一、元音字母在重读音节中的读音
a
在开音节中[ei] name plane Jane baby cake
在闭音节中 [æ] bag dad hat map black back
e
在开音节中 [i:] he these me Chinese
在闭音节中 [e] bed let pen desk yes egg
i
在开音节中 [ai] bike fly drive time nice kite
在闭音节中 [i] fish big drink sit milk swim
o
在开音节中 [eu] those close go hoe home no
在闭音节中 [ɒ] clock not box shop sock
u
在开音节中 [ju:] student excuse duty Tuesday
在闭音节中 [ʌ] bus cup jump much lunch
在开音节中,元音字母u在辅音字母j l r s后面时读[u:]音,例如:June blue ruler super
二、元音字母在非重读音节中的读音
a
[e] China another woman breakfast
[i] orange comrade village cabbage
e
[e] hundred student open weekend children
[i] chicken pocket begin
I
[e]/[i] holiday beautiful family animal
[ai] exercise satellite
o
[e] second tonight somebody welcome
[eu] also zero photo
u
[e] autumn diffcult
[ju:] popular congratulation January
动词中的a如果处在开音节位置,
a读[ei]音,例如:operate
u处在开音节位置,又在辅音字母j l r s后面时,读[u(:)]音,例如:July influence February issue
三、元音字母在重读音节中的特殊读音
a在[w]音后面 [ɒ] want what watch wash quality
a在f n sk ph sp ss st th前 [a:] after plant graph ask grasp glass fast father
i在-nd -ld和gh前 [ai] find child light high
o在-st -ld前 [eu] most postcard old cold
o在m n v th前 [ʌ] come monkey love mother
四、-r音节元音字组在重读音节中的读音
ar [a:] car farm dark sharpener
在[w]音后面 [ɔ:] warm quarter towards or [ɔ:] forty morning short
在[w]音后面 [ɜ:] word worker worse er ir ur [ɜ:]certainly bird Thursday