/ ju: /

Consonant + Vowel  /ju:/     [u, ew, you ]      you   162

Mdm Chan, Sean’s mum has bought him

a brand new wrist watch.

It was water-proof and automatic.

Sean likes it very much.

He wears it to school.

He wears it to bed.

It is unique though it looks like a duplicate (ˈdju:plIkeIt)

of his dad’s old watch.

The watch, Dr. Vet used to wear in his youth

when he went around on duty (/ˈdju:tI/).

There are few (/fju:/) of this kind around nowadays

The front view (/vju:/) of Sean’s watch is very attractive.

Jean likes Sean’s watch, too.

But Sean refuses (/rIˈfju:zǝz/) to lend her

to wear just for a while.

To pacify Jean, Mdm Chan gave her

the old watch to wear.

Dr. Vet is amused (ǝˈmju:zd) at the sight

when Jean wears the old watch to school, too.

References: 

1.    Oxford Advanced Learner’s English-Chinese Dictionary.

                 The 7 edition

2.    Ling Moi Hung           Sounds & Symbols  (2009)

 

/ kw /

Consonants                /kw/, /k/    [ qu ]                160

Once there was a queen called Queen Quest (/kwest/).

She was quite (/kwaIt/) quiet (/ˈkwaIǝt/).

But at times she could be quite talkative

and inquisitive *(/IŋˈkwIzətIv/).

She likes to ask Wh-questions to enquire *(/IŋˈkwaIə(r)/)

to ease her curiosity (/ˌkjʊərIˈɒsətI/) about things.

She was queer (/kwIə(r)/) in this respect

though she knew, “Curiosity kills the cat.”

However, she never squabbled (/skwɒbld/) 
with anybody in her life.                                                                                                                                                       

Just in case there was a squabble

between her chambermaids,

she would think of all ways to quell (/kwel/) the quarrel. (ˈkwɒrəl)

She never quibbled (/ˈkwIbld/) over anything with anybody.

She was only interested in acquiring knowledge (/ˈnɒlIʤ/)

and skill to be qualified as a queen.

She cared to uphold the quality of life.

She remembered her mother’s advice,

“We should live a high quality (ˈkwɒlǝtI) life

and give a high quantity (/ˈkwɒntǝtI/) love.”

Consonants                /kw/, / k /      [qu ]             161

Quoguo (/ˈkwǝugǝu/) is a self-disciplined

and self-willed boy.

        Though he has high emotional quotient (/ˈkwǝu∫nt/),

he still quivers (/ˈkwIvə(r)/) and quavers (/ˈkweIvəz/) at times.

When he performs in a quartet (/kwɔ:ˈtet/) or quintet (/kwInˈtet/)

in a show,

he always faces some initial hiccup.

        Nevertheless, he quickly conquers (/ˈkɒŋkəz/) his fear.

        Que, Quoguo’s mum always quips saying

that the fear is just quotidian (/kwɒˈtIdIǝn/)

every performer has to squash.

Que, Quoguo’s mum always advises him

to memorise some quotations to quit the qualm.

She always reminds him, not to squirm nor squint

but stay calm at all times.