正确发音小技巧
长音/C:/嘴形又小又圆，从嘴巴前部发出。 短音/C/嘴巴张大张圆，从喉咙后部发出，非常短促。

如图：

/C:/ door for store short corner
/C/ doctor forest stop socks coffee

唇舌训练：
The doctor walks into the door in shorts.
/C/ /C/ /C:/ /C:/
These short socks are around the corner of the door.
/C:/ /C/ /C:/ /C:/
The Coffee Corner program is a little bit short.
/C/ /C:/ /C:/
The doctor stops in front of the store for his coffee.
/C/ /C/ /C:/ /C:/ /C/
I like walking in the forest during the morning.
/C/ /C/ /C:/

单词中字母的发音规律
一般发长音/C:/的字母 or sport, story, forward
oor floor, door
al ball, small
ar warm
oar aboard
our four, course
ore more, before
一般发短音/C/的字母 a water, want, wash
o dog, hospital, song
ow acknowledge
au caught, author
al talk, walk
aw crawl, dawn
oa abroad
ou bought, cough

请注意：有很多单词如： talk, walk, caught, taught, bought,等等，这些单词里加粗字母的发音可以是长音/C:/，也可是短音/C/，在这里我们是按照美音的发音规律来分类，都发短音/C/的音。

发音与朗读训练
（在做以下朗读练习时，请注意黑体单词中画线字母的发音）
Opportunity 机会
The pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity;
/C/
悲观主义者在每次机遇中看到的是困难；

The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
/C/ /C/
乐观主义者在每次困难中看到的是机遇。

Opportunities flit by while we sit regretting the chances we have lost,
/C/ /C/
当我们只是坐在那儿叹息我们曾失去的机会，

and the happiness that comes to us we heed not,
/C/
叹息我们未曾留意而曾经就在我们身边的快乐时，

because of the happiness that is gone.
/C/ /C/
机遇正从我们身边悄悄掠过。

Don't put off for tomorrow what you can do today,
/C/ /C:/ /C/
不要把今天能做的事推到明天，

for if you enjoy it today, you can do it again tomorrow.
/C:/ /C/
因为如果今天你喜欢做它，那么明天你还可以再做一次。

Great opportunitycome to all,
/C/ /C/ (美式发音)
良机会青睐每一个人，

but many do not know they have met them.
/C/
只是有很多人并没有意识到他们已经遇到了该良机。

The only preparation to walk into the door of them is simple fidelity to
/C/ /C:/
唯一能抓住机遇，并很好地利用它的前提是

watch what each day brings.
/C/
高度密切关注每天的动向。

《Faith口语课堂之发音与朗读技巧》第5课预告：
元音/æ/, /e/和/ei/的发音技巧，绕可令式的唇舌训练，字母发音规律以及发音与朗读训练。Faith口语课堂每周四推出新课，敬请收听！