Session One
1. Consonant R
2. Consonant W
R Tips
Y our mouth and lips come forward, like you are going to kiss. Y our tongue moves back in your mouth, NOT forward.
R at the beginning of words
Rock
Rip
Reach
Road
Rain
Rich
Rome
Raise
Robe
Rice
R sentence
The round rooste r rushed into the wrong road.
R at the end of words or after a vowel
Car
Far
Star
Door
Bear
Four
Air
Y ear
Turn
Poor
R in the middle of words
V ery
Direction
Arrange
Erase
Correct
Marry
Garage
Original
Hurry
Zero
Marine
Berry
Operation
Caring
Arrive
Everyone
R Blends
R is the strongest sound of the blend.
When the blend is at the beginning of a word, your mouth prepares for the R, by coming forward before you even say the word.
R blends at the beginning of words
Training
Trust
Trip
Great
Tropical
Bring
President
Product
Cracker
Crawl
Break
R blends in the middle of words
Subtract
Waitress
Nutrition
Australia
Introduce
Compress
Oppression
Betray
R practice sentences
The story he read on the radio was incorrect.
Her career in the law firm is permanent.
Richard and Brooke took a ride in their brand new Range Rover truck.
Everyone will respect the Royal Family when they arrive at the airport.
The trip to the Rocky Mountains will be rescheduled on Friday.
W Tips
Practice first with OO.
Then go into OOOOOW AW AW A.
Remember, A W is always makes a W sound. It NEVER makes a V sound. W Sentence
What will we do?
Comparing R and W
Rick – Wick
Right – White
Remember, the W sound is also at the beginning of the words One and Once. W at the beginning of words
Why
Which
When
What
Wipe
Wish
Weight
Wing
W in the middle of words
Always
Away
Beware
Awake
Someone
Rewind
Halloween
Hollywood
W practice sentences
The wind from the west was very wet. (Notice very has a /v/ sound)
We woke up and washed the white washcloth.
We waited for the waitress to give us water.
We had a wonderful time in Washington and Wisconsin.
Q words (produced as a KW sound)
Question
Quiet
Queen
Qualify
Quit
Quebec
Quilt
Choir
Paragraph Practice
Ray was born in Russia. He dreamed of building the perfect roller coaster at the Grand Canyon in Arizona. He had a friend named Fred who lived in Norway. Fred?s profession was designing railroad tracks and his career involved traveling all around the world. Ray thought it would be perfect if Fred designed his roller coaster ride. Fred was creative, brilliant and worked well with railroad tracks. He would be the perfect engineer for the project. The ride took two years to construct and was painted red and white. Everyone really wanted to ride the brand-new roller coaster.
Session Two
1. Voicing
2. Consonant pairs
3. Consonant S
4. Consonant Z Voicing
V oicing is when your vocal cords are vibrating in your throat, creating a buzzing sound. Say Ahhhh. Can you feel the vibrations in your neck? All vowels are voiced. Some consonants are voiced, some are not.
Paired Consonants:
P&B T&D F&V SH&ZSH K&G S&Z
Three rules for S&Z endings
Rule 1
If a word ends in a sound that is unvoiced (such as P, T, K, F), you add an unvoiced /S/
Examples:
1 cup,
2 cups (the p in cup is unvoiced, so you just add an unvoiced s)
1 cat,
2 cats (the t in cat is unvoiced, so just add an unvoiced s)
I break, he breaks
I stop, he stops
Rule 2
If a word ends in any of these sounds: s, z, sh, ch, or dg (j), when adding an S ending, add IZZZZZZ
Examples:
1 Page
2 Pages
1 Bus
2 Buses
1 Lunch
2 Lunches
I Raise, He Raises
I Brush, He Brushes
I Push, He Pushes
Rule 3
If a word ends in a vowel sound (like the word Tree) or a voiced consonant (like the word Game), then when you add an S, continue the voicing throughout the entire word, and it should become a voiced ZZZZ.
Examples:
1 Tree,
2 Treezzzz (correctly spelled Trees)
1 Day,
2 Days
1 Shoe,
2 Shoes
I Fly, He Flies
1 Game,
2 Games
1 Head,
2 Heads
1 Train,
2 Trains
1 Song,
2 Songs
Some common words where S?s are pronounced as Z?s
Is (This is good)
His (His mom is Mary)
As (As the phone rang)
Was (It was raining)
These (These are my children)
Those (Those are my books)
Easy (This is easy)
Because (Because we were late.)
Paragraph Practice
Notice that all voiced S/Z sounds are underlined.
Another z ippy, z appy, cra z y day come s to a clo s e. A s we z oom up to Joe?s snoo z e z one, Z oe Jone s of Z odiac Z oo play s with her z ipper.
Last week, Jim?s brothers were picked to represent their country in the Olympic Games. Two of the brothers were swimmers, while the other two were long distance runners. All of the brothers wore glasses. These athletes worked hard at qualifying for the games and were hoping to come home with prizes. Since the brothers go to the same university, they often take the same courses. This makes studying easier and gives them more time to do other things.
On Thursday, I had a very lazy day. I woke up early and first squeezed oranges into
juice. I then got dressed and watched the sunrise come up over the mountains. It was so beautiful that I took many pictures with my camera and I used three rolls of film. After drinking two cups of coffee, I got dressed, left the house, and walked three miles home.
Session Three
1. The Unvoiced TH Sound
2. The Voiced TH Sound
3. THR Blends
4. Voicing the T Sound
The Unvoiced TH Sound
Flat tongue protruding through your teeth. Maintain a steady air stream. Stretch out the TH sound.
