为什么要学英语音标?

什么是英语音标?里,为了方便理解,我们曾经用汉语拼音来举例,做为参照来理解英语音标。那么学音标的目的是什么?

由于没有母语环境,英语音标的学习,对中国人(esl,英语作为第二语言)来说是个必经的阶段。这个阶段一般处于英语学习的初始时期,方便我们查发音、记单词。一般来说经过一个月到半年的持续学习,就能掌握音标知识,然后就是随着英语学习的深入,音标就成为一种“习惯”和“能力”而伴随我们一生了。

学习英语音标,主要是以下三个目的:

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(英语听力120)Obesity and Coronavirus

Level/难度等级: Level 2,3 中级 CEFR A2,B1;国内:初中 高中,词汇:103个

mp3/听力:美式常速 英式慢速

Obesity and Coronavirus

Doctors say that the coronavirus is more serious for obese people. Obese people are very fat. Obesity makes COVID-19 more dangerous.

Researchers study 5,200 COVID-19 patients. The result of the study is very interesting. More than 30% of the patients are obese. These people end up in hospital more often.

Obese people usually have other health problems, too. They often have diabetes or heart problems. It is more dangerous for them when they get sick from the coronavirus.

The coronavirus can hurt their lungs. Obese people have more fat around the lungs. The fat makes it more difficult to breathe.

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listening practice/听力练习 

听录音,填出括号中的单词。     

Words/词汇 

 obesity:when someone is very fat

 diabetes:a disease in which the body has problems with sugar

 lungs:the part of the body that helps people breathe

Translation/参考翻译(仅供参考,欢迎指正)

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Level/难度等级: Level 4 专业 CEFR B2,C1;国内:大学,词汇:83个

Obesity and Coronavirus

肥胖和****

Doctors say that the coronavirus is more serious for obese people. Obese people are very fat. Obesity makes COVID-19 more dangerous.

医生表示,****对肥胖人群更为严重。肥胖的人很胖。肥胖使****更加危险。

Researchers study 5,200 COVID-19 patients. The result of the study is very interesting. More than 30% of the patients are obese. These people end up in hospital more often.

研究人员研究了5200名****患者。这项研究的结果很有趣。超过30%的病人肥胖。这些人更常进医院。

Obese people usually have other health problems, too. They often have diabetes or heart problems. It is more dangerous for them when they get sick from the coronavirus.

肥胖的人通常还有其他健康问题。他们经常患有糖尿病或心脏病。当他们感染了****时,这对他们来说更危险。

The coronavirus can hurt their lungs. Obese people have more fat around the lungs. The fat makes it more difficult to breathe.

****会伤害他们的肺部。肥胖的人肺周围有更多的脂肪。脂肪使呼吸更加困难。

详解短元音 /e/

短元音的发音比较短促。根据《语言学名词》第一版的定义,“在某些可以通过元音的长短对立来区分词义的语言里,音长较长的元音被称为长元音,音长较短的元音被称为短元音。长短元音的对立往往还存在音质上的差异。”

音标 /e/ 属于20个元音中的短元音,发音如下:

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