About pronunciation.
some words' pronunciation confused me a lot. For example, 'military', the letter 'a' of the word. Dictionary tells me that letter 'a' should be pronounced. and mp3 not when i am listening carefully. Why did those differences between them exist? THX IN ADVANCE.

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About pronunciation.
some words' pronunciation confused me a lot. For example, 'military', the letter 'a' of the word. Dictionary tells me that letter 'a' should be pronounced. and mp3 not when i am listening carefully. Why did those differences between them exist?  THX IN ADVANCE.

Answer

They're both okay. Like English and American people say things differently, this person and that one speaks differently. Some pronounciations are variable but some aren't so be careful. :)

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English is a pretty wide-spread language (geographically), so I'd be quite surprised if such differences DIDN'T exist. :)  As per your example, some speakers say "mi-li-ta-ry" and some say "mi-li-try".  Do more listening and see if you can start to discern between the different accents. You'll start to recognise the patterns.

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