VIP Class Notes (Maddie)

phonetic alphabet (short vowels and long vowels)

[ɪ] i, e, o, u, ui, y, ie
i: it, gift
e: England, English
o: women,
u: busy,
ui: guild, build
y: gym, geography
ie: sieve

[e] e, ea, u, ie, ai, a, eo, ei, ae
e: letter, better
ea: weather, bread
u: bury, burial
ie: friend
ai: said, says(sez)
a: many
eo: leopard
ei: leisure
ae: aesthetics
straight guys usually have a bad sense of aesthetics.

[æ]: a, ai
a: Maddie, cat, mad, fat, bad
ai: plaid

[ɒ] a, ho, au,  ough
a: walk, talk
ho: honest, hour
au: Australia
ough: bought, fought

[ʊ] o, oo, u,ou
o: woman
oo: good, book
u: bush, push, pull
ou: would, could

[ʌ] u, o, oo, ou
u: lucky, duck
o: mother
oo: flood (c.f. typhoon)
ou: double

[ə] a, er, i, ar, our, ur, ear
a: ahead, about
er: together,  leather(e.g. this handbag is made of genuine leather.)
ar: grammar
ou(r): dangerous, harbour
ur: burger

[ɜ:] ir, er, ur, ear, or, our, yr
ir: bird, girl, firm
er: Germany, term
ear: heard(hear p./p.p.)
or: word
our: journey
yr: martyr

[i:] e, ee, ea, y, ey, oe, ie, i, ei, eo, ay
e: me
ee: free, flee, meet
ea: meat, sea
y: lady
ey: key
oe: phoenix
ie: piece, niece
i: ski 滑雪
ei: deceive 欺骗; receive
eo: people
ay: quay

[u:] o, oo, ew, ue, u_e, oe, ough, ui, oeu, ou
o: who
oo: food
ew: few
ue: blue
u_e: flute
oe: shoe
ough: through
ui: bruise, fruit
oeu: manoeuver
ou: group

[ɔ:] aw, a, or, oor, ore, oar, our, augh, ar, ough, au
aw: awe e.g. he looked at her in awe.
a: ball
or: for, fort
oor: floor
ore: foresight
oa(r): aboard, abroad
our: four
augh: taught (teach p./p.p)
ar: war
ough: bought
au: sauce 酱料

[ɑ:] a, ar
a: arm, shark, sharp

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