英式发音和美式发音的区别 The distinction between GA&RP

1. 美式发音的r化音：当字母r出现在单词的元音字母组合中时，北美英语会出现独特的卷舌音。

far        car       large      charge      smart      dear      clear       fear

cheer     here      air        dare        pear       their      where       for

more      door     pour       before      sure       poor       tour      cure

her       turn      learn       word       first        fire       tired      higher

liar    buyer      hour       flour       shower     power     tower    destroyer

employer

2. 英语中的元音[a:]在用于[f]，[w], [s]或鼻音前时，美语发为[æ]。但在字母组合-lm前发音不变仍为[a:]。

half       bath      pass     sample      dance     calm      palm

Read the following passage：

After Charles had left the country, he started to farm in Derbyshire. This was different from marching past a sergeant.

“I can’t play cards now,” thought Charles. “I can’t go to dances, nor laugh with my comrades-in-arms. But I shan’t break my heart,” he laughed. “I have a car, and life is sweet and calm.”

3. 美音中[t]的变化：[t]在单词中间和[ə]、[i]相连时会发生弱化，变成介于[t]和[d]二者之间一个比较模糊的音。

city     forty     butter     water     dirty     matter    writer    better     Betty

Tongue twisters：

Betty bought a bit of butter, “But” said she “this butter is bitter. If I put it in my batter, it will make my batter bitter” So, She bought some better butter, better than the bitter butter, and it made her bitter batter better.