一、语音
外国人说英语与中国人说汉语运气的方式与位置不一样。外国人说英语很有力道，气一般都提起来了，大致在胸腔附近。而中国人说汉语则很少提气，把气一般都放在腹腔以下，所以感觉外国人说话声音相对很饱满，有种用“美声”说话的感觉，而中国人则不然。这点是大家在说英语时应特别感受和注意的。
1.易混音：
[i:]——[i] 长音发得不够长，短音发得不够短。如：ship--sheep; shit--sheet [æ]——[e] 嘴形大小不到位。如：pat--pet; bad--bed
[e]——[ai]；[ɔ][ɔ:]——[au] 单元音发得不够短，双元音发得不够饱满。如：press--price; smell--smile; sauce--south
[iә]——[eә] 容易发音不清楚，将其区别弱化或忽略。如：really--rarely; beer--bear [w]——[v] 嘴形不到位。如：wave; vowel; very well
[r]——[ʒ] 容易与汉语拼音混淆。如：garage; mirror; measure
[s]——[q]；[z]——[ð] 注意舌头的具体位置，多加练习。
建议：大家在语音练习过程当中尽量将音标发得饱满和夸张，这样在真正用英语进行对话的时候不会由于紧张导致说出的英语含混不清，让人听不懂。
2.发音规律：
1）听力中的元音[æ]。
试比较bar和bath的区别。Bar中由于有“r”因而有卷舌音，读成[ar],bath中“a”在“th”前（在f、n、s之前也有这种用法），通常读作[æ]。许多人在发音的时候经常由于嘴形做不大而导致发音不标准，说出来的英语也不尽人意。很明显，[a:]在美音中常演变成[ar]、[æ]两个音。例：[ar]: far dark march hard mark start park
[æ]: last fast master glass class can‟t
2) 听力中的元音长短问题。
试比较beach和bitch的区别。前者中[i:]和后者中的[i]是很多人经常读错的，除此之外还有[u:]和[u]的区别，如说“我吃饱了”：“I‟m full”，别不小心读成了“I‟m fool”(我是个蠢货)。例：sheet shit；leave live；at sit；leap lip；pull pool
3) 音标[ɔ]在语音中的变化。
试比较court和caught的发音。二者的音标均为[kɔ:t]，而在口语中前者的“our”常读作[ɔr:]，而后者中的“au”则读作[ɔa:]，即在发[ɔ]音时向[a]过度。
例：[ɔr:]: door more foor nor
[ɔa:]: bought all ball dawn（与down区别）
医疗广告语4) 元音[ʌ]在口语中的变化。
通常在口语中有“O”字母发[ɔ]的单词常被发作[ʌ]音。
例：box fox bottle god job
当然也有一些是例外的，例如：boss dog lost
5) 美音中辅音与汉语拼音中声母的比较。
在英语中有[b][p][m]等，汉语中也有。英语中叫辅音，而汉语中叫声母。汉语声母后面总是有韵母出现，所以从来没有声母单独发音的情况。可是英语辅音是压迫出声的，气流冲破感要强得多，如果我们仍用发声母的习惯去发英语辅音，那么会有“波”“泼”“摸”之类的音出现，cat会发成“凯特”，book会发成“布克”等等。这就是明显的中式英语，所以应特别注意英语辅音中发音时的气流冲破感。
6)美音中的“r”字母——卷舌的标志
一般而言美音中除了Mrs中的s不卷舌以外，只要含字母r的单词均需要卷舌，而英音中则可以不卷舌。这有些类似于汉语中的儿化音。要特别注意的是英语中的r和汉语中的r 是不一样的。如不能把“ro”读成“肉丝”，把“road”读成“肉的”。
例：red read fire warm yesterday wrap worry etc.
当然话说回来这种卷舌现象是很严格的，不含r的单词中是一定不能出现卷舌的（英音美音都一样）。
例：idea china salad America breakfast etc.
