Let me just dot this T.

让我在这个 T 上打点。

Let me just dot the T.

让我点一下 T。

Hear that T? It's completely gone.

听到弹舌音 T 了吗？完全没了。

Notice that I didn't pronounce the T in often.

请注意，我不会发 often 里面的 T 音。

So that's two vowels surrounding the T, right?

T 夹在两个元音之间。

Again, super light true T and then a schwa.

也是一个非常轻的正 T 音加上一个弱央元音。

A held T is a T that is not really released.

“T”是一个没有真正发出的“T”音。

She drops it. It's common to drop the T between two consonants.

她省略了。当 T 处于两个辅音之间时，把它省略是很常见的。

In this word, some people pronounce the T and some people don't.

在这个单词中，有些人发 T 音，有些人不发。

I said we usually drop the T when it comes between two consonants.

我说过，当 T 夹在两个辅音之间时，我们通常把它省掉。

Now you don't have to pronounce the T at the end of " mate" .

其实 mate 结尾的 T 音我们现在都不发出来了。

And I would say: No, I did say a T.

不，我说了“T”。

So you might hear native speakers drop the T here as well.

你可能也会听到母语者不说这里的T。

Now, some British people might do something where they drop the T.

有些英国人可能会把 T 音去掉。

We pronounce our T's as D's, so we say like Connecdicut instead of Connecticut.

我们还把T发成D，比如说‘Connecdicut’而不是‘Connecticut’。

Democrats and Republicans plan to dot the I's and cross the T's this week.

民主党人和共和党人计划本周对其进行详述。

If I pronounced it with the true T - how people usually perceive the T to be.

如果以正常的 T 的音来读，即 T 的通常发音。

So, I'm pronouncing the T in " little" .

我把“little”中的 T 音发出来了。

So, sometimes, we'll make it a true T. T, t. And then the schwa.

有时，我们把它发成一个正 T 音，t，t，加上一个弱央元音。

Even though it's completely fine and great and clear if you release the T here.

如果你在这里发 T 音就会很好很清楚的发音。