前元音front-vowels

4. Dialogue Mrs. Kim: Hello, Bill. Hello, Lynn. Bill: Hi, Mrs. Kim. Is Jim in? Lynn: Is he coming with us to the film? Mrs. Kim: Oh, Jim’s sick. Bill: Here he is! Hi, Jim. Lynn: Are you sick, Jim? Jim: Is it an interesting film? Lynn: It’s “Billy the kid.” Bill: And it begins in six minutes. Mrs. Kim: Jim, if you are sick… Jim: Quick! Or we’ll miss the beginning of the film.
Test
seat/ sit feel/ fill sheep/ship heel/hill feet/fit
leaves/ lives reason/ risen field/ filled sleep/slip green/grin
4.3 /e/ 舌尖抵下齿， 舌前部稍抬起， 比/i: / 低， 双唇稍 扁 不要和汉语拼音字母e混淆，拼音字母e读“鹅”音
2. sentences 1)Have they carried the cash to the bank? 2) The rabbit dashed from the sandy bank. 3)Pack the baggage in the back of the taxi. 4)Sam’s let the cat out of the bag. 5)Pat married a handsome young man and had a happy family.
2. Sentences 1) The heavier, the better. 2) Better late than never. 3) East or west, home is best. 4) Fetch the eggs from the nest. 5) Mend the fence when the weather’s better.
3. passage The man in the black hat bent back the map. “Jack,” he said, “stand back. We’re in a jam. According to this plan, this piece of land is sand. So light the lamp and lend a hand.”
4. tongue twister 1) Mary and Sally ran back together to gather the black hat and the black bag. 2) Swan swam over the sea. Swim. Swan, swim. Swan swam back again. Well swum, Awan. 5. little poem I met a little boy, Jack, Who comes from another land, I couldn’t speak his language. But I took him by the hand.
3. Passage My married sister lives in a pretty village. From the window of her cottage she can see the hills, churches and houses. On Sunday, like many English women, she never wastes a minute. She is busy doing her private business.
knee mean meal beat
seed cleaned leader deeper
speed feed steamed seemed eager cleaner sleeper neater
2. Sentences 1）A friend in need is a friend indeed. 2) The teacher repeated the speech. 3）It feeds on green leaves. 4) We need to clean the heater. 5) Seeing is believing.
3. Passage On Wednesday, the three deaf men went to Reading to bury their dead friend. “Death,” said Ed, “will come again many times. I guess I will the next.”
1. Words
big win shiver miss pig lid limb tin pin pill mirror miller winner list lick pretty win still dinner witty tin kill sinner pity
2. Sentences 1) I think it’ll fit. 2）It’s a pity they missed the outing. 3) A little learning is a dangerous thing. 4) The kitten’s sitting near the river. 5) This is an interesting system.
5. Tongue twister: Some teachers’ teaching pleases some people but other people feel the same teaching isn’t pleasing. It isn’t easy to please each person but teasing the teacher won’t please the teacher and each teacher needs to be free to teach as he pleases.
4. Dialogue: In a restaurant Peter: What are you having to eat, Lee？ Lee: I’ll have a roast beef sandwich. And some tea. Peter: Steve? Would you like a cheese sandwich or a roast beef sandwich. Steve： A cheese sandwich. I don’t eat meat. Waitress: Yes? Peter: We’d like one roast beef sandwich and two cheese sandwiches. Waitress: And would like coffee or tea? Peter: Three teas, please. Steve： Make that two teas. Coffee for me, please. Waitress: (Writing down the order.) One roast beef sandwich… two cheese sandwiches… two teas…one coffee.
5. Tongue twister Ted send Fred ten hens yesterday. So Fred’s fresh bread is ready already. 6. Little poem Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Till good is better. And better best.
Front vowels
前元音
英语中一共有四个前元音，发音的共同点是 舌前部以不同程度向硬腭抬起，舌尖抵下齿，唇扁 平。 /i:/ 舌尖抵下齿，舌前部向硬腭尽量抬起，没有摩 擦，双唇成扁平形。 /i:/比汉语’衣’发音长，没有摩擦。
Practice materials
1. Words bee key green clean deal heal meat niece
Test pin/pen Ginny/ Jenny
bill/bell bitter/better chicks/checks
4.4 /æ / 舌尖抵下齿，双唇向两旁平伸，成扁平形，张开 牙床至上下齿之间可以容纳食指和中指的宽度 不要与/a:, e, ۸ /混淆
1. Words
Flag Canal Valley Happened pad pal hammer manager glad van am land catch ladder banner manner rally matter wrapper blacker exactly jacket Saturday Alice
6. Little poem What are you going to be? What are you going to be? I shall be a teacher. That’s the life for me.
4.2 /i/ 舌尖抵下齿，舌前部向硬腭抬起，双唇中 常。/i/不能发成汉语的“意”。
3. Passage “Believe me,” said Mr. Green to Peter. “You need a cup of tea, I can see.” “I am fine,”said Peter. “It’s just my feet. They seem to have gone to sleep. Please don’t repeat what you have seen to the people upstairs. They’ll bang on the ceiling again. And I have to call the police.” “Agreed. Where is the key? I’ll start the m a c h i n e . ”
4. Dialogue Ed：Hi, Ellen! Hi, Fred! Hi, Jenny? Fred: Hi, Ed. Cigarette? Ed: No, thanks. Fred. Ellen: Help yourself to a drink. Jenny: Look on the shelf on your left. Fred: How did you spend you vocation, Ed？ Ed: I went to Venice with a friend. Everybody: Well? Ellen: We’re all jealous. Ed: Was it expensive? Ed: Yes. Very. I spent everything I had. Jenny: Don’t you have any money left？ Ed: Yes, Jenny. Ten cents.
5. Tongue twister Will you sit still, Bill? I’ll sit as still as a hill. 6. Little poem “Tick” the clocks says, “tick, tick, tick!” What you have to do, do quick. Time is gliding fast away. For the country let us do our bit.
1. Words bed head spell well sender Fra Baidu bibliotekovember nest west
said men when feather leather bell September heavy penny neck deafer debt
stem weather steady wrecker