美式英语正音训练第94期:第8章 练习5

 　　Exercise 8-5: tense and lax vowel¹ exercise

　　Let's practice tense and lax vowels² in context.

　　The intonation³ is marked for you.

　　When in doubt, try to leave out the lax vowel rather than run the risk of overpronouncing it: lip instead of lip, so it doesn't sound like leap. Repeat:

　　1. eat it I eat it.

　　2. beat bit The beat is a bit strong.

　　3. keys kiss Give me a kiss for the keys.

　　4. cheek chick The chick's cheek is soft.

　　5. deed did He did the deed.

　　6. feet fit These shoes fit my feet.

　　7. feel fill Do you feel that we should fill it?

　　8. green grin The Martian's grin was green.

　　9. heat hit Last summer, the heat hit hard.

　　10. heel hill Put your heel on the hill.

1 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。

2 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

3 intonation   

n.语调，声调；发声

参考例句：

• The teacher checks for pronunciation and intonation.老师在检查发音和语调。
• Questions are spoken with a rising intonation.疑问句是以升调说出来的。