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How to pronounce The Mid Central Vowel _[э:r]_Stressed
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Vowel -> Monophthongs -> Front
Links to Phonetics: the sound of American English (発音の仕方をこちらから確認)
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Words
worm
bird
earth
shirt
turtle
Other word examples
Directions: Read the following words,phrases and sentences correctly stressing the syllable with the mid vowel (э:r).
Initial
earn early,urchin,earnings,urgent
Medial
curd,birth,turn,burn,bird,third,heard,work,word,shirt,purse,curse,hurt,chirp,dirt,girl,pearl,firm,Turk,learn,
nerve,worry,hurry,turkey,purpose,journey,current,church
Final
Sir,were,her,refer,prefer,infer,occur, chirr
Phrases
dirty urchin certain girl
chirping birds turtles and turkeys
heard the word learn to work
hurry to his journey shirt with pearl buttons
Sentences
1. The chirping birds awakened the turtles and turkeys in the barn.
2. Mother worried about the boys as the curfew hour drew near.
3. The little girls made a courtesy at the princess.
4. She gave the dirty urchin some currants and a bunch of turnips.
5. The cart swerved to the corner in a jerky motion.
Tongue Twisters
1. Betty Botter bought some butter, but she said "this butter's bitter! But a bit
of better butter will but make my butter better" So she bought some better
butter, better than the bitter butter, and it made her butter better so 'twas
better Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter!
2.Perspicacious Polly Perkins purchased Peter's product
And peddled pickles to produce a pretty profit!
Article reading
Instructions: Read the article correctly saying the _[э:r]_ sound accurately. Then answer the following questions.
The Buzzard, The Bat, and the Bumblebee
If you put a buzzard in a pen six or eight feet square and entirely open at the top, the bird, in spite of his ability to fly, will be an absolute prisoner. The reason is that a buzzard always begins a flight from the ground with a run of ten or twelve feet. Without space to run, as is his habit, he will not even attempt to fly, but will remain a prisoner for life in a small jail with no top.
The ordinary bat that flies around at night, a remarkable nimble creature in the air, cannot take off from a level place. If it is placed on the floor or flat ground, all it can do is shuffle about helplessly and, no doubt, painfully, until it reaches some slight elevation from which it can throw itself into the air. Then, at once, it takes off like a flash.
A Bumblebee if dropped into an open tumbler will be there until it dies, unless it is taken out. It never sees the means of escape at the top, but persists in trying to find some way out through the sides near the bottom. It will seek a way where none exists, until it completely destroys itself.
In many ways, there are lots of people like the buzzard, the bat and the bee. They are struggling about with all their problems and frustrations, not realizing that the answer is right there above them.
Questions:
1.) What is a buzzard?
2.) What do they have in common?
Exercise 1: Describe the picture below and compare.
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