美音听力与发音小技巧
WelcometoDailyTipsonLearningEnglish.Today’stipisonsoundlinking.
RememberthatalthoughwrittenEnglishhasspacesbetweeneveryword,spokenEnglishdoesn’thavepausesaftereveryword.Asamatteroffact,longstringsofwordsarealllinkedtogether.Anditisthislinking,whichoftenmakesitdifficultforlearnersofEnglishtounderstandnativespeaker’stalking.Today’stipistonoticehowthe“h”soundisoftendroppedinpersonalpronounssuchas“he”,“him”,“his”and“her”.Andwhenitisdropped,whatisleftisavowelsound,andthevowelsoundisalwayslinkedtotheprecedingword.
Let’slookatanexample.Giveherabook.Giv-erabook.Noticehowthe“h”isdroppedandhow“giveher”become“giv-er”.Lookatanotherexample.Tellhimtoaskher.Tell-imtoask-er.Didyounoticethat“tellhim”became“tell-im”and“askher”became“ask-er”?ThishappensveryfrequentlyinspokenEnglish,especiallywhen“he”followsanauxiliaryverb.Forexample,“whatwillhedo?”becomes“Whatwill-ido?”“Wherewillhego?”becomes“Wherewill-igo?”“Whenwillhecome?”becomes“Whenwill-icome?”“Whowillhemeet?”becomes“Whowill-imeet?”“Howwillheknow?”becomes“Howwill-iknow?”“Hashegone?”becomes“Has-igone?”“Hadhedoneitbefore?”becomes“Had-idoneitbefore?”“Musthego?”becomes“Must-igo?”“Canhedoit?”becomes“Can-idoit?”“Shouldheleave?”becomes“Should-Ileave?”it’simportanttoaccustomyourselftothedropped“h”soundinsoundlinking.Thishasbeentoday’sdailytip.TuneintomorrowforanothertiponlearningEnglish.