Example:
Think of the word Thumb as having two beats
Th . umb
1 2
Unvoiced TH at the beginning of words
Thanks
Thick
Thunder
Thursday
Think
Unvoiced TH at the middle of words
Anything
Bathmat
Toothpick
Athletic
Mouthwash
Unvoiced TH at the end of words
Bath
North
Beneath
Fourth
South
The V oiced TH Sound
V oiced TH at the beginning of words
The (The book)
That (That house)
They (They came over)
Them (Give them water)
There (There it is)
This (This is my nose)
Those (Those boys are good)
These (These are my parents)
V oiced TH in the middle of words
Clothing
Leather
Mother
Another
Weather
Northern
V oiced TH at the end of words
Smooth
Bathe
Breathe
Practice Phrases
This and that
A tablecloth
Winter clothing
Athens, Greece
That?s the one
Her skin is smooth
Thirty Day?s notice
A famous author
Here and there
False teeth
Thread the needle
A thoughtful gift
Thunder and lightening
Thumbs up
Practice Sentences
Thelma arrived in town last Thursday.
I?m having trouble threading this needle.
I need thirty three thick thermometers.
The thing they like best about Athens is the weather. This thrilling novel was written by a famous author. He will be through with his work at three-thirty. Now and then, she likes to buy new clothing.
They thought they were going to Northern Spain.
Which tablecloth shall we use for the party?
That was the thirty-third theatre to open.
THR Blends
Thread (thread the needle)
Throw (throw the ball)
Throat (my throat is sore)
Thrill (a thrilling ride)
Three (three more days)
Threw (yesterday he threw the ball)
Throne (the king sits on a throne)
Paragraph Practice
Nurse Thatcher was thankful it was Thursday. She knew that on Thursday she had to deliver thirty three boxes of thermometers to the North American Athletic Club. They thought that thermometers were necessary for testing the hydrotherapy baths. This was thought to benefit the athletes with arthritis. The athletic trainers required authorization to provide hydrotherapy to the youthful athletes on the three bulletin boards with thumbtacks throughout the athletic club. Rather than risk the health of the athletes, they thoroughly checked the thousands of thermometers to insure their worthiness; otherwise they needed to be thrown away.
TH Exceptions
Although the following words are spelled with a …TH?, they are pronounced as a T.
Thomas
Thompson
Theresa
Thailand
Thames
Esther
Thyme
Voicing the T Sound
If a T falls within two voiced sounds (usually vowels), the T becomes voiced like a D.
Examples:
Water Wader (the whole word is voiced)
Better Bedder
Butter Budder
V oiced T Practice
Betty bought a bit of better butter. But, said she, this butt er?s bi tter. If I put it in my batter, it?ll make my batter bitter.
Session Four
1. Consonant ‘F’
2. Consonant ‘V’
3. The Unvoiced ‘SH’ Sound
4. The Voiced ‘ZSH’ Sound
Consonants F and V are produced with contact of your upper teeth and lower lip. Think of it as biting your lower lip. Maintain a steady air stream.
They are both identical, except the F is unvoiced, and the V is voiced.
Practice Words with …F?
Foot
Find
Finally
Family
Freedom
Laugh
Telephone
Symphony
Rough
Practice Sentences
Do you feel like a physical wreck?
Are you fed up with your feeling of fatigue?
Have you had enough of feeling rough?
Why don?t you fight fever with Pharaoh?s Friend.
A medicine that is tough on Flu.
Practice Words with …V?
V ote （is not Wote）
Vine
Oven
Evaluate
V oice
Travel
River
Every
Glove
Alive
Leave
Comparing F and V
Feel – V eal
Safe – Save
Fat – V at
Fine – Vine
Face – V ase
Fan – V an
Foul – V owel
Proof – Prove
Practice Phrases
A famous athlete
A food vendor
The Foreign Service
Summer vacation
V ocabulary test
Over the rainbow
Our first victory
Harvard University
Husband and wife
V ery well done
Practice Sentences
1.Her promotion in the firm was well deserved.
2.There was only one survivor on the island.
4.Steve noticed that the olive juice must have stained his sleeve.
5.The street vendor was selling souvenirs to tourists.
6.Dave gave me his car so that I could driv e on New Year?s E ve.
3.There were several dents in the rear fender.
7.Tom placed several tomatoes from the vine into a basket.
NOT OF. BUT OV.
The Unvoiced SH Sound
To make the Unvoiced SH sound, bring your mouth and lips forward, teeth should be slightly apart. Produce air stream. W ords beginning with SH begin with this sound. (So are the words Sugar, Sure, Chef and Chicago.)
SH practice words
Beginning
She
Sugar
Sure
Shadow
Sheep
Shirt
Shoe
Shape
Chicago
Chef
Middle
Nation
Motion
Mission
Special
Reputation
Official
Machine
Fishing
Insurance
Sunshine
Ocean
Tissue
Addition
Subtraction
End
Rush
Dish
Establish
Splash
Irish
Fresh
Finish
SH Sentences
The fishing trip was planned and we left to go to the ocean.
Was the chef ashamed to use the precious sugar?
Sharon gave a special performance.
He will be stationed in Washington, D.C, the nat ion?s capital.
She went to a fashion show after taking a shower.
She sells seashells by the seashore.
The social club was praised for their cooperation.
SH Practice
Joe?s weather ma chine shows a sharp drop in air pressure, especially offshore.
Ships in motion on the ocean should be sure to use caution.
The V oiced ZSH Sound
The Voiced ZSH sound is exactly like the SH except voicing is added.
ZSH practice words
Middle
Usual(U→zshu→al)
Unusual
Usually
Vision
Visual
Conclusion
Asia
V ersion
Division
Casual
Television
End
Beige
Massage
Prestige
Practice Sentences
It?s not unu sual for people to study division in Asia.
I usually use a measuring cup to measure erosion.
The beige walls were the usual color in the treasury building.
List things that are appropriate for each column. Then say them out loud in full sentences for practice.
Example: It?s usually hot in the summer.
It?s unusual for me to be late for an appointment.
Usually
Unusual
Hot in the summer
Late for appointments
Session Five
1. Consonant L
L Tips:
Y our bottom jaw should be as wide open as possible.
Y our tongue should RISE UP (independently of your jaw) and touch right behind your top teeth.
Produce the …L? sound by dropping and relaxing your tongue.
Practice “LA, LA, LA”, keepi ng your bottom jaw lowered and open while only raising your tongue.
