美式英语正音训练第57期:连音规则

 　　Liaison¹ Rule 3: Vowel² Vowel

　　When a word ending in a vowel sound is next to one beginning with a vowel sound, they are connected with a glide³ between the two vowels⁴.

　　A glide is either a slight y sound or a slight w sound.

　　How do you know which one to use?

　　This will take care of itself the position your lips are in will dictate⁵ either y or w.

　　Go away.

　　I also need the other one.

　　For example, if a word ends in o,

　　your lips are going to be in the forward position, so a w quite naturally leads into the next vowel sound

　　Gowaway.

　　You don't want to say

　　Go...away

　　and break the undercurrent of your voice.

　　Run it all together:

　　Gowaway.

　　After a long sound, your lips will be pulled back far enough to create a y glide or liaison:

　　I yalso need theyother one.

　　Don't force this sound too much, though.

　　It's not a strong pushing sound.

　　Iy also need theyother one would sound really weird⁶.

　　Exercise 2-9: Vowel / Vowel Liaison Practice

　　Pause the CD and reconnect the following words as shown in the models.

　　Add a y glide after an e sound, and a w glide after an u sound.

　　Don't forget that the sound of the American O is really ou.

　　Check Answer Key, beginning on page 193.

　　Repeat.

　　she isn't

　　who is

　　go anywhere

　　so honest

　　through our

　　you are

　　he is

　　do I?

　　I asked

　　to open

　　she always

　　too often

1 liaison   

n.联系，（未婚男女间的）暖昧关系，私通

参考例句：

• She acts as a liaison between patients and staff.她在病人与医护人员间充当沟通的桥梁。
• She is responsible for liaison with researchers at other universities.她负责与其他大学的研究人员联系。

2 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。

3 glide   

n./v.溜，滑行；(时间)消逝

参考例句：

• We stood in silence watching the snake glide effortlessly.我们噤若寒蝉地站着，眼看那条蛇逍遥自在地游来游去。
• So graceful was the ballerina that she just seemed to glide.那芭蕾舞女演员翩跹起舞，宛如滑翔。

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

5 dictate   

v.口授；(使)听写；指令，指示，命令

参考例句：

• It took him a long time to dictate this letter.口述这封信花了他很长时间。
• What right have you to dictate to others?你有什么资格向别人发号施令？

6 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。