发音训练元音
英语国际音标共有48个，分元音和辅音。元音有20个，分单元音和双元音两大类;单元音中，按发音部位可分为前元音、中元音和后元音;按发音和嘴型大小、时间长短可分为长元音和短元音。如图：
音标 例词
单元音 前元音
/A/ cat
/e/ bed
/i/ sit
/i:/ seat
中元音
/E/ about
/E:/ bird
后元音
/B:/ car
/Q/ but
/C/ hot
/C:/ born
/u/ put
/u:/ moon
双元音
/ai/ why
/ei/ say
/au/ cow
/Eu/ go
/iE/ real
/ZE/ pair
/uE/ sure
/Ci/ boy
请大声朗读下列例句：
1. My sister works in the ticket office.
我姐姐在售票处工作。
2. These have been his sweet dreams all these years.
这些是他近年来一直在做的美梦。
3. Lets get ready for the lecture.
咱们准备好去听讲座吧。
4. Who is that fat man standing at the back?
站在后面的那个胖子是谁?
5. The farm is far from the park.
农场离公园很远。
6. He loves nothing but money.
他只是爱钱。
7. The managers daughter will go to Canada next Saturday.
下星期六经理的女儿将去加拿大。
8. The early bird catches the worm.
捷足先登。
9. Tom is eating a hot dog in the doorway.
汤姆站在门口吃着热狗。
10. She is working like a horse for the boss.
她为主人辛勤工作着。
11. The cook took some sugar and put it in the soup.
那厨师把一些糖放进汤里。
12. This is a chance once in a blue moon.
这是个千载难逢的好机会。
13. She is light-hearted but short-sighted.
她无忧无虑但目光短浅。
14. He became famous in the late 1980s.
他是在20世纪80年代末出名的。
15. How about going to the south for the holiday?
咱们去南方度假怎么样?
16. Its so cold at home.
在家里很冷。
17. She is all ears and hearing you clearly.
她在聚精会神地听你讲，听得很清楚。
18. What did you do to get in the bosss hair?
你干了什么把老板给气成这样?
19. I am quite sure that the watch is made of pure gold.
我非常确定这块表是纯金做的。
20. Unemployment has become one of the serious problems.
失业已经变成一个严重的问题了。
先来热热身
1. A) having an interview.
B) Filling out a form.
C) Talking with his friend.
D) Asking for information.
2. A) Skating.
B) Swimming.
C) Boating and Swimming.
D) Boating and Skating.
1. 【选B】
原文重现1996.1
M: Let me see. Ive printed my family name, first name, date of birth and address. Anything else?
W: No. Thats all right. Well fill in the rest of it if you just sign your name on the bottom.
Q: What has the man been doing?
2. 【选B】
原文重现1997.6
M: Boating and skating are my favourite sports.
W: I like swimming but not boating or skating.
Q: Which sport does the woman like?