音標(biāo)發(fā)音技巧清濁輔音結(jié)尾對(duì)元音的影響
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美音聽(tīng)力與發(fā)音小技巧:第三期(清濁輔音結(jié)尾對(duì)元音的影響)
WelcometoDailyTipsonLearningEnglish.Today’stipisonhowdifferentvowellengthsareusedtodifferentiatewordsendinginvoicedandvoicelessconsonants.
Let’stakeanexample.There’ssomethinginmyeyes.There’ssomethinginmyice.Thelastwordsintheexamples,eyesandicedifferin2ways.Onedifferenceisthewordeyesendwiththesound“z”,andiceendwiththesound“s”.Theotherdifferenceinthepronunciationof“eyes”and“ice”ishowthevowelsound“ai”ispronounced.Intheword“eyes”,itislonger.Intheword“ice”,itisveryshort.
Listentotheexamplesagain,andnotethatthefinalconsonantsoundisnotasclearasthedifferenceinthelengthofthevowel.There’ssomethinginmyeyes.There’ssomethinginmyice.Listenagain.There’ssomethinginmyeyes.There’ssomethinginmyice.Listentosomeotherexamplesofwordsthatareidenticalexceptforthefinalconsonantsandthevowellength.Cap,cab,plate,played,seat,seed.Today’stipistopaymoreattentiontothelengthofvowels,asthisdifferenceisveryimportantindistinguishingsomewords.Tillthen,tomorrow,toanothertiponlearningEnglish.