元音/æ/, /e/和/ei/

正确发音小技巧
/æ/的嘴形最宽，发这个音时，尽量拉宽嘴形。

/e/的嘴形窄于/æ/，宽度相当于咬住手指的厚度。

/ei/是个双元音，声音较前两个音较长，发这个音时，先发了/e/的音，然后过渡到/i/，这个音的嘴形最扁。

如图：

/æ/ bad sad latter apple hat
/e/ bed send letter empty head
/ei/ basement say late aim hate

唇舌训练：
I will send a bad bed to your basement tomorrow, hope it's not late.
/e/ /æ/ /e/ /ei/ /ei/
I want to say that I'm terribly sad about what I said last night.
/ei/ /e/ /æ/ /e/
The latter letter never comes late.
/æ/ /e/ /e/ /ei/
I hate wearing a hat on my head, it feels bad.
/ei/ /æ/ /e/ /æ/
We aim to empty the plate, and then put some apples in it.
/ei/ /e/ /ei/ /e/ /æ/

单词中字母的发音规律
一般发/æ/音的字母 a marry, fast(美式发音), last(美式发音), happy, cab
一般发/e/音的字母 e terribly, never, then, next, red
ea bread, meant, dead
eo jeopardize,
ie friend,
一般发/ei/音的字母 a cake, strange, gate, blame, take
ai mail, grain, tail, plain
ay play, May, pray, say
eigh eight, weigh
ey they, obey

请注意： 单词的最后三个字母是：“a + 某个辅音 + e”这种情况下，字母“a”的发音规则是，它会发成/ei/这个音，如cake, gate, fate, blame, take等。

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）
Be Grateful 感恩的态度
Be grateful simply for being alive.
/ei/
为活着而心存感激。

When you are grateful for life, pure and simple,
/e/ /ei/ /æ/
当你感恩于一种纯洁而简单的生活时，

your life becomes one you can be grateful for.
/æ/ /ei/
你的生活也变得更有意义。

That may strike you as circular or even backward logic,
/æ/ /ei/ /æ/ /æ/
感恩与生活是一种循环，相互影响的逻辑关系，

but your attitude does have an effect on how things work out.
/æ/ /æ/ /æ/ /e/
但是你的态度实质性地影响着你的生活。

When you can't change your life any other way,
/e/ /æ/ /ei/ /e/
当你无法改变你的生活时，

you can still change your attitude.
/æ/ /ei/ /æ/
你仍然可以改变你的态度。

When you do, your life changes.
/e/ /ei/
当改变态度时，你的生活也会随之改变。

You find more chances to love,
/æ/
你将发现更多的机会去爱，

and you will be surprised to see how much more love is returned to you.
/æ/
你也会惊讶地看到有多少爱回到你身边。

Faith口语课堂之发音与朗读技巧第6课预告:
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