5.2　課后習題詳解

1．Try pronouncing the initial sounds of the following words and then determine the place of articulation (e.g. bilabial, alveolar, etc.) of each:

(a) hand ______

(b) foot ______

(c) toe ______

(d) belly ______

(e) chin ______

(f) thigh ______

(g) calf ______

(h) knee ______

【答案】(a) glottal　 (b) labiodental (c) alveolar (d) bilabial (e) palatal (f) dental (g) velar (h) alveolar

2．Which of the following words end with voiceless (?V) sounds and which end with voiced sounds (+V) sounds?

(a) crash ______

(b) bang ______

(c) smack ______

(d) thud ______

(e) wham _____

(f) splat ______

【答案】(a), (c), (f) are voiceless; (b), (d), (e) are voiced

3．Identify the manner of articulation (e.g. stop, fricative, etc.)of the initial sounds in the following words (stop, fricative, etc.):

(a) silly ______

(b) crazy______

(c) jolly______

(d) merry ______

(e) dizzy______

(f) happy ______

(g) loony______

(h) funny ______

【答案】(a) fricative (b) stop (c) affricate (d) nasal (e) stop (f) approximant (g) approximant (liquid) (h) fricative

4．Which written English words are usually pronounced as they are transcribed here?

(a) k?? ______

(b) fes ______

(c) ?ip ______

(d) e? ______

(e) hu ______

(f) b?k ______

(g) b?t ______

(h) haw ______

【答案】(a) king (b) face (c) sheep (d) the (e) who (f) back (g) bought (h) how

5．Produce a phonetic transcription of the most common pronunciation you hear of the following words:

(a) she ______

(b) tape ______

(c) dope ______

(d) walk ______

(e) sigh ______

(f) fell ______

(g) these ______

(h) thought ______

【答案】(a)?i (b) tep (c) dop (d) w?k(e) sa? (f) f?l (g) eiz (h) θ?t