元音

Tell "B" to stop slurring, and annunciate his vowels and consonants distinctly.

让SM不要那么含糊不清，让他把元音和辅音分开发清楚。

This process, called aphesis when it occurs at the beginning of a word,is more common in regional American dialects than in the more conservative Standard English,which tends to retain in pronunciation anything reflected in spelling.

这个过程，如发生于一个字的开头就叫做词首非重读短元音省略。这种现象在美国地方方言中比在更为保守的标准英语中要常见得多，因为标准英语趋向于将拼写中的每一个字母都在发音中加以保存。

Although many American dialects feature aphesis,it is most famous in the dialects of the South,where it yields pronunciationssuch as count of for account of, tater for potato, possum for opossum, and skeeter for mosquito.

虽然许多美国方言具有词首非重读短元音省略的特征，但这一现象在南方的方言中最为显著，并产生了许多新发音，如 account of 被读成 count of，potato 被读成 tater，opossum 被读成 possum 以及 mosquito 则被读成 skeeter

Assonance: The repetition of similar vowel sounds, especially in poetry. Assonance is often employed to please the ear or emphasize certain sounds.

类韵：在诗歌中相同或相似元音的重复，它的目的主要是用来使句子悦耳动听或用来强调某个音。

Assonance describes syllables with a common vowel.

准押韵通过一个共同的元音来描述音节。

Assonance means The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds, especially in stressed syllables, with changes in the intervening consonants, as in the phrase tilting at windmills.

换言之，Assonance是指在一句话或一个诗行中间有两个或更多的词具有相同的元音，例如

David Crystal编的The Cambri dge Encyclopedia of L anguage(1987:74)对有关问题的解释是:Three cases are usual y recognized,involving t he repetition of initial consonants(alliteration,as i n f i ne,f rien d),vowels(assonance,as i n roll/moan),and final syl ables(rhy me,e.g.gladness,m adness).

和friend；(2)重复元音(协音，如rol和moan)；(3)重复词末的音节(尾韵，如gladness，madness)。英语头韵的种类 1。

Schedule an appointment with an audiologist if your child has trouble learning letter sounds (particularly short vowels, such as "u" and "o"); confuses similar-sounding words (such as "on" and "in," or "to" and "through"); or asks questions that have already been answered.

如果你的孩子在学习字母发音上有困难，那么事先制定一个听力的计划。（特别是短元音，如" U "型和" O "）；混淆相似的词（如"上"和"中"或"去"和"通过"）或是问一些已经被回答过的问题。

Schedule an appointment with an audiologist if your child has trouble learning letter sounds (particularly short vowels, suchas "u" and "o"); confuses similar-sounding words (such as "on" and "in," or "to" and "through"); or asks questions that have already been answered.

如果你的孩子在学习字母发音上有困难，那么事先制定一个听力的计划。（特别是短元音，如" U "型和" O "）；混淆相似的词（如"上"和"中"或"去"和"通过"）或是问一些已经被回答过的问题。

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应该说我们的学生以前在英语学习时最重视、花时间最多的就是背单词、记语法、做考题……；而几乎不重视，花得时间也最少的就是把握语音、准确发音、纠正口音……。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。