L at the beginning of words
Lunch
Local
London
Learn
Large
Life
Lobby
Library
Lucky
Lift
Laugh
Long
L in the middle of words
Inflation
Believe
V olume
Glue
Elevator
Solve
Pulling
Flood
Delete
Elect
Alive
Color
L at the end of a word
To produce an L at the end of a word, remember to slowly raise your tongue upward, towards your upper teeth, while keeping your bottom jaw as open as possible. The L sound comes from the tongue movement, not from the placement. (Using your finger to push down on your bottom teeth to keep your jaw open, may be helpful for practicing.)
Practice words
Will
Ball
Tall
Call
Small
Control
Bowl
Apple
Miracle
Powerful
Control
Financial
People
L Sentences
The lollipop fell into the cool water.
Her driver?s license was pulled out of the blue golf bag. Blake?s bowling ball fell under his tools.
Carl could not locate the lemons or the limes.
The school was a mile away from the hill.
The golf club was made of steel.
Al?s goal was to play baseball with Carol.
A certified letter was delivered for the enrollment list. It was revealing to look at the smiling lawyer.
FL Blend Poem
A flea and a fly, flew up in a flue.
Said the flea, “Let us fly!”
Said the fly, “Let us flee!”
So they flew through a flaw in the flue.
Practice using Will
Will you empty the garbage?
Will you ask her to clean the kitchen?
Will you prepare a meal for the children?
When will you begin your studies at college?
When will she purchase the dress for her wedding? Why will he ask them to stay late at work?
Why will she bring her baby to the meeting?
How will they know if our flight is delayed?
Where will the child be going next year?
Where will they put all of the pillows?
What will she do with the millions of dollars she won? Comparing R and L
Red - Led
Rick - Lick
Reef - Leaf
Rear - Lear
Rest - Less
Grass - Glass
Crime - Climb
Free - Flee
L and R Combinations
Seal ring
Toll road
Already
Civil rights
Railroad
Rivalry
Coral reef
Jewelry
Schoolroom
Gravel road
Session Six
1.Word Endings
Make sure that the final sounds in your words come through clearly and fully. Don?t drop off or shorten the endings!
P endings
I hope the group will sleep on the ship.
The soda pop spilled out of the cup, over the map and onto her lap.
Was the Egg Drop Soup cheap?
B endings
We cleaned the cobweb from the doorknob in the bathtub.
Rob broke his golf club when he slipped on the ice cube.
The crab was under the cement slab at the yacht club.
The ticket stub was found in the taxicab.
T endings
Kate left her cat on the mat as she flew a kite.
The sailboat came into the port to join the fleet.
What bait will make the fish bite? A cricket or a piece of meat?
D endings
Fred will decide which sled should be painted red.
David tried to send a refund back to England.
He could not hide his report card behind the chalk board.
Three rules for ED endings
Many verbs that are in the past tense end in ED. (Example: Today I walk, yesterday I walked)
Rule 1
If a word ends in an unvoiced consonant, when adding ED, just add an Unvoiced T
Example:
Jump →jumped. (pronounced jump T)
Walk →Walked yesterday I walked. (pronounced walk T)
Rule 2
If a word ends in a voiced consonant, add a Voiced D
Example:
Rub →Rubbed Today I rub, yesterday I rubbed. (pronounced rub-D)
Clean →Cleaned I cleaned the kitchen.
Pour →Poured I poured the milk.
Scrub →Scrubbed I scrubbed the floor.
Tag →Tagged I tagged the clothing.
Spill →Spilled I spilled the juice.
Trim →Trimmed I trimmed the tree.
Move →Moved I moved to California.
Buzz →Buzzed The clock buzzed all night.
Rule 3
If a word ends in a T or a D sound, we add a Voiced ED
Example:
Lift →Lifted Today, I lift the ball. Y esterday, I lifted the ball.
Heat →Heated I heated up my dinner.
V ote →V oted He voted this morning.
Hand →Handed He handed me his report.
Trade →Traded I traded in my old car.
Add →Added She added some information.
All voiced D endings are underlined to help you remember to add voi cing.
Bob raked the leaves and then started to wash his car. He then loaded up the dishwasher and finished washing his dishes.
Susan spilled her drink on the spotted rug.
She cleaned it up with a napkin, which wasted a lot of time.
He thanked me and offered me money, if I picked up the used equipment.
Three Nasal Sounds: M N NG
Practice Ng endings
Ring
Sing
Thing
Bring
Practice sentences
I have a feeling that she is working too much.
She has been wearing a hearing aid so that she could sing.
He is looking forward to speaking at the Thanksgiving celebration. Session Seven
1. CH sound
2. The American J sound (DG)
3. Consonant H
CH Unvoiced as in Ch-ur-ch
American J V oiced as in J-u-dge
Ch at the beginning of words
China
Cherry
Charge
Chocolate
Challenge
Cheese
Chunk
Chairman
Ch in the middle of words
Key chain
Lunch box
Richard
Picture
Teacher
Fortune
Nature
Beach ball
Ch at the end of words
Detach
Teach
Porch
March
Patch
Wrench
Coach
Approach
Ch exercise
Chop-chop, children, it?s Charlie?s Kitchen adventure!
Today, Chuck will be teaching future champion cooks how to make a chocolate cheesecake.
American J at the beginning of words
Juice
Jump
Juggle
Jury
Japan
Giant
Genetic
Junior
Generate
German
American J in the middle of words
Algebra
Legend
Magic
Subject
Digest
Rejoice
Objective
Majesty
Educate
Suggestion
American J at the end of words
Age
College
Postage
Stage
Pledge
Village
Average
Page
Courage
Knowledge
American J exercise
A German judge and jury have charged and jailed a strange giant, who sat on the edge of a bridge throwing jelly onto large barges.
Consonant H
When an H is at the beginning of a word it is pronounced with a strong, loud air-stream.
Practice: Ha... Ha… Ha.
