Unit One: An Overview of American English Pronunciation
语音课程的学习方法：
发音体系：
1、单音的发音
近似音取代的方法
bet,bat,bite 每个里面的核心元音不同
比较相似的发音，对比不同的发音
强化意念法：听力分辨练习、跟读。
单音发音是基础
2、连读和重音
Class starts at eight.
关键词就是朗读中需要重读的部分
3、英语的语调
语言当中情感的表达
4、朗读中的缩读和弱读
What are you going to do when you get out of here?
going to - gonna want to - wanna
5、名词复数、动词第三人称单数
Lesson 1 英语发音类别
基本分类及常识：
元音分类A：
● 听辨练习1-1
Part One 前元音听辨及跟读
舌前部向硬颚抬起时发出的元音叫前元音。
前元音(Front Vowels)主要有：[i],[I],[Z],[A] (Which are made by raising the front of the tongue towards the hard palate.)
A. Practice these four sounds in phrases.
eat the meat
make a wish
very well
a mad man
keep the seat
sit down
get ready
a jazz band
three trees
best friend
a black bag
Peter’s secret
a small fish
ten men
a plastic bag
the Chinese people
a bit chilly
Teddy Bear
hand in hand
a piece of cheese
bit by bit
wet with sweat
a happy marriage
a friend in need
fit as a fiddle
best seller
on behalf of our class
B. Now practice the sound in sentences.
⑴ Please speak English.
Dick gives Lily a big kiss.
The book sells well, I guess.
Don’t let the cat out of the bag.
⑵ Seeing is believing.
They stayed together through thick and thin.
Let’s get everything ready.
They ran hand in hand.
⑶ Steve lives on 333 Peterson Street.
Can you give me a lift?
Remember to get me ten eggs.
He who laughs last laughs best.
⑷ Don’t speak Chinese in an English class.
Is it spring or still winter?
All is well that ends well.
Pat sat on the grass with a glass in his hand.
⑸ Please keep this seat for me.
Mary is fifty now, but she’s still fit as a fiddle.
Better late than never.
Sally married a handsome young man named Jerry.
Part Two 中元音听辨练习
舌中部向硬颚抬起时发出的元音叫中元音。
中元音(Central Vowels)主要有:
(which are made by raising the middle of the tongue towards the dividing line between the hard and soft palates.)
A. Practice these three sounds in phrases.
the first term
a long term
some money
learn the words
among the workers
some honey
a firm girl
never forget
once in a month
a nervous nurse
a sheet of paper
a tough son
an early bird
a drop of water
a funny couple
a dirty shirt
the teachers of China
a sudden jump
the third world
the doctor’s daughter
just for fun
an active learner
at the counter
blood for blood
B. Now practice the sound in sentences.
⑴ The early bird catches the worm.
My younger brother’s a doctor.
Enough is enough.
⑵ First come, first served.
Peter can use the computer pretty well.
I wonder who’s coming to lunch.
⑶ The girls have to learn World History first.
Peter’s father is a professor.
My brother lives in the countryside.
⑷ Earl has worked in that firm for thirty years.
You’d better do it faster.
He was running to catch the bus.
⑸ A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
My younger sister is also a computer expert.
Never trouble troubles until troubles trouble you.
⑹ He seems to get worse and worse.
Let’s have a get-together after supper.
How much is too much?
⑺ Birds of a feather flock together.
Give me some butter and sugar.
Love me , love my dog.
Part Three 后元音听辨练习
发音时舌后部需要向软颚抬起的元音叫作后元音；
后元音( Back Vowels)主要有：
(which are made by raising the back of the tongue towards the soft palate.)
舌尖离开下齿
A. Practice these four sounds in phrases.
pop music
law and order
push and pull
pop concert
daughter-in-law
you full
by hook or by crook
whose tools
a stopwatch
according to law
the butcher and the crook
a new suit
clocks and watches
talk and walk
good looks
a group of students
socks and stocking
a small waterfall
good footwork
drop by drop
along corridor
book a room
the Blue Danube
common knowledge
a long story
took some sugar
a water bottle
a quarter to four
too few too soon to be true
wooden plates
B. Now practice the sound in sentences.
Waste not, want not.
My daughter-in-law is a lawyer.
Who took away my book?
How do you do?
Honesty is the best policy.
Paul is forty-four.
Don’t let the butcher bully the cook.
You look cool!
A pick-pocket picks pocket.
Norman has lost his wallet.
Crook will do it by hook or by crook.
Soon my dream will come true.
Lots and lots of dollars are locked in the box.
We won because we fought hard.
We tried to book a room, but the hotel was full.
No news is good news.
Tom started at the bottom and worked his way to the top.
Learn to crawl before you can walk.
Look before you leap.
As a rule, the skies are blue in June.
元音分类B
根据构成元音的音素的不同，我们把元音分为12个单素元音（monophthongs）和8个复合元音（diphthongs）。
A diphthong is a glide from one monophthong to another and the whole glide acts like a long, pure vowel. There are eight diphthongs in English. Diphthongs can be divided into two groups, the closing diphthongs and the centering diphthongs.
In American English, we simply use five of these diphthongs: 
● 听辨练习1-2
A. Practice these five sounds in phrases.
play safe
go home
by and by
a loud sound
voice and noise
save face
don’t know
silent night
boiling point
make way
hope so
quite right
no soap
nine times
without power
a joyful voyage
face to face
a mouse in the house
spoil the boy
plain sailing
low-interest loan
point by point
out of town
old folks at hom
B. Practice these five sounds in phrases.
⑴ Better take your raincoat.
Go and open the window.
Out of sight, out of mind.
I found a mouse in the house.
Roy toiled on the soil.
⑵ Let’s play safe.
Oh, he’s so slow.
Like father like son.
He’s out of town.
Jack’s an employee in a joint venture.
⑶ Her name is Rachel.
Show me the photo, Joe.
Once bitten, twice shy.
How about going down town?
The spoiled boy wants more new toys.
⑷ No way, go away.
It’s only a joke.
A stitch in time saves nine.
No doubt, he’s drowned.
The noise came from the toilet.
⑸ Rain, rain, go away. Little Johnny wants to play.
I love potatoes and tomatoes.
Great minds think alike.
How many hours do we have to wait?
Soybean oil is my choice.
⑹ The cake is on the plate and the plate is on the table.
Give me my soap and comb.
A cat has nine lives.
He’s without power now.
Let’s join the boys.
⑺ When the cat is away , the mice will play.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
Strike while the iron is hot.
Howard is going to have a cold shower now.
Spare the rod, spoil the child.
元音分类C
根据发音时嘴唇的形状：
According to the shape of the lips
元音分类D
重点掌握元音分类的A和B