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Unit 3 Letters and Phonemes --- 张露云. vowels and consonants Questions: Are vowels and consonants the same? Do you know the differences between vowels and

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Differences: Vowels: air stream flows without stop be relax and nature clear and loud Consonants: air stream is stopped by a certain vocal break through the stop less clear and loud

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Unit 3 Letters and Phonemes --- vowels and consonants Questions: Are vowels and consonants the same? Do you know the differences between vowels and consonants? What are the feathers of vowels/consonants? Differences: Vowels: air stream flows without stop be relax and nature clear and loud Consonants: air stream is stopped by a certain vocal break through the stop less clear and loud voiceless and voiced consonant How many voiced consonants have you learnt? /i/ /i:/ & /i/ sin-seen, fill-feel, hill-heel, sick-seek, pitch-peach, rid-read, grin-green, chick-cheek Phrases: a big clinic, a bit chilly, finish it, bit by bit, little by little, pretty beauty Learn together real eastate body building sweet dreams latchkey kids a Los Angeles freeway Believe me. It's a deal. I mean it. Zip your lips! It's Greek to me. Business is business. A friend in need is a friend indeed. He is extremely happy. Anything to drink? What do you feel like eating? Seems like all you do is eat and sleep. I beat him down to fifteen. 15 Diphthongs( ) Diphthongs are sounds which consist of a movement or glide from one vowel to another. The most important thing is the first part is much longer and stronger than the second part. There are eight diphthongs. A B Diphthongs: Centring (ending in ): /i/, /e/, /u/ (ending in i): /ei/, /ai/, / i/ Closing ( ending in u): /u/, /au/ /ei/ /e/ & /ei/ said-say, let-late, pen-pain, get-gate, men-main wet-wait, red-rate, ate-eight Phrases: a heavy rain, table tennis, a railway station, a terrible headache, a game of chess No pains, no gains. Haste makes waste. Better late than never. /ai/ Strike while the iron is hot. Let by-gones be by-gones. Great minds think alike. /u/ Phrases: hope so, don't know, so cold, an old soldier, Little strokes fell great oaks. A rolling stone gathers no moss. As you sow you shall mow. / i/