1.關於語音的僟個概唸 
1) 字母:語言的書寫形式。元音字母a, e, i(y), o, u,
2) 音標:詞的語音形式。
3) 音素:音的最小的單位。英語中有48音素。
4) 音節:由元音和輔音搆成的發音單位。ap"ple, stu"dent, tea"cher, un"der"stand
5) 元音:發音響亮,是樂音;口腔中氣流不收阻礙;是搆成音節的主要音。英語中有20元音。
6) 輔音:發音不響亮,是噪音;口腔中氣流受到阻礙;不是搆成音節的主要音。英語中有28輔音。
7) 開音節:a) 輔音+元音+輔音+e name bike home due; b) 輔音+元音 he, go, hi
8) 閉音節:a) 輔音+元音+輔音 bad, bed, sit, hot, cup; b)元音+輔音it
9) 重讀音節:單詞中發音特別響亮的音節。 
2. 元音:(注意:下面空方括號是電腦無法輸入的音標)
1) [i:] sea, he, see, piece, ceiling 
2) [i] sit, build, miss, myth 
3) [e] bed, desk, head, 
4) [ ] bad, land, bank, stamp 
5) [a:] car, fast, class, plant, calm, aunt 
6) [ ] hot, want 
7) [ ] door, more, sport, ball, warm, author, court, bought, caught 
8) [u:] good, who, blue, soup, 
9) [u] look, put, women, could 
10) [ ] cup, come, blood, rough 
11) [ ] girl, work, serve, nurse 
12) [ ] cadre, ago, forget, polite, dollar, doctor, famous, Saturday 
13) [ei] cake, they, play, eight, great, 
14) [ai] bike, die, neither, light, try, find, height, eye 
15) [ ] phone, cold, boat, soul, grow 
16) [au] house, town 
17) [ ] boy, oil 
18) [ ] dear, idea, deer, here, fierce, 
19) [ ] pear, care, there, fair 
20) [ ] tour, poor,
3. 容易混淆的元音
1) [e] [] bed bad; men, man; pen, pan; lend land 
2) [i:] [ei] real rail; greet, great; mean, main; read raid 
3) [e] [AI] bet bite; red write; said side, head, hide 
4) [au] [ ] house horse; loud lord; south sauce; now nor; count corn; cloud clause 
5) [au] [ ] found fond; gown gone; down don
4. 輔音
1) [p] pen, 
2) [b] bed, comb 
3) [t] tell, 
4) [d], day, played, wanted 
5) [k] cold, sky, quick, school, back, accept, box 
6) [g] big, go, guess, language 
7) [m] man 
8) [n] nine, knife, autumn 
9) [ ] bank, uncle, English, sing, 
10) [l] land, world 
11) [r] read, write, 
12) [f] five, cough, laugh 
13) [v] voice, of 
14) [ ] think, 
15) [ ] this, bathe 
16) [s] sit, miss, science, case, scarf 
17) [z] zoo, close, 
18) [ ] sure, she, social, nation 
19) [ ] pleasure, 
20) [h] hot, who, hour 
21) [w] wall, what, answer 
22) [j] yes 
23) [ ] child, teach, catch 
24) [ ] joke, bridge, 
25) [ts] boats 
26) [dz] goods 
27) [tr] tree 
28) [dr] dream
5. 容易混淆的輔音
1) [v] [w] vet wet; vest west; vine wine; very well 
2) [s] [ ] sink think; sort thought; miss myth; mass math 
3) [z] [ ] closing clothing; breeze breathe; bays bathes 
4) [n] [ ] thin thing; sin sing; ban bang win wing; ran rang 
 
6. 讀音規則
1) 重讀音節(見元音和輔音的例句)
2) 非重讀音節 [ ] banana, student, today, after, [i] orange, secret, evening, very, Monday 
7. 特殊讀音
1)音的連讀:前面的詞以元輔音結尾,後面的單詞以元音開頭,這樣結尾的輔音要和開頭的元音連讀。例如:not at all, half an hour, I love you and all. after all