7) 摩擦音[ʣ]、[ʦ]、[ʧ]、[ʤ]和辅音连缀[tr]、[dr]，
对于这些音标，应当重点注意其嘴形和牙齿的位置。在这只给出一些例子供练习。[ʣ]: birds beds goods [ʦ]: students boots lots
[ʧ]: church which watch [ʤ]: judge jam joy join
[tr]: tree travel try truth [dr]: dream dress dry drive
二、单词见的连读、叠合音、失爆音、重读
1．单词间的连读
1）辅音与元音间的连读：
当前面的单词以辅音结尾，紧随其后的单词以元音开头，这时将前面的辅音与后面的元音连在一起，像是构成了一个音节一样得读出来，以使语言更具有流畅自然的特点。然而这样的连读在听力中也确实给我们带来了比较大的麻烦！
Read and Practi:
take after take it easy look out of it get out of it a bottle of beer a great deal of
[ʦ] [r]
It‟s easy.He‟s died after all.
I have lots of friends. Let‟s get together again.
Let‟s eat the pizza.Y ou ask for it.(=It rves you right.)
[l] [z]
She can tell us. He‟s angry.
Fill out this application. She‟s in trouble.
He‟s as tall as you are.Where‟s our sox?(sox=socks)
[m] [n]
Am I crazy? Y ou can ask later.
Plea come in. I‟m afraid I may have to hang up.
What time is it? Rome wasn‟t built in a day.
练习：
(1) I‟ll think it over. (2) we‟ll put it off until tomorrow. (3) I‟ve had it with this business. (4) I‟ve got a lot of work to do (5) Are you out of your mind?
2)元音与元音间的连读（元音间的过度）：
①前面单词以元音[e]、[i]或[i:]结尾，紧随其后的单词以元音开头，这时在这两个单词之间出现半元音[j]作为过度。
②前面单词以元音[u]或[u:]结尾，紧随其后的单词以元音开头，这时在这两个词之间出现半元音[w]作为过度。
③人们往往在以[a]或[ә]结尾的词后面加上[r]音，以便和后一个词的起首元音连读。Read and Practi:
be on time any other weigh it up day in and day out who el
try again too often drama and music just do it
I can e it.[j] Y ou saw it by yourlf?[w] Y ou can copy it.[j]
I have a banana and an apple.[r]
练习：
(1) Make sure you pay up until the end of the month.
(2) Be on time for your first appointment.
(3) Do you care for coffee or tea?
(4) If you know it, you‟d be tter say it.
2.叠合音与失爆音：
1）叠合音的掌握关键在于对辅音耸起的把握。
Read and Practi:
bad desk good day deep pond black coffee keep pace like candy
Y ou ate too much. I don‟t know what to do.My friend did it.
Grab Bob and get him for me! He wears a fresh shirt.
A big game was played between the two parties.
2)关于失去爆破的问题，一定是“爆破音”才会“失去”，爆破音失去爆破并不是简单的失音，而是发音过程当中少了一个环节，因此掌握六个爆破音（[b] [p] [k] [g] [t] [d]）及其发音要领
羊排
对于学习和掌握失爆是很重要的。
Read and Practi:
lap dog mad man bad guy sweet lips patent right bad news
to stand tall a prince on a white hor put it down
I have read the book. Let‟s talk over coffee.Y ou need to watch your mouth. Lend me your black bag. Y ou have the last word.(=Y ou are the boss./It‟s up to you.)Ask Bob to sit behind me.
3.弱读与略读：
语法性虚词是被略读的对象，实词很少被略读。语法词在英语中的大量运用，使弱读和略读现象在口语会话中极为普遍，而且在听力中给同学们造成了不少的麻烦，请大家给予足够重视。Read and Practi:
a boy [ә]an apple [n] as usual [әz]sooner or later [әr]
pen and later [n] more and more [r] sink or swim [әr]
Would you like coffee or tea?[d][ әr]
He is as tall as his brother.[z][ әz]
Can you nd him a message?[kn][im] Shall we start now?[ʃ]
4.简单的重音问题：
1）noun verb
王亚樵简介
柏林博物馆…import(进口) im‟port(向…进口)
…export(出口) ex‟port(向…出口)
…prent(礼物) pre‟nt(出席、赠与)
…record(唱片) re‟cord(录唱片、作记录)
…object(实物) ob‟ject(反对)
2）…drama(戏剧) univer(宇宙) bi‟ography(传记)
dra‟matic(戏剧化的) uni‟versal(全球的) bio‟graphical(传记体的)
三、综合练习
1.A thousand times no!
