From 9eb5850bd88cc70fc27056efee4eb78079195c1c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: xiaolai Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2024 14:25:31 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] keep updated --- 1000-hours/sounds-of-american-english/2.2.2-pb.md | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/1000-hours/sounds-of-american-english/2.2.2-pb.md b/1000-hours/sounds-of-american-english/2.2.2-pb.md index 6933f59f..b8ead74f 100644 --- a/1000-hours/sounds-of-american-english/2.2.2-pb.md +++ b/1000-hours/sounds-of-american-english/2.2.2-pb.md @@ -8,12 +8,14 @@ The pronunciation of p and b s Both consonants naturally have a slight ʊ sound, which is a byproduct of the air bursting past lips. -中国学生在起初的时候常常分不清 *please* 和 *police* —— 可事实上，这两个词的区别很明显： +中国学生在起初的时候常常分不清 *please* 和 *police* —— 可事实上，这两个词的区别很明显，区别很多： -Chinese students often struggle to distinguish between *please* and *police* at first when learning English. But they are distinctly different: +Chinese students often struggle to distinguish between *please* and *police* at first when learning English. But they are distinctly different, and with many differences: * *please* 只有一个音节：pliːz，而 *police* 有两个音节： pəˈliːs； * *please* consists of a single syllable: pliːz, while *police* has two syllables: pəˈliːs. +* *please* 之中 iː 是长元音，而 *police* 之中 `ɪ` 是短元音。 +* In the word *please*, the iː is a long vowel, while in the word *police*, the ɪ is a short one. * 前者末尾的辅音是 z，后者末尾的辅音是 s； * The final consonant in *please* is a z sound, whereas in *police*, it's an s sound. * 最关键的，前者开头最多听起来是 pʊ，而后者不一样，是 p 和另外一个元音构成的音节： pə……