H at the beginning of words
Hand
Hide
Hope
Hair
House
Harvard
Honey
Happy
Who
Whole
H word pairs
Old- Hold
Is- His
It- Hit
At- Hat
Arm- Harm
Ill- Hill
Ate- Hate
As- Has
H in the middle of words
Ahead
Behave
Anyhow
Inhale
Downhill
Dehydrate
Wholehearted
Overhaul
H exercise
He thought that he should….
He thought that he should wash the car.
He thought that he should thank his teacher.
He thought that he should watch television.
He thought that he should use the telephone.
He thought that he should shut the door.
He thought that he should breathe deeply. (V oiced TH)
He thought that he should tell the truth.
Henry the hungry hippo, who hogged a huge heap of one hundred hamburgers, has had hiccups for one whole week.
Session Eight
1. American English Vowels
2. Vowel EE
3. Vowel I
The best way to learn American vowels is by Ear Training. Listen carefully and repeat.
Front V owels: (From high to low)
EE - I - AE - EH – A [ i:] [ i ] [ ei ] [ e ] [ ? ]
EE - I - AE - EH - A
EE - I - AE - EH - A
EE as in Heat
I as in Hit
AE as in Hate
EH as in Het(nonsense word)
A as in Hat
Heat - Hate - Het - Hat
Back V owels: (From high to low)
OO - Uh - Oh - Aw - Ah
OO - Uh - Oh - Aw - Ah
OO as in Boot
Uh as in Book
Oh as in Boat
Aw as in Bought
Ah as in Bot (nonsense word)
Boot - Book - Boat - Bought – Bot
Boot - Book - Boat - Bought – Bot
Boot - Book - Boat - Bought – Bot
Comparing Heat (EE) and Hit (I)
Remember: Heat is high. Hit is lower.
Heat – Hit
Keen – Kin
Deal – Dill
Seek – Sick
Seen – Sin
Reap – Rip
Teal - Till
Session One 1. Consonant R 2. Consonant W Hi, I’m your instructor Paul Gruber and welcome to the Pronunciation Workshops---First Training Session. I am very excited that you have taken this first step to improve your English pronunciation and I do hope that you would enjoy this program and receive great benefits from it. Before we begin I wanna make sure that you have downloaded and printed out the training manual which accompanies this course. If you have not yet done so, please do it soon because you’ll definitely need it. Now you may be wondering how is it that I am going to help you change the way you speak. Well, basically, when you learned English as a second language, you kept many of the sounds and speech rules from your first language and you were continuing to use them when you speak English. This is what gives you an accent. Y ou were using the sounds and speech rules from your native language instead of the sounds and speech rules of English. And you know why? Well, because when you learned English, nobody ever showed you what the sounds and speech rules of English were until now. That’s why I’m coming . Because I am going to show you and train you on how to use these sounds and speech rules correctly. Knowing in using these rules will help you reduce or possibly even eliminate your accent. Now throughout the program you’re often going to see me point to my mouth to show you how to produce a particular sound. I want you to pay close attention and try to copy exactly what it is I am doing. I would be showing you how to correctly form new sounds by changing the position of your tongue or changing the shape of your lips. These small changes are going to make very big changes in your speech. We’re going to practising and I recommend that you use the training manual and try to practise often. When you practise, I recommend that you start out speaking slowly out loud in a strong voice while exaggerating all the mouth movements. What would you be doing is retraining the muscles of your mouth in your tongue to move in new ways, which will produce a new pronunciation patterns. These new speech patterns will slowly and eventually involve into your own spontaneous fast speech, but it is important that you start out going very slow. If you can pronunce words and sentences correctly speaking slowly, well, then you’ll have no problem in saying them fast. I believe practising is important, but I do not believe it’s the only key towards success. Being aware of your errors. That’ s the key. Being aware and also recognizing mistakes when you hear them will probably be the most important factors towards your improvement. Another thing I’d like you to keep in mind and I’m sure you may have noticed this already is that when most Americans speak you will notice that we seem to open our mouth a lot and there is a great amount of mouth movements. Watch my mouth when I say something like “Wow, was there really raining on Wednesday!” Did you see how my mouth seemed to
