

One of the most significant is phonetics.

其中最不一样的是语音。

So you need a phonetic script? You need something?

所你需要注音字母？你要借助其他东西？

But English is not a phonetic language, thank God.

但英语不是一种语音语言。

I forgot to mention, here, the phonetics.

我忘了说了，发音。

The English letters are the same as the phonetic spelling.

英语字母跟语音拼写一样。

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

我推荐你习国际音标。

The phonetic spelling of the word.

就是单词的读音。

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

这改变了一些元音和一些单词，模仿了早期的语音变化。

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

我还会告诉你们每个字母的音标。

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

所，这些网络词典会告诉你读法拼写，音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，文字变成了表音符号，所有的全新交流方式都变成能。

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音记录。

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

如果你熟悉音标，你会注意到这里没有 R。

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

我现在是国际音标表的忠实粉丝。

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

你没有录音，没有音标，甚至连ABC都没有。