不同的辅音呢,当然首先你得学会分清楚stops和continuants,我们通常把前面单词的结尾辅音给hold住,其实这个在辅音的部分做过讲解,比如在单词内部,澳大利亚的城市悉尼,拼写中有个很明显的d,但是却被hold住了,给人的感觉是中间有个音但是没有被发出来,Sydney,注意不是直接删掉,而是要有个音节存在,类似的例子么我们可以一起联系一下,help me, that man, good food, pop music
元音和元音之间也是存在连读的现象的,比如我们会在/ei//i//ai/后面加上一个短短的/y/音,在/u//ou/后面加上一个短短的/w/的音雅思口语教学,所以即使我们日常说的很多的那句How are you?里面也有连读,yes, I am也有连读,did you do it?这些都是元音连读的例子。
另外一个是缩写,一些助动词或者be动词通常被缩写,而这些在没有特殊情况下的话是要被弱读的,不然你说话的意图会被改变,比如当你说I’m happy和I am happy的时候,感情状态是不一样的,一个是说你开心I’m happy,一个是为了反驳别人说你不开心I am happy,常见的还有will, I’ll call you, It’ll rain;would, I’d like some tea, He’d go if he could;has和have, She’s left, I’ve had lunch.
虚拟语气的结构也有缩写If I’d known it was your birthday, I would’ve gotten you a present. I would’ve passed the test if I’d studied more.
最后呢,我们通过一篇比较有综合性的文章来一起练习一下我们之前所学过的内容雅思口语教学雅思口语教学:雅思口语发音提升:语调和连读,注意里面列出来的辅音连元音,元音连元音,还有重读以及句子中合适的停顿,大家可以对照文本进行跟读。
My American Accent
I’ve been practising the yAmerican accent // for a while now. Atfirst, // it was kind of hard // to keep track of all the rules andexceptions. I had no widea // there was so much to learn. I’ve been practising// with the yaudio materials. // It’s somewhateasier // to pronounce some of the sounds // but it’s difficult to know // how wI sound to wothers. I think I’m getting better. One of the hardest things for me // is to stress some syllables // and to reduce certain others. When I yask my friends // how wI sound, they yall say // they hear a difference in my speech. My boss said// that I am making progress // and that I sound // more and more like a native speaker. My clients are not asking me // to repeat myself as much. It makes it all worthwhile. I won’t stop practicing.
好了,发音的系列讲解我们就先到这里了,大家一定要记得勤加练习!
作者简介:
吴晓敏,新东方珠海学校国外考试部雅思教师,2013年和2014年连续两年荣获新东方教育科技集团优秀教师雅思口语教学,新东方集团口语教学比赛三等奖,2017年参加美国斯坦福大学教师职业发展项目,2018年荣获新东方珠海学校“优秀教师”称号,英国剑桥TKT教师认证,美国TESOL教师认证。