元音 第一节前元音 1 国际音标[i:] 美国音标/i/ 经典外号： “穿针引线长衣音”，简称“长衣音”。 please IPA [spi:k] v.请：使高兴、满意 Please / speak English / with me. IPA [pli:z spi:k???ɡl??wiemi:] 请和我说英语。 实战对话 A：Please speak English with me. 请和我说英语。 B：OK. My pleasure. 好的，乐意之致。 2 国际音标[i]美国音标/?/ 经典外号： “经典收小腹减肥短衣音”，简称“短衣音”。 difficult IPA [?difik?lt] adj.困难的；艰难的 It’s not difficult / to speak English. IPA[?ts n?t ?difik?lt t?spi:k???ɡl?? ] 说英语不难。 实战对话 A：I t’s not difficult to speak English. 说英语不难。 B：You’re right. It’s pretty easy if you practice enough.说得对。如果练得足够多，就非常容易。
3 国际音标[e]美国音标/?/ 经典外号： “小开口45度“音，简称为”45度“音。 everything IPA [?evr?θ??] pron. 每件事；一切 Everything / is ready. IPA [ ?evr?θ???z ?red?] 一切都准备好了。 实战对话 A：Everything is ready. 一切都准备好了。 B：Great! Thanks for all your help. 太棒!了感谢你所有的帮助。 4 国际音标[?]美国音标/?/ 经典外号： “小开口90度”音，简称“90度大嘴”音。 practice IPA[?pr?kt?s] n.联系；实践；操作 Practice / makes perfect. IPA [ ?pr?kt?s meiks ?p?:f?kt ] 熟能生巧。 实战对话 A：Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。 B：I totally agree! I just need to find more time to practice. 我完全同意！我只是需要找更多的时间去操练。
英国英语和美国英语读音的差异 英国人和美国人都使用英语。在实际生活中，他们各自使用的英语都在不断地发展，致使这同一种语言在读音、词汇和语法方面都出现了一些分离和区别，从而语言名称也分成英国英语和美国英语（简称BE和AE）。下面就谈谈两者在标准读音方面的一些区别。 BE和AE的读音区别主要表现在三方面：首先是元音的区别，其次是BE中的“不读音的r”和AE中“读音的r”的问题，最后是辅音字母的不同读音问题。现在以较有代表性的读音区别为例，分述如下： 一、元音上的区别 1．BE中元音字母a发/a?>/的单词，在AE中往往发/$/，这是一个十分明显的差别。这类词有150多个，以ask为代表，故也称“ask词”。例如： 例 词 BE AE calf /ka?>f// k$f/ example /ig'za?>mpl/ /i g'z$mpl/ chance /t M ns/ /t M ns/ ask /a?>sk/ /$sk/ path /pa?>θ / /p$θ/ 从上述例词中，可以得出这样的规律： （1）两者发音不同的问题表现在处于重读音节的字母a上； （2）a后一般为/f/，/m/，/n/，/s/ 和/θ/，/δ/ 这几个辅音； （3）但重读闭音节中的 a后遇爆破音/t/，/d/，/k/，/g/，/p/，/b/或破擦音/t M/时，两种语言发音均相同，都发成/$/。例如： 例词 BE AE
cat /k$t/ /k$t/ bag /b$ g/ /b$g / catch /k$t M/ /k$t M/ 必须指出的是，例外在所难免，如n，m前的重读字母a，在不少情况下两种语言都读成/$/。如：plan，sand，ramble，jam等。 2．BE单词中的元音发/&?>/或/&/时，在AE中相应发成/&/和/a/亦即后者的口型要大。 例词 BE AE halt /h&?>lt/ /h</ pause /p&?>z/ /p&z/ fault /f&?>lt/ /f</ 从以上例词可以看出，这种发音区别往往表现在含有al，au，aul字母组合的单词中。又如： 例词 BE AE box /bks/ /baks/ mop /m&p/ /map/ god /g&d/ /gad/ shop /M&p/ /M ap/ 从以上例词可以看出，这种发音区别往往表现在含有处于重读闭音节的字母o上。AE的/a/与/%?>/相似，但为短音。 3．含有ei组合的词在两种英语中几乎都相同，只有两个词例外，它们是ei-ther和neither，BE发/'aiδ+/和/'naiδ+/，AE发/'i?>δ+r/和/>ni?>δ+r/。 二、关于BE的“不读音的r”和AE的“读音的r”的问题 例 词 BE AE hear /hi+/ /hi+r/
【最新2019】ABC美式英语发音词典视频（英语初学者或要纠正发音者必看）-范文word版本文部分内容来自网络整理，本司不为其真实性负责，如有异议或侵权请及时联系，本司将立即删除！ == 本文为word格式，下载后可方便编辑和修改！ == ABC美式英语发音词典视频（英语初学者或要纠正发 音者必看） 《 ABC 英文发音字典》( American English Pronunciation Dictionary ) 这是一个50分钟的美式英语读音视频教程，该教程循序渐进的教会你正确、清晰、有效的英语美式读音... Learn to speak English clearly with these helpful , step by step instructions . ● 边看边学！50分鐘学好自然发音 ● 特聘美加地区语言学家亲自教学，利用嘴型变化正确发音 ● 使用美式自然发音法，与 K . K .音标对照学习 ● 每个发音皆有完整口型及单字示范说明 荣获亚马逊书店五颗星★★★★★ 最高评价 ● 亚马逊书店语言图书类销售前三强 ● 美国连锁优良书店语言学习类销售第一名 ● 常春藤解析英语杂誌社社长赖世雄推荐 American English Pronunciation Dictionary ABC Pronunciary , an American English pronunciation dictionary , teaches the sounds of the alphabet in a logical and clear manner . Vowels , consonants , digraphs , blends and silent letters are presented with simplicity . A full description of the mouth formation , with word examples , is given for each sound . Practice sentences are included for reinforcement . This English - learning material is aimed at beginning - to - intermediate students , but it can benefit all who wish to improve their speaking abilities . In a group setting ( a class ), among friends or through self - study ,
