带有r的元音(R-controlled Vowels)
元音字母与r结合起来,会发全新的音,见下表:
组合 所发音 例词 ar 字母r的名字 car, marble, far, large, party or /or/ fork, or, for, core, more, pork
/er/ worm, word, world, doctor, neighbor er, ir, ur /er/ nurse, girl, ever, sir, purple
特殊元音(Special Vowel Sounds)
字母或组合 所发音 例词 aw paw, law, raw, saw, dawn
all ball, call, fall, mall, tall
au haul, taught, caught, sauce
ou cough, bought, brought, thought
o(后面接ng的时候)song, long, strong, wrong “broad sound”,比短o音嘴型要小,发音时间长
a, e, i, o, u 非重读音(schwa sound),当一个元音在非重读音节里时,有时会发此类音,非常类似汉语拼音里的e,但发音很轻。 about, elephant, banana, machine, confuse
ce, ci, si, ti 在同一个音节里这些字母组合后面接另外一个元音时,发/sh/音ocean, special, mission, nation, delicious, magician