什么是发音？
发音（名词）：我们发音的方式
发音（动词）：发出一个单词的声音
写作“发音”指的是我们发出单词声音的方式。

为了发音，我们将肺部的空气从我们的喉咙和声带，通过我们的嘴，通过我们的舌头，从我们的牙齿和嘴唇之间推出。 （有时空气也穿过我们的鼻子。）

为了改变我们正在制造的声音，我们主要使用嘴巴，舌头和嘴唇的肌肉来控制嘴巴的形状和空气的流动。如果我们能够正确控制嘴巴的形状和空气流动，那么我们的发音就会更清晰，其他人更容易理解我们。

不同语言的发言者倾向于发展不同的口腔肌肉用于发音。当我们说外语时，我们的肌肉可能不适合那种语言，我们会发现发音更难。通过练习外语发音，我们的肌肉发达，发音得到改善。

除了使用我们的嘴，舌头和嘴唇的肌肉创建正确的元音和辅音之外，还有其他重要的发音方面，包括：

单词重音 - 强调一个单词中的某些音节
句子压力 - 强调句子中的某些词
链接 - 将某些单词连接在一起
语调 - 我们说话时声音的兴衰
注意动词发音的拼写和名词发音（NOT pronounciation）。

What is Pronunciation?
pronunciation (noun): the way in which we pronounce a word
pronounce (verb): to make the sound of a word
writing"Pronunciation" refers to the way in which we make the sound of words.

To pronounce words, we push air from our lungs up through our throat and vocal chords, through our mouth, past our tongue and out between our teeth and lips. (Sometimes air also travels through our nose.)

To change the sound that we are making, we mainly use the muscles of our mouth, tongue and lips to control the shape of our mouth and the flow of air. If we can control the shape of our mouth and the flow of air correctly, then our pronunciation is clearer and other people understand us more easily.

Speakers of different languages tend to develop different muscles of the mouth for pronunciation. When we speak a foreign language, our muscles may not be well developed for that language, and we will find pronunciation more difficult. By practising the foreign language pronunciation, our muscles develop and pronunciation improves.

As well as creating correct vowel and consonant sounds using the muscles of our mouth, tongue and lips, there are other important aspects of pronunciation, including:

word stress - emphasis on certain syllables in a word
sentence stress - emphasis on certain words in a sentence
linking - joining certain words together
intonation - the rise and fall of our voice as we speak
Note the spelling of the verb pronounce and the noun pronunciation (NOT pronounciation).

throat [θrəut]   n.咽喉；嗓子；出入口   (初中英语单词)

mainly [´meinli]   ad.主要地；大体上   (初中英语单词)

pronunciation [prə,nʌnsi´eiʃən]   n.发音(法)   (初中英语单词)

stress [stres]   n.强调；压力 vt.强调   (初中英语单词)

spelling [´speliŋ]   n.拼法；缀字   (初中英语单词)

correctly [kə´rektli]   ad.正确地；恰当地   (高中英语单词)

emphasis [´emfəsis]   n.强调；重点   (高中英语单词)

consonant [´kɔnsənənt]   n.辅音 a.符合的   (英语六级单词)