美式英语发音教程 六大金刚 的状态 man fan ban cab cat fat can bad pat dad mat has shallow hallow panic value hamper dabble chapter atom enhance compassion dynamic combat panache bacteria ●The fat cat wore a jacket. ●I can’t stand your bad habits. ●That’s a very bad sente nce. ●People get mad if you say that. ●He sang about an actor named Jack. ●Pack your sack and bring your magnet. 的状态●The fat cat wore a jacket. ●I can’t stand your bad habits. ●That’s a very bad sentence. ●People get mad if you say that. ●He sang about an actor named Jack. ●Pack your sack and bring your magnet. enter less nest best zest never decorate dedicate essential bearer imperfection The only people who never fail are those who never try. 的状态 mouth bounce rebound spout account empower ouch south round gown out shout mountain flower country ground about how now sound
美式英语与英式英语在发音上的差异 一、舌音 1、过耳不忘之/r/音 但凡略微接触过英音和美音的同学都知道，英音和美音最大的区别就是卷舌音！有些同学认为idea读成美音就是idea（r），famous在美音里面就是famou（r）s，但是这种读法是错误的！那么，问题来了，美音什么时候才会出现卷舌？是否美音里只有出现“r”才会卷舌？这个说法也不全面，具体情况且听笔者娓娓道来。 在英音中，字母r在元音前才发音，如red (红色)、run（跑），而在辅音前或词尾时是几乎不发音的，如farm（农场），car（汽车），例外情况就是a beer or a coke中的连读。但在美语中，r在辅音前发明显的卷舌音，如park（公园），在词尾时亦发音，如star（星星）。但是美音中也有特殊单词不符合这种发音规律：例如Mistress该单词的缩写形式Mrs就不符合美音中r在辅音前发明显的卷舌音的规则。另外Colonel(上校)虽然没有“r”字母，但是在美音发音中却需要卷舌。由此可见，各位同学需要在掌握一般性美音卷舌规则的基础上，把握特殊情况，如此方能卷的正确，卷的好听！ 2、似是而非之fast d弹舌音 这种发音是酸梅汤老师在课上经常作为“炫技唬人”的绝杀招数。在一部分非重读音节中(如ladder，cattle, letter，city，party)，英音会清楚地发音“t”“d”两个音素，但在美音中“d”和“t”常常会被模糊成一个fast /d/音。就中文而言，南方某些地区的方言中就存在这种发音，同时就其它的语言而言，西班牙语或者俄语中的“rolling r”音就趋同于美音中此种特殊发音，我们称之为弹舌音。如果你既不身怀“绝技”，也不曾接触过西班牙语或俄语，那么你还是好好通过“原文链接”和酸老师好好学习或者规规矩矩按照音标念吧，可能不是很“美”，但至少不会很“乱”。 二、音变 3、销魂音变之/?/音 在/ss/, /st/, /th/, /ff/, /nce/, /s/, /l/, /m/, /n/等辅音之前的字母a，美国英语一般读作/ ? / 音，而英国音则发作/a:/。如：pass, last, path, staff, chance, castle, half, example, answer在美音中/a/音都会音变成/ ? /音。友情提示各位读者，calm和palm是例外，不发生音变。 4、销魂音变之/a/音 通常情况下，英音中短/?/音在美音中基本音变成/a/音。例如：pot, box, watch, popular等在美音中都符合此发音变化规则。此变化规则简单易懂，可操作性强，当然前提是你有足够的单词积累以及单词敏感度，可以瞬间反应出单词中的短音/?/，然后进行音变处理，如果你不具备此项功能，那么还是乖乖查字典积累单词吧！ 5、销魂音变之短/?/音 英音中长音/?:/和短音/?/有相当明显的发音区别，比如horse和hot在英音中的发音对比就十分鲜明。美音在此时对长音/?:/进行了一个大胆变化，直接将长音/?:/处理成了短音/?/的发音方式，如pause在美音里的发音就趋同于pot在英音里的发音，talk在美音里的发音就趋同于tock在英音里的发音。聪明的你可能就会问，horse，pork也符合这种音变规则吗？笔者莞尔一笑，扔给你三个字加一个标点符号：不符合！Horse，pork这种在英音里面读作长音/?:/，但是在美音里面却需要处理成卷舌音的单词就不需要折腾音变，正常发长音/?:/，然后发好卷舌音就足够，可谓鱼和熊掌不可兼得。 6、低调省音之/j/音 字母u和字母组合ew出现在l, d, n, t, s, k 之后，美音会省略/j/音，只读/u/音, 而英音倾向读/ju/。如student会从/?stju:dnt/变成/?stu:dnt/。类似的单词还有stupid，opportunity，new，stew。
1. 击穿连读 (1)/h/很弱,很容易被击穿 with+him=with(h)im with+her=with(h)er (2)/t/和/d/在/n/后通常被击穿 twenty--twen(t)y internet--in(t)ernet wanted--wan(t)ed and+I=an(d) I (3)/th/在/n/后有时也被击穿 seen+that=seen (th)at I've never seen that movie. (4)with后如果有弱读的元音音节,with有时会变成/wit/ with+our=wit(h)ar with+it=wit(h)Di 2. 失去爆破 爆破音(t d k g p b)后接除了/j/, /w/, /r/之外的辅音要失去爆破 *遇到/h/可算到击穿连读的情况里 3. 融合 t+j=ch Nice to meet you. d+j=d3 I called you yesterday. s+j=sh God bless you. z+j=3 I'll do as you wish. 4. 闷音 garden, student, sentence 5.浊化 (1)t的浊化 Italy, later, better Italian, hotel (2)s后爆破轻辅音的浊化 sky, star, speak 一、连读的条件： 相邻的两词在意义上必须密切相关，同属一个意群。连读所构成的音节一般都不重读，只需顺其自然地一带而过，不可读得太重，也不可音。(连读符号：~) 二、连读规则 1.“辅音+元音”型连读 在同一个意群里，如果相邻两词中的前一个词是以辅音结尾，后一个词是以元音开头，这就要将辅音与元音拼起来连读。 I’m~an~English boy. It~is~an~old book. Let me have~a look~at~it.
美音和英音的发音比较 美音与卷舌 卷舌音“r”是美音的一个最为明显的特征，许多人甚至主要是依次来区分美音和英音的。英国人把“worker”读作,而美国人在两个音节的末尾都要卷舌，读作。实际上，凡是在拼写中有字母“r”的，美国人就总是要把它读出来。但是请注意，发卷舌音是以拼写中有“r”为必要前提的。许多人在单词中没有r 的地方硬发卷舌音，比如读单词“idea”的末尾加上卷舌音，显得很生硬。这不仅在初学者中，甚至在许多英语教师，包括相当数量的大学英语教师中，都是一个非常普遍的错误。许多人只知道美音要卷舌，但却不知道卷舌的原因，一遇到//音，不管有没有“r”都只管卷舌，从不觉得有什么不对，这实在应该引起所有学美音的人的注意。 虽然卷舌音是美音的一大特点，但它必须是和拼写中的“r”对应的，我们切不可想当然地以为美音就可以随意卷舌。 字母“a”在美音中的发音 美语中的“fast”的读作/'f ?st/，而不是/'fa:st/，这是美音的又一个重要特征。美音的这种读法似乎更有道理，因为一般的发音规则告诉我们，“fast”是一个闭音节，而闭音节中的元音是要读它的短音的。然而，我们又不可一概将英音中发/a:/的音的“a”全读作/?/，如“rather”中的“a”还是要读作/a:/，类似的father也是一样。“half”读作/h?f/，而“calm”和“palm”却仍然还要读成/ca:m/和/pa:m/。为了便于对比我列出如下一些常用词供大家参考，这些发音的不同在雅思听力里面会对国内考生造成一定的障碍，故各位要熟悉，多加练习： advance advantage after answer ask banana basket branch can’t cast castle chance class commander dance demand example fast France glance glass grasp grass half last mask mast master morale paragraph pass past pasture path piano plant rather slander staff task translate 美语与英语的五点差异 1. 单词拼法上的差异 美语与英语在单词拼法上的差异主要有两种：一种是单词发生单变使得个别字母不相同，另一种是美语单词较为简化。 前者如enquire（英）与inquire（美），这两个单词的第一个字母不相同，但词意相同，都是商品交易前，一方向对方洽询有关商品的价格、数量、交货时间及付款条件等的询价，也叫询盘；“车胎”英国用tyre，美国用tire；“睡衣”英语用pajamas，美语用pyjamas.这类单词仅一个字母不同，发音上有的相同，有的相似。 美语的单词一般比英语单词要简单。近年来，美语越来越趋向简化，充分体现了美国人生活和工作高效快捷的现代化特性。这些较为简化的词大都源于英语，大量词汇在英语里仍然保持原貌，而进入美语后，这些单词就逐渐变得简单起来，从而使用起来较为方便。 如较常见的单词colour（颜色），在美语里就拼成color，少了一个"u"字母；refrigerator（电冰箱）美语是fridge，美语比原词要简单得多。美语单词的简化现象是美语与英语在单词拼法上的差异的主要表现。现将雅思考试中比较常见的这类单词列举如下：
