The [au] diphthong. The first sound of this diphthong is once again
a sound that does not stand on its own as a vowel sound in American English.
However ， it is very similar in sound to the aa as in bat. The way it
is different from that sound is that the jaw on aa， aa ， is tighter.
And on aa as in ow， it drops more. In that way ， it is similar to the
ah as in father. Also ， as you can see ， aa ， there's the lift here，
and it's not quite as extreme in the 'ow' ， 'ow'. In that sense， the
lips are also like the ah as in father. The tongue however， aa ， ow ，
is similar to the aa as in bat in that it's raised in the back and then
comes forward ， and that's what you see.

    The second sound is written as the uh as in pull. I do find ， however，
that it tends to taper a little bit towards the oo as in boo without the
lips actually coming into that position.

    [au]是一個雙元音，它的第一個音并不像它本身所寫的那樣念作[a] ，但是
卻和bat 中的[ ？] 音很相近。它倆的區(qū)別在于：發(fā)[ ？] 音時下頜收得緊些，
嘴角有明顯的上揚；而發(fā)[au]中的第一個音時是下頜要下垂一點，嘴角沒有那么
上揚。不過發(fā)兩個音時，舌跟都要抬起然后向前舒展。[au]的第二個音寫做pull
中的[u] ，但是它更接近于boo 中的[u：] 音，但是唇形沒有收得那么緊。

    Sample words：

    cow 奶牛

    bough 大樹枝

    sound 聲音

    Sample sentence ：

    I came back from vacation and found my flowers dead and brown.度假
回來發(fā)現(xiàn)我養(yǎng)的花已經(jīng)死了，都變成棕色的了。