Ningbo University of Technology
Zhou Yuhua
Fricatives
摩擦音
Affricates
破擦音
Nasals
鼻音
Lateral
旁流音
Stops
塞音
Pure
纯元音
Vowels
元音
Consonants
辅音
Approximants
接近音
Diphthongs
双元音
/j/, /w/, /r/
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They are called approximants because this is an
articulation in which the articulators approach each
other but do not get sufficiently close to each other to
produce a "complete" consonant such as a stop, nasal or
fricative.
称它们为接近音是因为在发音过程中，发音器官相
互靠近，但没有像爆破音、鼻音或接近音那样相互
接触。
r
red ready room
really road right
rr ferry sorry
wr wrap wrist write
written wrote
ray
lay
rife
life
rot
lot
ring
ling
road
load
A: Where did you park the car?
B: I’m not sure. I think it was just around the
corner.
A: Have you ever heard of square oranges?
B: No, never!
A: Are we far away from the road?
B: Well, it’s rather hard to say…
y yes yesterday
year young
yak
Jack
year
jeer
yard
jarred
yes
Jess
yam
jam
w
week wet way
warm well swim
wh what which white
one language
question quiet
square
wed
red
weed
read
white
write
wait
rate
wise
rise
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Two Irishmen were discussing their families. One
was boasting about his seven sons, saying that
he had never had any trouble with them.
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“Yes, indeed,” he said, “they are just about the
finest boys in the world. And would you believe it,
I never laid violent hands on any one of them
except in self-defense.”
1.
Review this section;
2.
Practice the Approximants and put them
into words;
3.
Practice the Fricatives in the passage—The
English Dictionary.
Thank You !