Pronunciation Workshop Instructor:Paul Gruber Introduction:(01:17-02:27) When you learned English as a second language, you kept many of the sounds and speech rules from your first language and you were continuing to use them when you speak English、This is what gives you an accent、 You were using the sounds and speech rules from your native language instead of the sounds and speech rules of English、This program will show you and train you on how to use these sounds and speech rules correctly and showing you how to correctly form new sounds by changing the position of your tongue or changing the shape of your lips、These small changes are going to make very big changes in your speech、 How to Practice(02:35-03:15) Speak slowly Use a Loud Voice Exaggerate Your Mouth Movements What would you be doing is retraining the muscles of your mouth in your tongue to move in new ways, which will produce a new pronunciation patterns、 These new speech patterns will slowly and eventually involve into your own spontaneous fast speech, but it is important that you start out going very slow、 The Key to Success(03:15-05:15) Being aware of your errors Recognizing mistakes when you hear them When most Americans speak you will notice that we seem to open our mouth a lot and there is a great amount of mouth movements、 Arrangement of this program(05:15-05:45) During the course of this program, I will begin by addressing consonant sounds and then later on we’ll work with vowel sounds、Now vowel sounds, as you know, are A E I O and U, like ahh, ohh, eee, ehh, ihh and ooo、And consonant sounds are basically all the other letters’ sounds, like b, ch, s, t, f, g, sh, w and of course, there are many many more sounds、 Session One(05:55-22:34)
Table of Contents Introduction 01 Session 1R and W (03) Session 2Voicing, S and Z (08) Session 3TH, Voiced T (11) Session 4 F and V, Sh and Voiced SH (15) Session 5L (20) Session 6W ord Endings (24) Session 7DG and Ch, H (27) Session 8Vowel Overview, I and EE (32) Session 9OW and AE (35) Session 10OO, UH, EH (38) Session 11AU, AH, A (41) Session 12T ongue Twisters (44) Session 13Phrase Reductions, Intonation (46) Session 14Reading Passages (50) Session 15Reading Passages (52) This manual accompanies the video training program in American English Pronunciation available only at https://www.doczj.com/doc/db4986283.html,. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this manual may be publicly distributed, presented, duplicated or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the expressed written consent of the publisher. You should further understand that text, images, sounds, video clips, and other multimedia items included in the https://www.doczj.com/doc/db4986283.html, website, represent
标准美国英语语音教程 Standard Course of General American Phonetics 本教材说明： 本教程所编内容为作者二十年潜心钻研之成果，许多诀窍为国内外首次披露，简明扼要。“真传一句话，假传万卷书。”攻克语音关是学习英语成败的关键。语音如能纯正, 自己讲英语时有信心，容易得到别人的夸奖，今后发展词汇记忆、听力练习奠定良好的基础。“好的开头是成功的一半。” 第一课. 世界英语种类及美国英语的特点 英语是国际性语言，以英语为母语、官方语言、第二语言的人数超过讲汉语的人数,曾经学习过和正在学习、打算学习英语的人更是不尽其数。不同地方的人在讲英语时当然会有各自的特点，因此就有英式英语、澳大利亚英语、南非英语、印度英语、美国英语、加拿大英语……等等。当然，这样划分是极为粗泛的，其实仅在英国就有很多种英语方言。在此我仅指各个国家具有代表性的标准英语口音。 今天的美国英语，原来都是由英国人带到美国的。当英国的殖民者在十七世纪来到北美洲大西洋沿岸定居时，也带来了英国的语言。美国的语言学家们一致认为：这些殖民者的英语，就是当时英国的标准英语，也是英国大文学家莎士比亚、培根、米尔顿所讲的英语。有位语言学家曾推断：“如果莎翁在世，他说的英语一定带美国口音。” 美国英语依口音来划分大致可分为三种：东部美国话、南部美国话和普通美国话。“东部美国话”的使用地区在美国东北角大西洋沿岸的新英格兰，即现在的New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut 六个州范围内。使用这种话的地区和人数，在美国占极小的比例。但因这一地区的居民与伦敦一直保持较密切的接触，跟着英国标准英语发音变化，所以今天这种美国话的主要发音特点与英式英语很相似，肯尼迪总统的口音就是标准的东部美国话。 “南部美国话”的使用地区基本上在美国称为“南方”的十一个州：Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Caroline,
三辰英语口语集训营教程 主编：Jeffrey (王辰辉) 编委：杨卓 昨天的你：大学迷茫、没有人生目标，甚至有时还忘记了自己的梦想； 喜欢英语却从不敢说；想感谢父母而又总无能为力。 然而，今天是一个分界线！在这里，你的潜能将会被无限地挖掘：你热爱生命，你渴望成为有钱的人、成功的人，而且你一定可以成为！你每天都充满了能量，你每天都奋斗不息！经过奋斗之后，你可以脱口而出一口漂亮的英语！你可以给父母买大大的房子！你可以站在一万人的台上发表演说！YES!! 那就是你！！那就是你！！ 这个世界上一切美好的事物都会向你敞开大门，然而打开这扇大门的钥匙就握在你手中。I known : You must do it!! You can do it!! You will do it!! You will succeed!!
