2-3 Front Vowels数字时代的商务英语写作.pdf

Unit 2 Vowels Articulation of Monophthongs In the case of monophthongs, the stability of articulation is maintained without any change in quality throughout the course of the production. Front vowel /i:/ Letters with /i:/: b c d e g p t v Numbers with /i:/: 3 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Words with /i:/ ： see seat these piece key receive machine people Front vowel /ɪ/ When it appears in unstressed position, as in consonant + y, it is pronounced /i/, a sound between /ɪ/ and /i:/ in words like happy , any and tidy . Thus, the word busy is transcribed /bɪzi/ (see Wells’ Longman Pronunciation Dictionary, 2008). Front vowel /ɪ/ Sentences with /ɪ/ They live in a big city. Liverpool is in England. He’s swimming in the river with Tim. The next flight to Italy leaves at six fifty. I didn’t know Linda hadn’t written since the spring. Differences between /i:/ /ɪ/ Minimal pairs with /i:/ /ɪ/ leave — live feel — fill seat — sit heel — hill peach — pitch cheap — chip deed — did wheel — will Front vowel /e/ Letters with /e/: f l m n s x z Words with /e/ ： egg head friend any said bury leisure Front vowel /ӕ/ Words with /æ/ family manager fantastic j acket plait Phrases with /æ/ a black jacket a fantastic family a traffic jam a map on his lap ran to the bank Barry Jackson Differences between /e/ /ӕ/ Minimal pairs with /e/ /æ/ men — man be