英语中的变音现象

我们都有过这样沮丧的经验，很容易听懂中国人说的英语，但是同样的对话一到英美人的嘴里，便觉得很难跟上，有时甚至是不知所云。这主要是因为我们说的英语通常单词一个一个的发，每个都很清晰，词与词之间有明显的pause, 但是英美人的口语会有很多音变，这些音变使得我们很熟悉的单词的发音变得陌生，难懂，给我们的听力造成了很大的困难，因此了解并使用各音变规则会帮助我们提高听力，使我们的发音更加地道。

音变主要有连读、失音、弱化、浊化、同化、重音、缩读等形式。言归正题, 以下列出给听力造成很大障碍的五种音变现象及其读音规则，以及最后一项关于英语的节奏，希望能有所帮助！

一、连读

连读有四种类型：

1 Consonant / Vowel

2 Consonant / Consonant

3 Vowel / Vowel

4 T, D, S, or Z + Y

1、以辅音结尾的单词+元音开头的单词：要连读

如：Your eyes1a(one a) a bowl of rice. My name is

LA (Los Angeles) [e lei]

902-5050 [nai nou tu: fai vou fai vou]

注意：以辅音结尾指的是音标中的最后一个音是辅音，而不是单词的结尾，这如同u[ju:.]niversity前面的定冠词必须用a 一样。

另：以辅音结尾的单词+ h开头的单词h不发音，人称代词：he、him、her、his与前面的辅音连读。

Did he? Does he? Was he?Has he?Is he? Will he?Would he? Can he?

Wouldn't you?(wooden chew?)

Shouldn't I?(shudn nai)

Won't he? (won knee?)

Didn't he?(didn knee?)

Hasn't he?(haz a knee?)

Wouldn't he?(wooden knee?)

Isn't he?(is a knee?)

Isn't it? (is a nit?)

Doesn't it?(duza nit?)

Aren't I?(are nai?)

Won't you?(won chew?)

Don't you?(don chew?)

Can't you?(can chew?)

Could you?(ku dʒu:?)

Would you?(wu d3ju?)

Tell him to ask her….

Leave him For him

Give her a book.Giv-er a book. Tell him to ask her.Tell-im to ask-er. What will he do?What will-i do? Where will he go?Where will-i go? When will he come?When will-i come? who will he meet?who will-i meet? How will he know?How will-i know? Has he gone?Has-i gone? Had he done it before?Had-i done it before?

Must he go?Must-i go?

Can he do it?Can-i do it?

Should he leave?Should-i leave?

2、辅音+辅音的连读

如果前面的单词结尾的清辅音，后面单词开头是与之相对应的浊辅音，或者相反，只发后面的辅音

t-d tʃ-dʒs-zʃ-ʒp-b f-v k-g

si t down I don’t know（发音再次的老师都不会发出[t] 音）

I jus t didn't ge t the chance.

Bi g cake Da d tol d me Hu ge change Goo d night

3、元音+元音

当前面的单词以元音结尾，后面的单词以元音开头，两个元音连读，连读的方法是在中间加w或者加j.以ou结尾的元音后面一般加w。而以长元音i:结尾的后面加j

Go (w)away who (w)is so (w)honest do (w)I?she (j)is

但发这两个音的时候不要太强太故作。不然的话还不如不发。

4、T, D, S, or Z + Y的连读：

当一个单词是以t d s z 结尾，后面的单词是以y（j）开头的话要连读：4-1t+y 连读成/tʃ/

What’s your name?

Can’t you do it?

I’ll let you know.

4-2d+y连读成/ dʒ u:/

Did you see it

How did you like it?

Could you tell?

4-3s+y连读ʃ

Yes,you are

Bless you

Guess your age

4-4 z+y连读成ʒ

How’s your family?

Who’s your friend?

When’s your birthday?

呵呵！我第一次知道这一连读规则时，兴奋不已，很容易的听懂了许多以前觉得很难以理解的句子，并且按照这种连读方式发音省力、轻松了许多。

二、失音

由于失去爆破是失音的一种现象，摩擦音也会被失去，所以统称为失音。

注意：爆破音并不是完全失去，仍然形成阻碍，把气流堵在里面，但不爆破，直接发出相邻的辅音。

Disappearing /T/

关于/t/失音问题：The sound /t/ tends to be unstable in many words and phrases. Sometimes it's there. Sometimes it isn't. There is a process called elision which deletes /t/ when it is preceded by a voiceless consonant and followed by any consonant except /h/. Here are some examples: Christmas last week most people act sensibly software international

Disappearing /d/

we saw that /t/ can disappear in certain circumstances. The same is true of /d/, but the circumstances are slightly different. If /d/ is preceded by a voiced consonant /b d g v D z Z dZ m n N l/ and it is followed by a consonant other than /h/, then it can be deleted (elided). Here are some examples: handbag old