1. 二十六个字母的读音 (Letter Sounds).
五个元音字母(a, e, i, o, u), 每个发两种音：长音(其字母音)和短音
y不在单词开头时，一般被看做元音
2. 单元音单词拼读 (Consonant-Vowel-Consonant Combinations)
如果一个英语单词或音节里只有一个元音, 且元音不在末尾，这个元音一般发短音.
如： Sam, cat, mat, 等等.
Beginning Consonants
Ending Consonants
One Vowel Word, Short Vowel Sounds
3. 双元音单词拼读(Two Vowel Words):
一个单词或音节里有两个元音时， 一般来说，前边一个元音发长音(其字母音)， 后边一个元音不发音.
如： make, mail, may, hay, say, see, sea, meet, meat, key, five, nine, tie, road, coat, toe, cute等等.
4. 双/三辅音在一起时的联读 (Consonant Blends)
Beginning consonant blends (bl, br, cl, cr, dr, fl, fr, gl, fr, pl, pr, sc, sk, sl, sm, sn, sp, st, sw, tr, tw, scr, spl, str)
Ending consonant blends (ft, lf, lm, lp, lt, mp, nd, nk, nt, pt, sk, st)
Words ending in ll, ss, ff
Consonant digraphs (ch, th, sh, wh)
5. 特殊读法(1)- 带元音的特殊读法(Irregular Vowels)
igh, ing, ind, ild, ar, or, oi, oy, alt, alk, ost, old, er, ir, ur, ew, sion, tion, eigh, all, ow, ow, ou, ay, ous, ed, ed (t), ed (d), aw, au, oo, oo
以上字母组合作为整体音节发音。需记住它们所发的音。
Examples:
ar (car, far), air (hair), are (hare), au, augh (caught), aw (hawk)
al, all (all, tall, mall, hall), alk (talk, walk), alt (halt, salt), ay (may, play)
ew (new, few), eigh (eight, weight),
ed:
says /ed/: patted, landed, lifted
says /t/: walked, hopped, stopped
says /d/: cried, played, chewed
er (sister, brother), ir (girl, fir, firm), ur (burn, hurt)
ie (field), ing(king, sing, dancing), ind (find, kind, behind), ild (mild, wild, child), igh (high, night, light), ire
oi (oil, boil), oy (boy, toy), old (old, cold), ost (most, host), olt,
oo (book), oo (tool, school), or (or, for, horn),
