Exercise 6-3: How to Pronounce Troublesome Rs CD 3 Track 45 录音下载
The following seven R sounds, which are represented by the ten words, give people a lot of trouble, so we're going to work with them and make them easy for you. Repeat.
1. were [wrr]
2. word [wrrd]
3. whirl [wrrul]
4. world/whirled [were rolled]
5. wore/war [wor]
6. whorl [worul]
7. where/wear [wεr]
（说明：）
1. Were is pronounced with a doubled [r]: [wrr]
2. Word is also doubled, but after the second [r], you're going to put your tongue in place for the D and hold it there, keeping all the air in your mouth, opening your throat to give it that full- voiced quality (imagine yourself puffing your throat out like a bullfrog): [wrrd], word. Not [wrd], which is too short. Not [word], which is too strong at the end. But [wr'rd] word.
3. In whirl the R is followed by L. The R is in the throat and the back of the tongue stays down because, as we've practiced, L starts with the schwa, but the tip of the tongue comes up for the L: [wrrl], whirl.
4. World/whirled, like 5 and 7, has two spellings (and two different meanings, of course). You're going to do the same thing as for whirl, but you're going to add that voiced D at the end, holding the air in: [wrrl(d)], world/whirled. It should sound almost like two words: wére rolled.
5. Here, you have an [o] sound in either spelling before the [r]: [wor], wore/war.
6. For whorl, you're going to do the same thing as in 5, but you're going to add a schwa + L at the end: [worl], whorl.
7. This sound is similar to 5, but you have [ε] before the [r]: [wεr], where/wear. The following words are typical in that they are spelled one way and pronounced in another way. The ar combination frequently sounds like [εr], as in embarrass [embεrs]. This sound is particularly clear on the West Coast. On the East Coast, you may hear [embrs].
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