半元音英语语音

ChapterThirteen第十三章

Semi-vowels半元音:/w//j/

Time:1periodWarming-upexercises:A.Reviewthefollowingsentences:Collectthepapers,please.Itwaslostinthefile.Alittlepillmaywellcureagreatill.Helosthislifeinthestruggleforliberty.B.Reviewthefollowingtonguetwisters:a.LittleLilyandlittleNellyarewritingletters.Let’sleavelittleLilyandlittleNellyalone.b.Willyousitstill,Bill?I’llsitasstillasahill.C.Reviewthefollowingrhyme:

Wish

Earlytobed,

Earlytorise

Makesamanhealthy,

Wealthyandwise.

Eatslowlyandlivealonglife.

Eatatpleasure,drinkbymeasure.

Fearkillsmorethanillness.

Follyisanincurabledisease.

Reviewthefollowingwords：evadecoverEveevokeStevenvictoryveteranVincentDefinition

Approximantsoccurwhenonearticulatormovesclosetoanother,butnotcloseenoughtocausefrictionortostoptheairflow.Notethat/w/and/j/aresometimesreferredtoas‘semi-vowels’.Thisisbecausetheyaremadewithoutarestrictiontotheairflow,unliketheotherconsonants.Buttheyactinaconsonant-likeway;wesayanapple,butwesayapear,awatermelonandayam.Allthreeapproximantsareimportantlinkingsoundsinconnected

speech.ⅠⅠCharacteristics

/w/Alabio-velarsemi-vowel.Thetongueisinthepositionofaclosebackvowel(similarto/u/).Thesoftpalateisraised.Thesoundglidesquicklytothefollowingvowel./w/isvoiced./j/Apalatalsemi-vowel.Thetongueisinthepositionofaclosefrontvowel(similarto/i/).Thesoftpalateisraised.Thesoundglidesquicklytothefollowingvowel./j/isvoiced.

舌位图/w/舌位图/j/GamesandActivitiesPractice

1.

Wordsincomparison.

/w/&/v/:wood/value;wet/vet;work/verb;wine/vain;walk/vogue;one/van;wheat/village;weaver/river/j/:yard/yawn/year/yearn/yellow/usualfew/queue/educate/suit/З/:measure/vision/pleasure/televisionleisure/seizure

/i/:live/with/university/lady/very/sillyminister/limit/district/rich2.Phrases/w/enjoyworld-widefame;wearawayknowthewhereabouts;aweeklymagazinewetbehindtheears;sharewealandwoewelcomethevisitors;wagefreeze/j/atthebackyard;youryesterdayalltheseyears;yeaningforfamestopyawning;greenandyellowyearinandyearout;ayes-man

3.SentencesThat’sagoodwine.Theybecameawareofit.Wherethere’sawill,there’saway.Nosweetwithoutseat.Whatisworthdoingatallisworthdoingwell.Heworksfortheunion.Let’strysomethingnew.Itisherusualbehavior.YesterdayIheardabeautifultune.4.Tonguetwisters

A.Howmuchwoodwouldawoodchuckchuckifawoodchuckcouldchuckwood?B.Walterwaswailing,worryingandwatchingthewetweatherandthewetwind.C.Whothatinyouthnovirtuesuses,inageallhonorhimrefuses.D.UniqueNewYork.UniqueNewYork.UniqueNewYork.5.Rhymes

A.TheHillsAreGreenThehillsaregreen;Thewater’sclear.Theseedyellow,anotherreaps;Thewealthyfind,anotherkeeps.B.CloudsWhitesheep,whitesheep,Onabluehill,Whenthewindstops,Youallstandstill.YouwalkfarawayWhenthewindblows.Whitesheep,whitesheep,Wheredoyougo?C.SpringIfyouseearobin,Youwillknowthatspringisnear.Ifyouseeanest,Youwillknowthatspringishere.D.TheSkySoBlueWhomadetheskysoblue?NotInoryou.Onlyuniversemadethesky,NotyounorI.E.StarLight,StarBrightStarlight,starbrightFirststarIseetonightIwishImayIwishImightHavethewishIwishtonight.After-classassignments:1.Reviewandrememberthewords,phrases,sentences,tonguetwistersan