音标发音技巧连音

#英语口语# #音标发音技巧连音#：语言是人类特有的用来表达意思、交流思想的工具。语言由语音、词汇和语法三部分组成。语言形式有两种，一种是用口头表达的，称为口语；一种是用书面表达的，称为书面语。

　　美音听力与发音小技巧

　　WelcometodailytipsonlearningEnglish.Today’stipisonsoundlinking.

　　AlthoughinwrittenEnglish,there’respacesbetweeneveryword,inspokenEnglishthere’realwaysnever(1)pausesbetweenwords.InordertounderstandspokenEnglish,itis(2)essentialtounderstandhowthislinkingisdone.Todaylet’s(3)concentrateonthemostcommonsoundlinkingsituation.Wheneverawordendinginaconsonantsoundisfollowedbyawordbeginningwithavowelsound,theconsonantsoundislinkedtothevowelsoundasiftheywerepartofthesameword.

　　Let’slookatsomeexamples.I’dlikeanotherbowlofrice,please.First,notethatalthoughthere’resixwordsinthesentence,allthewordsarelinkedtogetherwithoutpause.Listenagain.I’dlikeanotherbowlofrice,please.Nowlistentohowthewords“like”and“another”arelinked.“Likeanother”,“like-another”.“Like”endsinaconsonantsound,and“another”beginswithavowelsound.Sothe“k”from“like”islinkedtothe“a”from“another”toproduce“kanother”.Listentotheexamplesentenceagain.I’dlikeanotherbowlofrice,please.Inthesentencethereisanotherexampleofaconsonantbeinglinkedtoavowel.Abowlof,abowl-of.Itsoundslikethatyou’resayingtheword“love”.Here’sanotherexample.I’dloveabowlofrice.I’dloveabowlofrice.ThissoundlinkingisprobablythebiggestproblemforlearnersofEnglishwhentheytrytounderstandnativespeaker’stalking.We’lltalkmoreaboutsoundlinkinginfuturedailytips,asthisisanextremelyimportfeatureofspokenEnglish.Today’stipistolinkconsonantstovowelswhichcomeafterthem.Tillthen,tomorrow,foranotherdailytip.