１０個常會發錯音的單詞

Have you ever tried to say a word， and you just couldn’t say it properly? Many words are hard to pronounce. In this list， you can see some of the English words that are the most difficult to say.

clothes

The e is silent.

e是不發音的。

February

You must pronounce both r’s: Feb-roo-a-ree， not Feb-yoo-a-ree.

兩個r都要發音：Feb-roo-a-ree，而不是Feb-yoo-a-ree。

athlete

Make sure there are only two syllables: ath-leet， not ath-a-leet.

記得這個單詞只有兩個音節：ath-leet，而不是ath-a-leet。

probably

This must have three syllables: prob-a-blee， not pra-lee or prob-lee.

包含三個音節：prob-a-blee，而不是pra-lee或者prob-lee。

colleague

Don’t pronounce the final ue.

最后的ue不發音。

espresso

There is no x sound: e-spres-o， not ex-pres-o.

沒有x音，是：e-spres-o，而不是ex-pres-o。

Wednesday

The first d is silent.

第一個d是不發音的。

escape

There is no x sound: es-cape not ex-cape.

沒有x音，是：es-cape，而不是ex-cape。

library

The word has three syllables: li-bra-ry， not li-bary.

這個單詞有三個音節，是：li-bra-ry，不是li-bary。

picture

This is the most commonly mispronounced word. It is pronounced pik-cher， not pit-cher.

這是最常發錯音的字，正確的讀法為pik-cher，而不是pit-cher。

小編提醒：對于相當熟悉國際音標發音體系的讀者朋友們來說，看到上面這種表示發音的方式會覺得相當陌生。其實，它正是大多數English-speaker所慣用的發音體系。大家可以對比一下，看看你能不能不聽錄音，就能通過它來發音？