2)失去爆破:輔音爆破音或摩擦音後面跟的是爆破音、破擦音和摩擦等,前面的輔音要失去爆破。例如:good girl, good student, good job, expression, school, extreme
3)音的同化:兩個特殊的音掽到一起,會發出變異成特殊的音。例如:Would you do it? I am glad to meet you. Can"t you see it? last year, this year,
 
8. 重音
1)單詞重音
A)雙音節詞
a)一般在第一個音節重讀。letter, sorry
b)有 a-, be-, de-, re-, res-, in-, im-, en-, em-, es-, ex-, con-, com-, dis-, mis-, pre-, per-, pro-, trans- 等前綴的詞,第二個音節是重音。a"bout, be"lieve, ad"dress, de"cide, re"port, con"demn, res"pect, com"pare, in"form, dis"cuss, im"press, mis"take, en"force, pre"pare, em"ploy, per"mit, es"cape, pro"duce, ex"claim,trans"late 
c)有 de-, in-, re-, con-, pre- 等前綴的重音與詞義和詞類有關, 一般名詞的重音在第一個音節上,其它的詞性在第二個音節上。"record, re"cord; "insult, in"sult; "conduct, con"duct; "present pre"sent; "content, con"tent 
d)有些復合詞和帶有前綴 re-, ex-, un-, pre-, post-, 等的詞,有兩個重音。"out"side, "re"tell, "well-"known, "un"real, "fif"teen, "Chi"nese, "pre-"war, "post-"war 
B)多音節詞
a)一般倒數第三個音節是重音。"difficult, "communist, "family, e"conomy, oppor"tunity,de"mocracy. 
b)有一些雙音節詞,加了前綴和後綴成了多音節,但這些詞按原來詞根的重音讀音。"carefully, in"definite, "comfortable, con"ductor, ac"cording, dis"turbance, "complicated,es"tablishment, 
c)詞尾有-eous, -grahpy, -ial, -ian, -ic, -ics, -ience, ient, -ify, -ion,外貿翻譯, -ious, -ity, ive 後綴的詞,重音在這些後綴的前一個音節上。cour"teous, cal"ligraphy, edi"torial, his"torian, peri"odic, mathe"matics, ex"perience,suf"ficient,大安區翻譯, i"dentify, trans"lation, re"ligious, curi"osity, pro"tective 
d)詞尾有 -ain, -ee, -eer, -ese, -ette 後綴的詞,重音在該後綴上,而且有一個次重音。enter"tain, emplo"yee, mountai"neer, Japa"nese, ciga"rette 
2)句子重音
A) 英語的節奏:(輕)-輕-重-輕-(輕)或重-輕-(輕)(輕)重 
B) 英語句子的長短:是由句子中的重讀詞的數目決定的,而不是象漢語那樣由句子中的漢字數目決定的。 
C) 實詞重讀(副詞重讀),虛詞輕讀(冠詞,單音節介詞,單音節連詞,人稱代詞,反代詞,物主代詞,關係代詞,相互代詞,助動詞,情態動詞和係動詞be
D) 實詞不重讀的特殊情況
a) 實詞第二次出現 He thinks of that as a child thinks. 
b) 一個名詞被第二個名詞修飾 I met her in the railway station. 
c) 代替詞 Which book do you want? The small one. 
d) 感歎詞中的 what 和how What a good day it is! How beautiful she is! 
e) street 在專有名詞中 Wangfujing Street. 
f)this在這些短語中,this morning/afternoon/evening
E)虛詞重讀的特殊情況
a) 情態動詞,助動詞和係動詞be在句首,句尾和否定時。Do you like it? Yes, I do. Are you a doctor? Yes, I am. Can you help me? Yes, I can. I don"t like you. He isn"t a worker. 
b) 情態動詞表示可能,驚奇和肯定時。They may come this evening. Can it be five already? He must be in the room. 
c) 介詞在句首和句尾。In the box, he found a letter. He is the person I talked with. 
d) 引導復合句的連詞在句首。If you wish, I"ll visit you. When he comes, I"ll tell him. 
e)反身代詞表示強調。He couldn"t come himself.a
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