第一章——我们的誓言 我们发誓：用两天的时间，疯狂操练，用两天的时间，把自己锻造成英雄。人和人的区别，不在于智商，而在于每天时间的利用，少一点无聊的时间，多一点奋斗的时间，多一点操练的时间。中华民族，需要借助英语，让世界更理解。 我们是战友，一起征服人性的弱点，一起建设我们的国家。我们从今天开始，相互连接，每天激励自己，每天老老实实学习英语，一点又一点的进步，将带来整个中华民族的进步。无论生活环境多么恶劣，多少的困难，多少的挫折，多少的失败和眼泪，都不能阻止我们怀有梦想，语言决定了我们的梦想。 无论英语多么难，我还是要坚持学！无论我的发音多么差，我还是要坚持改进！无论我的记忆力多么差，我还是要坚持重复！无论多少人半途而废，我还是要坚持全力以赴！无论多少人笑话我，我还是要坚持操练！无论我感觉多么失败，我还是要继续努力！无论奋斗的路上我遇到多少障碍，我还是要继续奋斗直至成功！ I can make a difference in this world！
The chaos Capoem about the chaos of the English language Dearest creature in creation, Study English pronunciation. I will teach you in my verse Sounds like corpse, corps, horse, and worse. It will keep you, Suzy, busy, Make your head with heat grow dizzy. Tear in eye, your dress will tear. Queer,fair seer,hear my prayer, Pray,console your loving poet, Make my coat look new,dear,sew it! Just compare heart, beard, and heard, Dies and diet, lord and word, Sword and sward, retain and Britain. (Mind the l atter, how it’s written.) Made has not the sound of bade; Say,said,pay,paid,laid but plaid. Now I surely will not plague you With such words as plaque and ague.
But be careful how you speak: Say gush,bush,steak,streak,break,bleak, Previous,precious,fuchsia,via, Recipe,pipe,studding-sail,choir; Woven, oven, how and low, Script, receipt, show, poem, and toe. Hear me say, devoid of trickery, Daughter, laughter, and Terpsichore, Typhoid, measles, topsails, aisles, Exiles, similes, and reviles; Wbolly,bolly,signal,signing Same,examing,but mining, Scholar, vicar, and cigar, Solar, mica, war and far; From”desire”:desirable admirable from “admire”Lumber,plumber,bier but brier, Topsham,brougham,renown but known, Knowledge,done,lone,gone,none,tone, One, anemone, Balmoral,
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为了更加了解美式英语与英式英语的差异，有二点理由说明了我们为什么要强调使用英语的人数以及英语的世界性。首先，英语并不是美国人或英国人，或其以英语为母语者的唯一特产。另外说英语的人俞多，它的地理位置分布愈广大。 在一般人的观念里英国是一个很严谨的国家。英国人似乎在穿着上，用餐的礼仪上，工作的时候都很严谨，也较有规律。也因此，大众对英国的语言也有相同的观念，觉得英式英语是一种严谨的语言。而美国是由英国移民所组成的一个国家，它的建国时间较短，因此，在人们的印象中，美国和英国有着大大的不同。美国人较热情，做任何事情随心所欲，所以美国人在说话时也应是如此。 在美国的英语中，有许多很口语化的方言和俗语，就像我们台湾本土的闽南语一样有很多很有趣的俗语，也许会人认为在英语的对话中添加一些方言和俗语，会让人觉得粗俗或没水准。其实不然。因为若在说话时添加一些方言或俗语，可以使你说出来的话更生动活泼、更丰富、更有内涵，且更容易让人了解。相对的，如果说话时都一板一眼、毫不越矩，不但自己说话时要很小心谨慎，别人也无法很轻松地与你交谈。 英国人和美国人所使用的英语都遵循既定的规则，但随着社会潮流的进步及改变，无论是在英国或是美国，人们所使用的英语也都一直在改变。只是在大众的感觉里，美国英语改变的速度似乎比英国英语还要来的快。但事实上，学者们的研究却认为美式英语在某些层面
上比英式英语还要守旧。此外，学者们也认为造成两者差异最大的原因是因为自然环境的不同。例如：区域、地形、动植物和人口稠密度。另外，还有些原因是因为英国人和美国人生活背景和社会体制的不同。例如：政治体制、教育体制。 美国的语言也叫做「英语」，乍听之下好像不合常理，因为应该是英国的语言才叫做「英语」，但是由于美国人是来自于英国的移民，所以美国人和英国人所说的语言都是同一种语言。虽然这两个国家所说的都是一种语言，但是还是有些许的差异，不过这些差异对一般人来说也许明显，但却不尽然明了其差异之根源所在。在1700年以前，英语并没有英式英语和美式英语两种分别，因为当时只有英国，美式英语在当时是不存在的。不过之后，因为部分英国人移民到美洲大陆，在美洲大陆又发展了一个文化，再加上英语这个语言在口说及书写方面很少受要标准化和统一化的影响，因此，今日英语才形成英式英语及美式英语两种形式。而由此我们也可以知道，英式英语及美式英语两者之间最大的差异是在「发音」和「字母」。一种语言使用的人越多，范围越广，就越容易产生差异，变成了虽然是同一种语言，但却有不同的体系，不同的形式出现。其实，并不是只有英国和美国这两个国家所使用的英语有所差异，所有英语系的国家所使用的英语多多少少都有些不同，不过虽然各个国家所使用的英语都各有其特点，但唯有英国英语和美国英语较为一般人所知道，较具借债性，因此我们就以这两种较具代表性，也较有系统性的英语来作研究与探讨。 本文研究将英式英语与美式英语两者之间的差异，大致分为发