清浊辅音结尾对元音的影响
美音听力与发音小技巧:第三期(清浊辅音结尾对元音的影响)
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.