下面新東方網(wǎng)雅思頻道為大家整理了雅思口語(yǔ)備考:英音的發(fā)音特點(diǎn),供考生們參考,以下是詳細(xì)內(nèi)容。
英語(yǔ)到了十九世紀(jì), 英語(yǔ)語(yǔ)言的變化帶有社會(huì)階級(jí)的色彩由此女王英語(yǔ)The Queen's English, 女王英語(yǔ)被公認(rèn)為標(biāo)準(zhǔn)音Standard Pronunciation, 后來(lái)演變?yōu)楣J(rèn)的發(fā)音Received Pronunciation(RP), 典型英國(guó)英語(yǔ)的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)音. 1922年英國(guó)廣播公司BBC采用RP標(biāo)準(zhǔn)音, 就此BBC為標(biāo)準(zhǔn)音. 也有人把他稱為Oxbridge English(牛津劍橋英語(yǔ))。即使這樣也只有10%的人發(fā)RP口音, 應(yīng)為RP發(fā)音帶有濃厚的上層社會(huì)色彩, 人們把發(fā)音看作是社會(huì)地位的標(biāo)志。假如一個(gè)受過(guò)良好教育的人不會(huì)發(fā)RP音, 很難體現(xiàn)自己的社會(huì)身份以及地位的體現(xiàn)。
英格蘭境內(nèi)的英語(yǔ)基本包括倫敦英語(yǔ), 東南部英語(yǔ), 東部英語(yǔ), 西南部英語(yǔ), 西部英語(yǔ), 中部英語(yǔ), 北部英語(yǔ)等, 大致有三個(gè)方言區(qū):南部方言區(qū), 中部方言區(qū), 北部方言區(qū)。
具體特征:
英格蘭南部: love, butter, luck, cousin, but, nut,是重讀音節(jié)。
Could, look, book, pull, push, would, /u/是重讀音節(jié)。
英格蘭北部:和/u/是不分的。
英格蘭南部:fast, last, pass, after, 重讀音節(jié)讀成長(zhǎng)元音/ɑ:/
英格蘭北部:北部音把/ɑ:/讀成/ɑ/
倫敦音(Cockney): 特色發(fā)音/ei/讀成/ai/, 比如famous發(fā)音/ei/讀成/ai/
Home Counties: 指英國(guó)南部的家鄉(xiāng)音, 包括Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Sussex這些地方基本操一種口音。
Estuary English: 一種區(qū)域口音, 俗稱“河口音”, 基本上操這個(gè)口音的人聚集在Kent和Essex, 河口音是介于RP和倫敦腔的一種口音, 基本發(fā)音特征是把“th”發(fā)成“f”和“v”, 比如thank他們發(fā)成fank. 基本發(fā)音人群是肥皂劇和電視TV秀, 以及足球運(yùn)動(dòng)員和娛樂(lè)圈人士。
The West: 西部口音基本是從Cornwall到Herefordshire, 人們經(jīng)常把r拖長(zhǎng)音發(fā), 比如cart他們發(fā)成carrt。
The East: Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, East Anglia, Essex經(jīng)常把r音, 去掉或者說(shuō)不發(fā)。
The North: Lancashire, Cheshire, Staffordshire經(jīng)常把wrong發(fā)成wrang, 把long發(fā)成lang。
英語(yǔ)中有12個(gè)單元音, 8個(gè)雙元音, 24個(gè)輔音, 如果包括/dz, ts, tr, dr/, 則總共48個(gè)。
單元音(The pure vowels)

雙元音(The Diphthongs)

輔音(The Consonants)

UK English phonetic pronunciation
Table 1. Guide to the UK English phonetic alph
Symbol | Description |
“|” (pipe symbol) | Word Boundary Phone |
AAS AAS | As in ARE fAther cAR |
AES | As in At hAm trAp |
AVS | As in Up bUt sOn |
OAS OAS | As in Or fOUR Also |
A_S ULS | As in OUt cOUnt hOW |
AXS | As in tablE compAny commA |
A_S ILS | As in EYE fIve lIE |
_B. | As in But laBel caB |
_CH | As in CHurch naTure reaCH |
_D. | As in Dog meDal laD |
_DF | As in THe boTHer baTHe |
D$ | Noisy silence, such as a keystroke or door slam |
E_S | As in Any sAId bErry |
E3S E3S | As in EArly wORd hER |
E_S ILS | As in AId mAde grEY |
_F. | As in First telePHone rouGH |
_G. | As in Grab aGo biG |
_H. | As in Home Hat beHind |
ILS | As in Ink hYmn beIng |
I_S I_S | As in EEl pEEp heavY |
_JJ | As in Jay adJust chanGE |
_K. | As in Cat baCKer maKe |
_L. | As in Light vaLLey feeL |
_M. | As in Mat haMMer hoMe |
_N. | As in Night aNt baN |
_NG | As in siNG beiNG loNG |
AQS | As in hOt wAs Of |
AXS ULS | As in gO knOW cOal |
OAS ILS | As in OIl avOId toy |
_P. | As in Park suPPle gaP |
_R. | As in Right fRom thRee |
_S. | As in Sit miSt maSS |
_SH | As in SHarp naTIonal fiSH |
_T. | As in To aTTend paT |
_TH | As in Thing auThor paTH |
ULS | As in gOOd shOUld pUt |
U_S U_S | As in OOze bOOt whO |
_V. | As in Very oVer saVe |
_W. | As in White Was tWenty |
X | Silence, such as a pause |
_Y. | As in Yet Use bEAUty |
_Z. | As in Zip siZe waS |
_ZH | As in treaSure uSually viSion |
以上就是新東方網(wǎng)雅思頻道為大家整理的雅思口語(yǔ)備考:英音的發(fā)音特點(diǎn),非常實(shí)用。更多資訊、資料盡在新東方網(wǎng)雅思頻道。最后,新東方網(wǎng)雅思頻道預(yù)祝大家在雅思考試中取得好成績(jī)!