英文字母中有6个元音。但在使用中,英音及美音中至少有14个元音。下图示出这14个元音及其位置, 包括:口的张合,发音位置(如:靠舌前还是舌后),及唇的形状(如:有多圆)
The following chart shows the pronunciation of English vowels in the American (General American) and British (Received Pronunciation) dialects. The pronunciation is indicated using IPA symbols along three dimensions:
发好一个音,不在于看了多少,而在于练了多少。但是, 盲目的练,只能适得其反。练发音以前要先练听。听不出来不同,发出来的音就会没有不同。之后,如果有条件的话, 要有专业人士帮你听和分析, 告诉你哪儿不对,为什么不对。怎么做,才是对的。单个儿的音发对了,就要练习听这些音在句子里的调儿。 然后,看你能不能模仿出来。试试听,然后模仿下面这些词。如果你有那两个音区分不出来,你可以请教我或是别的老师。在课堂材料部分,还有进一步的讲解和练习.
sheep ship
heel hill
seat sit
cheek chick
feel fill
bill bell
pin pen
chick check
fill fell
wrist rest
pen pain
wet wait
tell tail
test taste
pepper paper
bet bat
pen pan
men man
said sad
leg lag
cap cup
bag bug
sack suck
ban bun
rag rug
hat hot
cat cot
cap cop
sack sock
ran Ron
hut hot
cut cot
cup cop
suck sock
run Ron
dug dog
cut caught
cuff cough
bus boss
lung long
saw sew
caught coat
hall hole
bought boat
ball bowl
fall full
talk took
ball bull
fought foot
Paul pull
look Luke
pull pool
full fool
soot suit
foot boot
back bike
hat height
van vine
cat kite
pants pints
all oil
ball boil
jaw joy
raw Roy
bald boiled
shot shout
Don down
are hour
dot doubt
Scot scout
torn turn
shorts shirts
four fur
ward word
walk work
far fur
star stir
barn burn
hearts hurts
hard heard
1. Did you ______ last night?
2. Is John going to ______ here?
3. Was your ______ good?
4. How did you like the ______?
5. The ______ is coming soon.
6. Did you see those ______ ?
7. Where's the ______ ?
8. The boy ______ his shirt in.
9. Did Sam get the ______?
10. Mary ______ all night.
下面这个网页上还有更多的元音练习:http://usefulenglish.ru/phonetics/listening-for-vowels