英语音素就是英语发音的最小单位.
英语有26个字母,44个音素.音素就是英语发音的最小单位.音素与拼写有直接的相对应性.最常见的这种相对应性的体现有72个.你学会44个音素,掌握72种音拼,就会读出一个单词的正确发音.注意,音素不是音标.
英语的44个音素是：
5个短元音 （Short-Vowel Sounds）
short /ă/ in apple
short /ĕ/ in elephant
short /ĭ/ in igloo
short /ŏ/ in octopus
short /ǔ/ in umbrella
6个长元音 （Long-Vowel Sounds）
long /ā/ in cake
long /ē/ in feet
long /ī/ in pie
long /ō/ in boat
long /ū/ (yoo) in mule
long /ōō/ in flew
3个R控制的元音 （r-Controlled Vowel Sounds）
/ur/ in fern,bird,and hurt
/ar/ in park
/or/ in fork
18 个辅音 （18 Consonant Sounds）
/b/ in bat
/k/ in cat and kite
/d/ in dog
/f/ in fan
/g/ in goat
/h/ in hat
/j/ in jam
/l/ in lip
/m/ in map
/n/ in nest
/p/ in pig
/r/ in rat
/s/ in sun
/t/ in top
/v/ in van
/w/ in wig
/y/ in yell
/z/ in zip
7个双辅音or 复合辅音 （发一个音） （Digraphs）
/ch/ in chin
/sh/ in ship
unvoiced /th/ in thin
voiced /th/ in this
/hw/ in whip *
/ng/ in sing
/nk/ in sink
* (wh is pronounced /w/ in
some areas)
5个双元音和特殊音 （Diphthongs –复合元音,发双音 and Other Special Sounds）
/oi/ in oil and boy
/ow/ in owl and ouch
short /ŏŏ/ in cook and pull
/aw/ in jaw and haul
/zh/ in television