元音
音素是人说话的声音是由若干单个的音组成的，即使是一个很短的字、词也是由一定的读音组成的。英语把组成一个读音的最小单位叫音素。语言的美丽包装，更是具有区别词义的重要作用。
基本介绍
【年级】：没有区分
【学科】：英语
【标题】：元音音素
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元音】：元音又称母音，是
音素的一种，与辅音相对，是在发音过程中由气流通过口腔而不受阻碍发出的音。
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元音字母】：是指语言里起着发声作用的字母，是为元音字母。元音又作“元音”在
拉丁字母中，a,e,i,o,u通常都是元音字母.
主要内容
8个元音音素及发音规则：
元音 /α:/、/כ/、/כ:/、/u/、/u:/、/Λ/、/∂/、/∂:/
1、/α:/ ：嘴全开，唇成自然状，
舌根部后缩，后位音、
长元音，字母组合ar发这个音。
发音练习： heart arm darn farm cart fast car dark barn pass hard far star park half father master
朗读单词：/æ/与/α:/的比较
cap carp am arm lad lard ant aunt pack park
bad bard ham harm lack lark chat chart hash harsh
2、/כ/ ：舌尖离开下齿龈，口成椭圆形，短
元音，以
辅音字母结尾的词的O常读此音。
发音练习： lot got job shop soft song top hot box pot lock watch
cost stop clock long gone wrong bottle orange doctor coffee
朗读单词：/æ/与/כ/的比较
hat hot cat cot cap cop sack sock ran wrong
3、/כ:/ ：比/כ/开口更小，唇成圆形、突出，舌根部后缩，
长元音。字母组合or、all、al、aw常读此音。
发音练习：tall fall wall walk call yawn thought walking lawn short dawn talk storm fort morning
朗读单词：/כ:/与/כ/的比较
don dawn pot port cot caught spot sport not naught
cod cord stock stork fox fork
4、/u/ ：舌尖离开下齿龈，舌后部上抬，唇较圆，短
元音。 字母 u、oo、ou 常发此音。
发音练习：cook book look put good full foot would room broom push sugar woman football pudding goodbye
朗读单词：/u/与/כ:/的比较
fall full talk book ball bull fought foot
5、/u:/ ：舌位同/u/，但比/u/稍低，唇较/u/更小、突出，长元音。o、oo、ou、常发此音。
发音练习：too soon rule boot fool school soup cool lose shoes goose whose shoot pool foolish
朗读单词：/u:/与/u/的比较
coot could goose good whose hood shoot should pool pull
fool full
发音练习：cup bus gun hut sung duck lung luck cut stuck musk some honey money won mouth once couple shut up cousin fun
朗读单词：/Λ/与/æ/的比较
cap cup bag bug sack suck ban bun rag rug
7、/∂/ ：口形与唇成自然状，肌肉放松，口腔半开，短元音。/∂/的拼写形式多种多样。
发音练习：ago about asleep above again among mother brother doctor teacher never danger sugar order butter picture
8、/∂:/ ：口腔在半开状态，唇向两边咧开，
长元音。
发音练习：shirt hurt burn girl bird nurse work worm curse world dirty skirt thirsty worst person curtin serve early
朗读单词：/∂:/与/כ:/的比较
torn turn short shirt wall world
元音音素/α:/、/כ/、/כ:/、/u/、/u:/、/Λ/、/∂/、/∂:/
另一版本
20个元音音素对应元音音素例子：
(1) [i:] sea, he, see, piece, ceiling
(2) [i]sit, build, miss, myth
(3) [e] bed, desk, head,
(4) [ ae] bad, land, bank, stamp (a和e中间是连起来的)
(5) [ ɔ] hot, want
(6) [ ɔ:] door, more, sport, ball, warm, author,
court, bought, caught
(7) [u:] who, blue, soup,
(8) [u] look,
put, woman,
could(9) [a:] car, fast, class, plant, calm, aunt
(10) [ ʌ] cup, come, blood, rough
(11) [ ə:] girl, work,
serve, nurse
(12) [ə] 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) [əu] phone, cold, boat, soul, grow
(16) [au] house, town
(17) [ɔi] boy, oil
(18) [iə] dear, idea, deer, here,
fierce,
(19) [ɛə] pear, care, there, fair
(20) [ uə] tour, poor,
a 与an区别，有一条就是an要跟在
元音音素前，而a要跟在辅音音素前。