A. Listen to and repeat these four words. They begin with consonant sounds that are similar to consonants found in many other languages, but they may not be exactly the same .
bow [b(u] dough Joe go
B. On this chart, all the English consonants are placed according to where the air is blocked or constricted in the mouth. Listen to and repeat all of the English consonants in words .
Lips Teeth Gum Ridge Hard Palate Soft Palate Stopped Air [p] pea
by [t] tea
[d] day [(?] chew
[(?] joy [k] key
[g] go Fricative Air [f] fee
[v] vow [?] thigh
[?] they say
[z] zoo [?] she
[?] Asia Resonant Air [m] my [n] no
[l] lie [r] ray [?] king Semivowels [w] we [?] you One consonant cannot be located on the chart:[h] how.
C. Say these phrases. Most of them are alliterative (both words begin with the same consonant sound).
pen pal just John very valuable right road two toes
go get zig zag young king cheap cheese fall fast
Asian treasure one way can come say something then they
lie low by bus she shows my milk yes, you
dark day thin thighs know nothing how high
D. Read the paragraph aloud. Draw a circle around one example of each of the twenty four English consonants, including /?/,???,and?????.
Don’t you wish you could go to a place without crime, where people would help each other and follow the Golden Rule? There is just one thing about that vision of utopia. There wouldn’t be anyone there.
Part Two 听辨练习
A. Listen. Then repeat the pairs of words .
1. too 2. pie 3. came 4. chain
do buy game Jane
5. fan 6. thigh (leg) 7. Sue 8. shock
van thy (your) zoo Jacques
Listen to one word of each pair. Circle the word you hear. Now listen to and
write the words you hear. Each sentence has two or three of the above words
1. _______ ________ to the party late.
2. I’ll _______her a gold _________.
3. Some ________ spilled on her _________.
4. _____ you and ______ want to go to the _______?
5. _______ got a ______ from the toaster.
6. The team ________ to the ________ in a _______. Some _________ did _______.
B. Vowels are longer before voiced consonants than before unvoiced ones. Listen to these pairs of words. Then listen to one word of each pair and circle the one you hear .
1. write 2. writer 3. match 4. matches
ride rider Madge Madge’s
5. rich 6. riches 7. bus 8. busing
ridge ridges buzz buzzing
C. Stop consonants in final position are often unrelased. Listen to all of these words. Then listen to one word of each pair and circle the one you hear .
1. back 2. rate 3. tap 4. hit 5. seat
bag raid tab hid seed
D. Listen to the question. Then circle the correct answer, a or b.
1. cap/cab How much did he pay for his ______?
a. About $6.00 b. About $15,000.
2. cot/cod Where did you buy the _______?
a. At Marty’s Furniture Store. b. At the fish market on 16th Street.
3. tack/tag What are you going to do with the _________?
a. I’m going to hang it on the tree.
b. I’m going to fasten this schedule to the wall with it.
E. Use one of the words of each pair in asking a question. Then let your partner answers the question with a full sentence .
bet/bed life/live (adj) matter/madder Mable/maple
rope/robe race/raise back/bag precedent/president
F. Where do you hear the sound? Write B (for beginning of the word ) or E (for end of the word) .
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