终于明白连读是咋回事了！

小白老师说：英美人士说英语时，不是一个词一个词蹦出来，而是整串的词脱口而出，此时就会产生连读现象（sound linking）。连读也叫连音，是考生听力的重要障碍之一。因为连读的存在，往往句子能读懂，但让大家听，有时却会听不懂。今天就来解读这个重要的技巧。

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Welcome to daily tips on learning English. Today’s tip is on sound linking（连音，即连读）.

Although in written English, there’re spaces between every word, in spoken English there’re always never pauses between words. In order to understand spoken English, it is essential to understand how this linking is done. Today let’s concentrate on the most common sound linking situation.

Whenever a word ending in a consonant sound(辅音) is followed by a word beginning with a vowel sound(元音), the consonant sound is linked to the vowel sound as if they were part of the same word.

Let’s look at some examples.

I’d like another bowl of rice, please.

First, note that although there’re six words in the sentence, all the words are linked together without pause. Listen again.

I’d like another bowl of rice, please.

Now listen to how the words “like” and “another” are linked.

“Like another”, “like-another”.

“Like” ends in a consonant sound, and “another” begins with a vowel sound. So the “k” from “like” is linked to the “a” from “another” to produce “kanother”.

Listen to the example sentence again.

I’d like another bowl of rice, please.

In the sentence there is another example of a consonant being linked to a vowel.

"A bowl of, a bowl-of. "

It sounds like that you’re saying the word “love”.

Here’s another example.

"I’d love a bowl of rice. I’d love a bowl of rice. "

This sound linking is probably the biggest problem for learners of English when they try to understand native speaker’s talking.

We’ll talk more about sound linking in future daily tips, as this is an extremely import feature of spoken English. Today’s tip is to link consonants to vowels which come after them. Till then, tomorrow, for another daily tip.