Are you ready to practice your pronunciation? Today we’re going to work on three very common words in English:

你准备好练习你的发音了吗?今天我们要学习三个非常常见的英语单词

where, were, and we’re.

To get the most benefit out of this lesson, don’t just watch – instead, actually repeat the words and sentences after me!

为了使这节课的效率最佳，记住不要只是简单的听，一定要在听到之后张嘴跟读哦!

WHERE如何发音

The word where rhymes with care, fair, and stare.

where这个词的节奏音调和care，fair，stare一样。

It is pronounced exactly the same as the word wear (as in wear clothes).

它和wear这个单词的发音一样。

一起练习：

care, fair, stare, where

WERE如何发音

The word were rhymes with sir and fur.

这个单词的音调和sir，fur一样。

It’s the same sound as in the word bird.

和bird有部分相同的发音。

一起练习：

sir, fur, bird, were

“WE’RE”如何发音

The word we’re is short for “we are.”

we’re是we are的缩写形式

You can pronounce it with an eer sound as in beer and fear:

其中的发音类似beer和fear里eer部分的发音

一起练习：

beer, fear, we’re

However, when speaking fast, we often pronounce it more like were:

然而，当我们语速很快时，发音就更像were

We’re going to the beach.

We’re all done with our homework.

PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE: SENTENCES

发音练习：句子

Let’s try some sentences with each of these words. Listen and repeat after me:

我们再来分别看看这些词造的句，仔细听并且跟读：

Where is the nearest bank?

I don’t know where my keys are.

The cookies were delicious.

Where were you last night?

I think we’re almost ready to leave.

We’re not sure if the packages were delivered.

We’re wondering where to park the car.

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