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1、1Session Ten1. Vowel OO2. Vowel UH3. Vowel EHHi, and welcome back. Again my name is Paul Gruber and this is the Pronunciation Workshops-Tenth Training Session. Today, well work on more vowel sounds. The vowels OO, Uh and EH. Now, a few sessions ago, we discussed front and back vowels. If you remembe
2、r the back vowels we discussed were OO, Uh, Oh, Au and Ah. OO as in Boot. Uh as in Book. Oh as in Boat. Aw as in Bought and Ah as in Bot(which is a nonsense word)So, lets talk about the first one now. OO, OO. The OO sound is in the word Move. Notice how my lips are puckered tight and forward OO. Mov
3、e. If you dont bring your lips tight and forward youre not going to make the correct sound and if you dont do this right, the OO will sound like and Move will sound like mv . And that is no good. Practise these words with me, making sure your lips are coming forward and that youre getting that clear
4、 OO sound. Here we go.BlueBoothNewsJuiceLoosenRulerFoodChooseMoodMovingLoop2KnewToothSmoothPoolMoonShoesZooGrewRoomOk, now lets go over these sentences.The room in the school was very cool.Tuesday at noon in the studio.Viewing the moon on June nights.Good. Okay, now lets try this paragraph.Do you re
5、member the woman who lived in a shoe?She hadnt a clue what to do when her family grew.Well, through your help, they are moving in June into two big boots.Very good. Now at times you know English pronunciation can be very confusing. Here is one of those times. There are many words that are spelled wi
6、th the double O. As we just went over and in most of these words, the vowels are pronounced as OO. However, heres the confusing part. There are also many words that are spelled with the double O. But therere not pronounced with the OO vowel. Theyre pronounced as Uh which is a lower vowel. Let me sho
7、w you. The word Food has a double OO and its pronounced as OO-Food. Ok? But the word Foot is also spelled with the 3double OO. But it is pronounced with a lower vowel sound Uh. Food. Foot. Foot. OO. Uh. Food. Foot. You hear that. Therere whole bunches of words spelled with that double OO but are pro
8、nounced with that lower vowel Oh. Lets practise some of those words now. Here we go.FootTookCookShookStoodGoodLookBookWoolSwooshVery good. Now, another word that gives many foreign speakers difficulty is the word Wood regardless the spelling as in “its made of wood.” or “Would you help me?” Or “The
9、city of Hollywood California”. The vowel sound in Wood is also a lower vowel same sound is in the word Foot. Wood. Foot. What makes it difficult for many people is the “w” at the beginning. Ive seen many foreign speakers just drop that W sound. The Wood is not _ood without the “w”. Its Wood. Your li
10、ps need to be tight and forward and you need to push out that “w” sound. Wood, like that. Now, say this sentence with me. Here we go.Would you please order the wood from Hollywood?Very good. Ok, notice also that the word Good has the same vowel sound as the word Would and Foot. Very good. Ok. Lets p
11、ractise these sentences with the OO and the Uh vowel sounds. To help you out all the words that have a high OO sounds appear in red. Here we go.4He took a good look under the hood and found a flute.Julie enjoys good books after school.He put his foot in the new boot.She took her students to the broo
12、k to wash their shoes.We pulled him out of the swimming pool.The fool ate until he was full.Very good. Now lets do a new vowel sound. Lets cover the EH sound. EH is in the word Egg. Ok? Its made with the front of the tongue low. Listen carefully and try to copy that sound EH EH Egg Egg. Ok? Lets go
13、over some words with that sound in them. Here we go.EggGetFriendNextEntranceBetterHealthyLettuceWrenchSpreadBestReadyEveryRedExitCheckFence5HeadsetNecklaceWealthNow, lets go over these sentences.Resting on the edge of the bed.Ten letters from the enemy.Dennis will enter the festival.The message was
14、given to the chef.Very good. Ok, now lets try this.Hello again, friends! Lets do a weather check. Well, whoever said temperatures are getting better, better get ready to spend a wet weekend in Tennessee.Great. You know generally vowels take a longer time to master. But if you hear the sounds Im giving you and understand the concepts eventually youll be saying all of these vowels correctly. Remember. Practising does help. Well, thats it for todays session. Thanks for watching and Ill see you next time and Im Paul Gruber for Pronunciation Workshop.
