1)巧断“oo”字母组合的长短音。
1)“oo”在字母“k”之前读短音[u]。如:
look,took,book,cook,cookie,shook,copybook
2)“oo”在字母“n”之前读长音[u:]。如:
moon,noon,soon,cocoon,balloon,spoon,afternoon
3)“oo”在字母m前通常读长音[u:]。如:
doom,loom,bloom
注:
room一词单独出现时,其中的oo可长可短。当room处于复合词后非重读位置时,其中的oo通常读短音[u]。如:bedroom,schoolroom,classroom
4)“oo”在字母“l”前读长音[u:]。如:
school,cool,fool,tool,pool,stool
5)“oo”位于词尾时读长音[u:]。如:
coo,zoo,bamboo,too
6)“oo”位于“th’或“se”之前读长音[u:]。如:
smooth,tooth,choose,loose,goose
(2)巧断元音字母“e”发[i:]和[i]时的长短音。
1)以“re”开头的单词,其字母“e”若位于非重读音节,读短音[i]。如:
relax,reject,revision,remain,rebel,receive,resource,reward,research,reduce,regret,regard,repeat,renew,reply,replace,recorder,remove,repair,report,republic,require,re-cover,refer,return,refuse,remember
2)“re”在重读音节中,“e”读长元音[i:]。如:
recycle,reunite,rebuild,rewrite,retell,remarry,recent,region
3)字母“e”为单词首字母,又位于重读音节时,读长音[i:]。如:
even,eve,evening,egypt
4)字母“e”为单词首字母,位于非重读音节时,读短音[i]。如:
eleven,elect,especially,equator,effect,Egyptian,en-gage,equip,event,enough
(3)在双写辅音字母前的元音字母都读相应的短音。
1)读短音[i]的词例:ripple,permission,little,village,million,skill,kiss,silly,slipper,squirrel,bill,pretty
2)读短音[o]的词例:follow,hollow,sorry,dollar,horror,boss,loss,cross,bottom,bottle
3)读短音[+]的词例:occasionally,oppress,connect,suggest,support,suppose,surround,supply,accept,appear
4)读短音[u]的词例:bullet,pull,pulley
注:
“-ass”已成为固定字母组合,其中的a通常读长音[a:],但美国人多读短音[a],如:class,glass,grass.
(4)在非重读音节中,“-ace”“-age”中的元音字母“a”只读短音[i]。
如:village,savage,manage,advantage,encourage,pas-sage,package,palace,necklace.
但由两个英语单词构成的复合词除外。如birdcage,因为它是由bird+cage构成的复合词。
(5)在重读音节之前,又紧靠该重读音节的非重读音节中的元音字母“o”读短音[+]。
如:propose,professor,police,polite,pronounce,politi-cal,pollute,position,procession,obey,solution,control,con-sider,oblige,observe
(6)位于非重读音节中的ar,er,or,ur等“r”音节读短音[+]。如:
1)ar:beggar,dollar,forward,grammar,irregular,sugar,popular
2)er:eagerly,governor,hammer,southern,modern,whisper,summer,hibernate,permit,persuade
3)or:tailor,favor,tractor,sensor,visitor,comfort,ef-fort,motor
4)ur:murmur
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