The diphthong /ʊə/ is somewhat disappearing and no longer endurable!
/ʊə/这个双元音正在走向“消亡”,不知还能再用多久?趁它还没变成化石,赶紧学起来哦!
【发音要领】
双元音/ʊə/是由短元音/ʊ/加/ə/组成的:嘴唇收圆,舌身向后拉,舌根抬起,振动声带,发出/ʊ/的声音,然后迅速将唇形和舌位收回至中元音/ə/。注意两个元音之间的过渡要平滑而迅速,音程占比是大约7:3或者后面的/ə/可以更短些。另外注意与长元音/uː/或者/uːl/的区别。
据说这个音标正在逐渐消失,因为越来越多的年轻一代喜欢用/ɔː/来代替它。下面是朗文发音字典有关poor发音标注的截图。从中可以看到已经有超过70%的人把poor读作/pɔː/。人们认为,/pɔː/的发音听上去更年轻富有活力,虽然也有人坚信/pʊə/显得高端大气上档次。小编的求证结果是,在某些音标类的教参里,比如剑桥的English Pronunciation in Use和Tree or Three等语音教材中,已经找不到这个音标的身影了。
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