标准美语发音的13个秘诀 CD 3 Track 43

 

Exercise 6-1: R Location Practice       CD 3 Track 43

Repeat after me.

[g], [gr], greek, green, grass, grow, crow, core, cork¹, coral, cur, curl, girl, gorilla,her, erg, error, mirror, were, war, gore², wrong, wringer, church, pearl While you're perfecting your R, you might want to rush to it,and in doing so, neglect the preceding vowel³. There are certain vowels⁴ that you can neglect,but there are others that demand their full sound. We're going to practice the ones that require you to keep that clear sound before you add an R.

1 cork   

n.软木，软木塞

参考例句：

• We heard the pop of a cork.我们听见瓶塞砰的一声打开。
• Cork is a very buoyant material.软木是极易浮起的材料。

2 gore   

n.凝血，血污；v.（动物）用角撞伤，用牙刺破；缝以补裆；顶

参考例句：

• The fox lay dying in a pool of gore.狐狸倒在血泊中奄奄一息。
• Carruthers had been gored by a rhinoceros.卡拉瑟斯被犀牛顶伤了。

3 vowel   

n.元音；元音字母

参考例句：

• A long vowel is a long sound as in the word"shoe ".长元音即如“shoe” 一词中的长音。
• The vowel in words like 'my' and 'thigh' is not very difficult.单词my和thigh中的元音并不难发。

4 vowels   

n.元音，元音字母( vowel的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Vowels possess greater sonority than consonants. 元音比辅音响亮。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Note the various sounds of vowels followed by r. 注意r跟随的各种元音的发音。 来自超越目标英语 第3册