Liaison Rule 1 : Consonant / Vowel
Words are connected when a word ends in a consonant sound and the next word starts with a vowel sound, including the semivowels W, Y, and R.
Exercise 2-2: Word Connections CD 2 Track 37 录音下载
My name is... [my nay●miz]
because I've [b'k'ziv]
pick up on the American intonation [pi●k pn the(y)mer'k nintnashn]
In the preceding example, the word name ends in a consonant sound [m] (the e is silent and doesn't count), and is starts with a vowel sound [i], so naymiz just naturally flows together. In because I've, the [z] sound at the end of because and the [i] sound of I blend together smoothly. When you say the last line [pi●kpn the(y)mer'knintnashn], you can feel each sound pushing into the next.
Exercise 2-3: Spelling and Number Connections CD 2 Track 38 录音下载
You also use liaisons in spelling and numbers:
LA (Los Angeles) [eh●lay]
902-5050 [nai●no●too fai●vo●fai●vo]
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