之前兩篇文章我們介紹了元音之間連讀的兩種情況：

用/j/連讀元音

用/w/連讀元音

本文我們接著學習元音間連讀的第三種情況：

Linking the vowels with a slight /r/ sound
用輕微的/r/連讀元音

當前后兩個單詞的末、首音節(jié)分別都是元音，而且前面的元音是/a:/, /?:/, /?:/或/?/結尾的（比如 /?/, /u?/, /e?/, /??/等），在后面單詞的元音前面加一個微弱的/r/音，把兩個詞連接起來。比如，far away和for us。

這里用于連讀的/r/的發(fā)音比在單詞中音節(jié)起始處的/r/要輕微的多，舌頭只是輕快地彈一下。比如get rid of, hear it兩處的/r/是有明顯差別的，應用的時候要注意區(qū)分。

其實在中文里也有這種r的連讀哦，在帶了兒化音的字后面就會出現(xiàn)了。比如“去哪兒??？”會在啊的前面加個r的音，大家想想看，有木有？

【情景對話】

It's four o'clock in the afternoon. John is showing Mary around the company.
John: Here is the meeting room.
Mary: Is this where I had my interview?
John: Could be.
Mary: And…where is the toilet?
John:?That door over there leads to the ladies’.

four o'clock???? /?f?? r??kl?k/
here is?????????? /?h?? r?z/
where I????????? /we? ra?/
where is???????? /?we? r?z/
door over?????? /?d?: r??v?/?

以下這幾段視頻，節(jié)選自牛津大學商務英語教學課程，朋友們可以體會一下連讀的實戰(zhàn)技巧：

1. Okay, good morning everyone. Thank you very much for being here on time. We've got a lot to do today, so let's let started.
2. Now you all know why I’ve called this meeting. Sales figures for our region are down. We need to address this as soon as we can.
3. But do you know why? Do the customers say why they don’t like our offers? I personally feel that this is vital information.
4. Our products are competitive… So they’re not getting better offers from the competition? I don’t think so.

以上加r的連讀技巧掌握了嗎？下一篇我們將介紹“r連讀”的高能版哦~~敬請期待！

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