美音聽力與發(fā)音小技巧
WelcometodailytipsonlearningEnglish.Today’stipisonsoundlinking.
AlthoughinwrittenEnglish,there’respacesbetweeneveryword,inspokenEnglishthere’realwaysnever(1)pausesbetweenwords.InordertounderstandspokenEnglish,itis(2)essentialtounderstandhowthislinkingisdone.Todaylet’s(3)concentrateonthemostcommonsoundlinkingsituation.Wheneverawordendinginaconsonantsoundisfollowedbyawordbeginningwithavowelsound,theconsonantsoundislinkedtothevowelsoundasiftheywerepartofthesameword.
Let’slookatsomeexamples.I’dlikeanotherbowlofrice,please.First,notethatalthoughthere’resixwordsinthesentence,allthewordsarelinkedtogetherwithoutpause.Listenagain.I’dlikeanotherbowlofrice,please.Nowlistentohowthewords“l(fā)ike”and“another”arelinked.“Likeanother”,“l(fā)ike-another”.“Like”endsinaconsonantsound,and“another”beginswithavowelsound.Sothe“k”from“l(fā)ike”islinkedtothe“a”from“another”toproduce“kanother”.Listentotheexamplesentenceagain.I’dlikeanotherbowlofrice,please.Inthesentencethereisanotherexampleofaconsonantbeinglinkedtoavowel.Abowlof,abowl-of.Itsoundslikethatyou’resayingtheword“l(fā)ove”.Here’sanotherexample.I’dloveabowlofrice.I’dloveabowlofrice.ThissoundlinkingisprobablythebiggestproblemforlearnersofEnglishwhentheytrytounderstandnativespeaker’stalking.We’lltalkmoreaboutsoundlinkinginfuturedailytips,asthisisanextremelyimportfeatureofspokenEnglish.Today’stipistolinkconsonantstovowelswhichcomeafterthem.Tillthen,tomorrow,foranotherdailytip.
