英美英语口语区别.doc

英美英语口语区别 简介 公认发音 (Received Pronunciation) 北美发音 (General American Accent)Received Pronunciation，公认发音，其实就是你们最常提到的英音，但又不完全对。英国包括北爱尔兰，威尔士，苏格兰，和英格兰，每个地区有自己的语言，不是所有人都说英语的。所以英国口音各式各样，天差地别，而这些口音都可以都称为英音。所以可以说RP是英音的一种，不能说英音就是RP。所以请改掉称英音的习惯吧:) RP, 公认发音，是在英国上流社会和受过高等教育的人群里非常流行的主要发音，虽然该发音起始于英格兰东南部，但是RP体现的不是地域背景，而是教育程度。RP和皇家发音比较近似，给人感觉Posh，但是不用学皇家发音，感觉太正式，不舒服。 （沪江网） Received Pronunciation (RP) is the standard accent of Standard English in England, with a relationship to regional accents similar to the relationship in other European languages between their standard varieties and their regional forms.RP is defined in the Concise Oxford English Dictionary as the standard accent of English as spoken in the south of England, although it can be heard from native speakers throughout England and Wales.Peter Trudgill estimated in 1974 that 3% of people in Britain were RP speakers.（维基百科） General American (GA), also known as Standard American English (SAE), is a major accent of American English. The accent is not restricted to the United States. Within American English, General American and accents approximating it are contrasted with Southern American English, several Northeastern accents, and other distinct regional accents and social group accents like African American Vernacular English.（维基百科） A发音区别 英音发音靠后，字正腔圆，比较清脆生硬； 而美音发音比较靠前，更鼻音化一些，听起来比较圆润。 一、卷舌音 英音：r不卷舌发音[?:] 或[?] 美音：r要发卷舌音[?]如 如：early, spare , worse, before, prefer, worker, teacher Ps. 许多人把卷舌音当成了美音的招牌发音，无论读什么单词都要卷一下舌头，比如把China读成Chinar, idea读成idear, really 读成rearlly, famous 读成famours, 结果闹出来很多笑话。所以单词中“有r才能卷，没r不能卷”。就像because, idea, cause ,doll ,poll, college, modern等都是不能卷舌的。 二、长元音[α:]异化为[?] 字母a 出现在-ass,-st , -th, -ff, -nce等组合前面， 英音：[α:] 美音：[?] 如：can’t, chance, advantage, staff, answer, pass, advance, after, ask, banana, branch, castle, commander, example, fast, France, glance, glass, half, last等。 三、元音［?:］和［?］异化为介于［?］和[α]之间的音 英音：［?:］或[?] 口型比较圆，肌肉缩紧 美音：一个介于［?］和[α]之间的音，肌肉相对放松 如：water，popula