前元音/e/和/æ/
发音秘诀
/e/：短元音。发音时，舌尖抵下齿，舌前部稍抬起，但舌位比发/ɪ/宽，双唇向两边张开，唇形中长，嘴形扁平，上下齿间可容一食指，口形自然放松，发音短促。如：get/get/，friend/frend/，help/help/，bench/bentʃ/等。
/æ/：短元音。该音俗称梅花音。发音时，舌尖抵下齿，舌身低平，前舌稍高，但比其他前元音/ɪ/、/e/要低，口要张大，口开约三分之二，可以容纳食指和中指，双唇向两边伸张，稍扁，发这个音时咽喉要收缩。如：plan/plæn/，have/hæv/，action/'ækʃən/，man/mæn/等。
注意要点：/e/与/æ/是中国英语学习者的发音难点之一，发音时往往会出现以下问题：（1）很多人总是把这两个音发成汉字“唉”的音。这是由于发音时口腔肌肉过于紧张造成的，注意要将两颊肌肉足够放松。（2）容易将/e/错发成/I/，主要由于舌位偏高造成的，注意将舌位压低。（3）/æ/音发不好，容易和/e/混淆，是由于我们不习惯说话时把嘴张得那么大。实际发音时应注意将舌位压低，尽量把嘴向两边张大，好像要呕吐似的。（4）当/e//æ/与/n/连用时容易受到汉语的影响，在元音没发到位的时候就开始发鼻音，如：pen发成“盆”，把men发成“门”，我们在发音时应该注意先把元音/e/、/æ/发完整，也可故意拉长，发到位后再向辅音过渡。另外需要注意的是在美式音标中，/e/用/ɛ/表示，发音时舌高稍低，开口比英音要大些；发/æ/音时，英音比美音舌高稍低，发音部位靠后，而美音发音部位靠前，接近/ɛ/的发音。
英音朗读
美音朗读
进阶训练
①单词听读
jealous/'dʒeləs/ adj. 嫉妒的，猜忌的 feather/'feðə/ n. 羽毛 mess/mes/ n. 脏乱，混乱
desk/desk/ n. 书桌 pack/pæk/ n. 包裹 medal/'medl/ n. 奖牌，勋章 marry/'mæri/ v. 结婚
flag/flæg/ n. 旗子 angry/'æŋgri/ adj. 生气的 slap/slæp/ v. 击掌，拍打
②短语听读
catch a bad cold 患重感冒 catch him red-handed 当场捉住他
hang by a thread 身处险境 a red letter day 大好的日子
③句子听读
He dreamt that he'd left the bed, and then fellon his head.
他梦见自己离开了床，一个倒栽葱倒下去了。
The winner depends on a quick set of legs.
优胜者得益于他们反应迅速的双腿。
Happy cats can dance, but dogs can't stand them.
快乐的猫儿能跳舞，可狗儿却受不了它们。
Snap your fingers,
clap your hands and stand on your head.
打打响指，拍拍手，然后倒立。
Jack had a chat with me and told me he got married.
杰克跟我聊天，告诉我他结婚了。
英语悦读
①成语谚语
Better an empty purse than an empty head.
宁可一文不名，不可胸中无点墨。
Don't let the cat out of the bag.
天机不可泄露。
Health is not valued till sickness comes.
有病方知无病福。
Better to do well than to say well.
说得好不如做得好。
②绕口令
Ann sent Andy ten hens and Andy sent Ann ten pens.
安送给安迪十只母鸡，安迪送给安十支钢笔。
Whether
leopards have feathers or not, it's hens that always end up in a pot.
不管豹子有没有羽毛，被煮的总是老母鸡。
How many cans
can a
canner can if a canner can can cans? A canner can can as many cans as a canner can if a canner can can cans.
如果开罐刀能开罐头的话，一把开罐刀能开多少瓶罐头？如果开罐刀能开罐头的话，一把开罐刀能开无数瓶罐头。
A pleasant peasant keeps a pleasant
pheasant and both the peasant and the pheasant are having a pleasant time together.
一个快乐的农夫养了一只快乐的野鸡，他们一起快乐地生活。
放松一刻
英音朗读
美音朗读
What's Time to a Pig?
时间对猪有什么意义？
One day, a visitor from the city came to a small rural area to drive around the country roads, see how the farms looked, and perhaps to see how farmers earned their living. The city man saw a farmer in his yard, holding a pig up in his hands, and lifting it so that the pig could eat apples from an apple tree. The city man said to the farmer, "I see that your pig likes apples, but isn't that quite a waste of time?" The farmer replied, 'What's time to a pig?"
一天，一个城市里的游客来到一个小乡村，在乡间路上开着车，想看看农庄是什么样子，种田农夫怎样过日子。这位城里人看见一位农夫在庭院里，手中抱着一头猪，并把它举得高高的，好让它能够吃到树上的苹果。城里人对农夫说：“我知道你的猪挺喜欢吃苹果的，但是这不是很浪费时间吗？‘那位农夫回答说：“时间对猪有什么意义？”
Buy a Parrot
传教士买鹦鹉
A preacher is buying a parrot.
一个传教士在买鹦鹉。
"Are you sure it doesn't
scream, yell, or
swear?" asked the preacher.
“你确信它不会尖叫、大叫或诅咒别人吗？”传教士问。
"Oh, absolutely. It's a religious parrot." The storekeeper assures him.
“哦，绝对不会。它是一只虔诚的鹦鹉。”店主保证说。
"Do you see those strings on his legs? When you pull on the right one, he recites the
lord's prayer, and when you pull on the left he recites the 23rd
Psalm."
“你看见它腿上的细绳了吗？当你拉动右边的这根，它会背诵天主经，当你拉动左边的那根，它会背诵赞美诗。”
"Wonderful!" says the preacher, "but what happens if you pull on both strings?"
“太棒了！”传教士说。“但是如果我同时拉动两根绳子，会发生什么呢？”
"I fall off my perch, you stupid fool!" screeched the parrot.
“我会从架子上掉下来的，你这个笨蛋！”鹦鹉尖声道。
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