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字母组合th的读音规则总结

现就中学英语课本中出现的含有字母组合th的单词,进行分类归纳,

对其在单词中的读音总结以下几条;

1．在th后以字母-er结尾的单词中,th读浊辅音/e/;

例：altogether/:lt'gee/,farther/'fae/,feather/'fe

e/,whether/'wee/,either/'aie/,gather/'ge/

2．一般情况下,在代词、冠词、介词、连词或副词中的字母组合th,

读浊辅音/e/;

例：

within/wi'ein/,without/wi'eaut/,the/ei:z/,therefore/'eef:/,

al-though/:leu/,tho/euz/,the/e/,thus/eas/

发音特殊的单词：through/θru:/,throughout/θru:'aut/

3．字母组合th在数词包括基数词和序数词中读清辅音/θ/;

例：three/θri:/,thirty/'θ:ti/,thirteen/'θ:'ti:n/,

third/θ:d/,fourth/f:θ/,fiftieth/'fiftiiθ/,

thousand/'θauznd/,hundredth/'handrdθ/

4．除上述单词外,一般位于词首的th读/θ/;

例：

theatre/'θit/,thick/θik/,thin/θin/,throat/θrut/,theory/'

θiri/,thrust/θrast/,thread/θred/,thorough/'θar/,Thursday/

'θ:zdi/

5．以th结尾的单词,th读清辅音/θ/;

例：

truth/tru:θ/,worth/w:θ/,breath/breθ/,both/buθ/,cloth/klθ

/,path/pa:θ/,wealth/welθ/,length/leθ/,strength/streθ/

发音特殊的单词,例：smooth/smu:e/

6．在复合词中,th的读音与在原词中的读音相同;

例：something/'samθi/,anything/'eniθi/,nothing/'naθi/

还有前面提到的within,without等;

7．其他无规则可循的词分列如下：

maths/mθs/,arithmetic/'riθmtik/,clothing/kluei/,

clothes/kluez/,southern/'saen/,northern/'n:en／,

worthy/'w:ei/,author/':θ/,sympathy/'simpθi/