目录 1
Unit 1 Brief Introduction to English Phonetics 绪论 1
1.1 English Phonetics 英语语音学 1
1.2 The Function of the English Phonetics and the Aims of Phonetics Study 语音的功能和学习语音的目的 1
1.3 Standard English Pronunciation 英语的标准发音 2
1.4 A Good Pronunciation 好的发音 4
1.5 Basic Sounds and Phonetic Transcription 音素与音标 4
Unit 2 The Organs of Speech and List of Phonetic Symbol s发音器官和语音音素表 6
2.1 The Organs of Speech 发音器官 6
2.2 The Phonetic Symbols 语音音素表 9
Unit 3 The Classification of Speech Sounds 语音分类 10
3.1 Vowel Classification 元音分类 10
3.2 Consonants Classification 辅音分类 12
3.3 The Characteristics of the Vowels and Consonants 元音与辅音的特点 14
Unit 4 Front Vowels 前元音 15
4.1 /i: 15
4.2 /i 17
4.3 /e 19
4.4 /? 21
Unit 5 Central Vowels 中元音 24
5.1 /? 24
5.2 /?: 27
5.3 /? 29
Unit 6 Back Vowels 后元音 31
6.1 /?: 31
6.2 /? 33
6.3 /?: 35
6.4 /u 37
6.5 /u: 39
Unit 7 Closing Diphthongs合口双元音 42
7.1 /ei 42
7.2 /ai 44
7.3 /?i 46
7.4 /?u 48
7.5 /au 50
Unit 8 The Centring Dipthongs集中双元音 53
8.1 /i? 53
8.2 /? 54
8.3 /u? 56
9.1 /f/and/v 58
Unit 9 Fricatives摩擦音 58
9.2 /?/and/? 61
9.3 /s/and/z 64
9.4 /?/and/? 67
9.5 /h 70
9.6 /r 72
Unit 10 Plosives(Stop Consonants)爆破音 75
10.1 /p/and/b 75
10.2 /t/and/d 79
10.3 /k/and/? 83
Unit 11 Affricates破擦音 87
11.1 /t?/and/d? 87
11.3 /tr/and/dr 91
11.2 /ts/and/dz 91
12.1 /m 93
Unit 12 Nasals鼻音 93
12.2 /n 95
12.3 /? 96
Unit 13 Lateral 舌侧音 99
Unit 14 Glides and Semi-vowels 滑音和半元音 102
14.1 /j 102
14.2 /w 104
Unit 15 Consonant Clusters 辅音连缀 107
Unit 16 Strong and Weak Forms 强读和弱读形式 110
Unit 17 Assimilation and Elision 音的同化与省略 117
Unit 18 Liasion(Sound-Linking)连读 123
19.2 Levels of Stress 重音的类型 126
Unit 19 Stress(1)重音(1) 126
19.1 Notion of Stress 重音的概念 126
19.3 Kind of Stress 重音的种类 127
19.4 Word Stress 词重音 127
Unit 20 Stress(2) 重音(2) 133
20.1 Sentence Stress 句重音 133
20.2 Stressed and Unstressed Words in a Sentence 有语句重音的词和无语句重音的词 133
Unit 21 Rhythm 节奏 140
21.1 Notion of Rhythm 节奏的概念 140
21.2 Nature of Rhythm 节奏的本质 140
21.3 A Good English Speech Rhythm 掌握好英语句子的节奏 141
Unit 22 Sense Groups and Pausing 意群与停顿 147
23.2 Statements 陈述句 149
Unit 23 Intonation(1)语调(1) 149
23.1 Definition 定义 149
23.3 Questions 疑问句 154
Unit 24 Intonation(2)语调(2) 163
24.1 Exclamations 感叹句 163
24.2 Imperatives 祈使句 164
24.3 Enumerations 列举 166
24.4 Inserted Elements 插入部分 167
24.5 Vocatives 呼语 168
24.6 Apposition 同位语 170
24.7 Co-Ordination 并列句 171
24.8 Greetings,Farewells,Apologies and Gratitudes 问候、告别、道歉及感谢 172
24.9 Clauses and Adverbials 从句及状语 174
Unit 25 The Differences in Pronunciation Between Reeeived Pro-nunciation and General American 英、美语音的差异 177
25.1 The Difference in Vowels and Consonants 元音和辅音的差异 178
25.2 The Difference in Word Stress 词重音的差异 183
25.3 The Difference in Intonation 语调的差异 185
Unit 26 Self-Check Tests 自测 189
Self-Check Tests(1~8) 189
Answer to Tests(1~8) 196
Appendix Ⅰ Table of Rules of Reading 199
Appendix Ⅱ Silent Letter Words 203
Appendix Ⅲ Recorded English News Reports 207
Appendix Ⅳ Recorded English Song Appreciation 212
References 216