久しぶりに “r” の発音練習です。
今回はいわゆる consonant sequence(子音連結)のときの /r/ の発音を練習します。/r/ の前に別の子音があるときにもスムーズに発音できるようになりましょう。まず単語で、/r/ を含むさまざまな consonant sequence の発音練習をしてみましょう。
/pr-/ & /br-/
price /praɪs/、pray /preɪ/、proud /praʊd/、prove /pru:v/、
bride /braɪd/、breach /bri:tʃ/、broad /brɔ:d/、brook /brʊk/ ↓
/tr-/ & /dr-/
try /traɪ/、treat /tri:t/、true /tru:/、train /treɪn/、
dry /draɪ/、dream /dri:m/、drain /dreɪn/、drop /drɒp/ ↓
/kr-/ & /gr-/
cry /kraɪ/、cream /kri:m/、crutch /krʌtʃ/、crucial /ˈkru:ʃ(ə)l/、
grape /greɪp/、green /gri:n/、grow /grəʊ/、gratitude /ˈgrætɪtju:d/ ↓
/str-/
street /stri:t/、strike /straɪk/、strong /strɒŋ/、stroke /strəʊk/ ↓
その他の sequence
free /fri:/、frost /frɒst/、shrink /ʃrɪŋk/、shrew /ʃru:/、
three /θri:/、through /θru:/、thriving /ˈθraɪvɪŋ/ ↓
次は passage で練習です。今回は Truman Capote の中編小説 Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1958) の冒頭部分を朗読してみます。この作品はオードリー・ヘプバーン主演の同名タイトルの映画(邦題は『ティファニーで朝食を』)でご存知のことと思います。今回の /r/ を含む consonant sequence の部分は太字で表してあります。ぜひ練習してみてください。↓
I am always drawn back to places where I have lived, the houses and their neighborhoods. For instance, there is a brownstone in the East Seventies where, during the early years of the war, I had my first New York apartment. It was one room crowded with attic furniture, a sofa and fat chairs upholstered in that itchy, particular red velvet that one associates with hot days on a train. The walls were stucco, and a color rather like tobacco-spit. Everywhere, in the bathroom too, there were prints of Roman ruins freckled brown with age. The single window looked out on a fire escape. Even so, my spirits heightened wherever I felt in my pocket the key to this apartment;…
Today’s my singing
さて、今回の曲は Roy Orbison の “Pretty Woman” です。あまりにも有名な大ヒット曲ですが、今回はじめて歌って録音してみました。その一部をここにアップロードしました。/r/ を含む consonant sequence の部分は太文字で示してあります。一緒に歌ってみてください。↓
Pretty woman, walking down the street
Pretty woman, the kind I like to meet
Pretty woman I don’t believe you, you’re not that true
No one could look as good as you
Mercy
Pretty woman, won’t you pardon me
Pretty woman, I couldn’t help but see
Pretty woman that you look lovely as can be
Are you lonely just like me
Pretty woman, stop a while
Pretty woman, talk a while
Pretty woman, give your smile to me
Pretty woman, yeah yeah yeah
Pretty woman, look my way
Pretty woman, say you’ll stay with me
’Cause I need you, I’ll treat you right
Come with me baby, be mine tonight
Pretty woman, don’t walk on by
Pretty woman, don’t make me cry
Pretty woman…
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Кажется, это подойдет.
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