音标发音技巧清浊辅音结尾对元音的影响

导语：语言是人类特有的用来表达意思、交流思想的工具。语言由语音、词汇和语法三部分组成。语言形式有两种，一种是用口头表达的，称为口语；一种是用书面表达的，称为书面语。

　　清浊辅音结尾对元音的影响

　　美音听力与发音小技巧:第三期(清浊辅音结尾对元音的影响)

　　WelcometoDailyTipsonLearningEnglish.Today’stipisonhowdifferentvowellengthsareusedtodifferentiatewordsendinginvoicedandvoicelessconsonants.

　　Let’stakeanexample.There’ssomethinginmyeyes.There’ssomethinginmyice.Thelastwordsintheexamples,eyesandicedifferin2ways.Onedifferenceisthewordeyesendwiththesound“z”,andiceendwiththesound“s”.Theotherdifferenceinthepronunciationof“eyes”and“ice”ishowthevowelsound“ai”ispronounced.Intheword“eyes”,itislonger.Intheword“ice”,itisveryshort.

　　Listentotheexamplesagain,andnotethatthefinalconsonantsoundisnotasclearasthedifferenceinthelengthofthevowel.There’ssomethinginmyeyes.There’ssomethinginmyice.Listenagain.There’ssomethinginmyeyes.There’ssomethinginmyice.Listentosomeotherexamplesofwordsthatareidenticalexceptforthefinalconsonantsandthevowellength.Cap,cab,plate,played,seat,seed.Today’stipistopaymoreattentiontothelengthofvowels,asthisdifferenceisveryimportantindistinguishingsomewords.Tillthen,tomorrow,toanothertiponlearningEnglish.