2.It is not a big deal!
3.How about eating out?
4. Stay away from him.
5.It‟s up in the air.
6.Don‟t make up a story.
7.Give a lark to catch a kite.
8.Y ou piss me off.（你拿我开涮呢！）
cad安装9.Get outa my life!
10.Y ou ask for it!(你自找麻烦、活该！)
11.Y ou‟re just a good for nothing bum.(无业游民)
12.For here or to go?
13.She‟s such a brown-no.
14.Did you come up with any ideas?
一些英文绕口令对于大家练习英语的发音、连读、弱读、略读和流利度还是很有帮助的，在练习过程当中大家可以尝试“一口气英语”，即用一口气尽量准确尽量多次数地把一句绕口令流利地读出来（blurt out），当然一口气英语不宜找太长的绕口令。这样英语绕口令的学习训练法对于很多人而言应当算是枯燥乏味的学习当中有意思的一部分了。
1. Mike likes to write by the nice bright light at night.
2. Can you can a can as a canner can can a can? If you can‟t can any candy can,how many candy cans can a candy canner can if he can can candy cans?
3. No need to light a night light on a light night like tonight.
4. I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish, but if you wish the wish the witch wishes, I won‟t wish the wish you wish to wish.
5. Betty bought some butter, but the butter was bitter, so she bought some better butter to make the bitter butter better.
6. Many mad men manufacture maps, motors, and matches to make millions of marks in the market.
7. she lls ashells on the ashore, but the ashells that she lls on the ashore are not the real ashells.
以上关于美语口语听说的基础知识大家如果能实质性掌握，并且坚持练习，相信大家一定会在不久将来在听说上有质的进步。
你知道英语发音连读的规则吗
连读的条件：相邻的两词在意义上必须密切相关，同属一个意群。连读所构成的音节一般都不重读，只需顺其自然地一带而过，不可读得太重，也不可音。(连读符号：~)
(1)“辅音+元音”型连读
在同一个意群里，如果相邻两词中的前一个词是以辅音结尾，后一个词是以元音开头，这就要将辅音与元音拼起来连读。
I‟m~an~English boy. I called~you half~an~hour~ago.四川二本学校
It~is~an~old book. Put~it~on, plea.
Let me have~a look~at~it. Not~at~all.
Ms Black worked in~an~office yesterday. Plea pick~it~up.
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(2)“r/re+元音”型连读
如果前一个词是以-r或者-re结尾，后一个词是以元音开头，这时的r或re不但要发/r/，而且还要与后面的元音拼起来连读。
Th ey‟re my father~and mother.Here~is a letter for you.
I looked for~it here~and there. Here~are four~eggs.
There~is a football under~it.But where~is my cup?
There~are some books on the desk. Where~are your brother~and sister?
但是，如果一个音节的前后都有字母r，即使后面的词以元音开头，也不能连读。
The black clouds are coming nearer and nearer.（nearer与and不可连读）
(3)“辅音+半元音”型连读
英语语音中的/j/和/w/是半元音，如果前一个词是以辅音结尾，后一个词是以半元音，特别是/j/开头，此时也要连读。
Thank~you. Nice to meet~you.
Did~you get there late~again? Would~you like~a cup~of tea？
Could~you help me, plea?
空中飞猫
“音的同化”
—常把/d/+/j/读成/dʒ/，did you听上成了/didʒu/，would you成了/wudʒu/，could you成了/kudʒu/。
(4)“元音+元音”型连读
如果前一个词以元音结尾，后一个词以元音开头，这两个音往往也要自然而不间断地连读到一起。I~am Chine. He~is very friendly to me.
She wants to study~English. How~and why did you come here?
She can‟t carry~it.It‟ll take you three~hours to walk there.
The question is too~easy for him to answer.
(5)当短语或从句之间按意群进行停顿时，意群与意群之间即使有两个相邻的辅音与元音出现，也不可连读。
Is~it a~hat or a cat?（hat与or之间不可以连读）
