Sunday, 7 July 2013

14. / ǝ / -----[a, e, i, o, u]



 Letter                       Phoneme                   Word
          [a, e, i, o, u
  [ar, er, or,ure]          / ǝ /                         ago           88

Once there was a beggar  (ˈbegǝ)
who kept a lot of calendars (/ˈkæləndə(r)/).          
He liked celery in his diet (ˈdaIǝt).
He always went to a charity (ˈʧærətI) centre
for his meals and chattered (ˈʧætəd).
But he never liked to stay  (steI)
in the big chamber
with so many other members.
He preferred to move around (/əˈraʊnd/)
carrying a big bag of calendars.

The  vowel letters “a, e, o, or u” may have /ə/ or /I/ speech sound in    
unstressed syllable(s).


        [ a, e, i, o, u er ]    / ǝ /          ago   /ǝˈgǝu/     89            

Sean’s best friend is called Engel (/ˈeŋʤǝl/).                                
She loves her father (/ ˈfɑ:ðə(r) /), mother, brother (ˈbrʌðə(r))
and sister so much.
Her ambition (/æmˈbIʃən/) is to be a teacher (/ˈti:ʧə(r)/).
She is so clever (/ˈklevǝ(r)/).
She never fools around.
She has an uncle who is a doctor ( /ˈdɒktə(r) /).
He is a part-time actor, too.
He has given her a thermometer in celsius (/ˈselsIǝs/)
and with sensor.
Sometimes she plays a doctor
with her pet hamster.
They always have a lot of fun
and in good consensus.
She always thinks her pet hamster  
her good companion (/kǝmˈpænIǝn/)


[ a, e, i, o, u er ]    / ǝ /          ago   /ǝˈgǝu/     90

Chong-Sherh (/ˈʧɒŋ ǝh/ ) has a lot of brochures.                        
He likes to look at the pictures (/ˈpIkʧəs/)
on different subject matters.
He has kept a lot of travel brochures (/ˈbrǝuǝs/). 
He likes to observe the buildings
with different architectures (ˈɑ:kItekʧəs).
He thinks some brochures really provides him
with a lot of information about different cultures.
He always wears clothes in cotton(/ˈkɒtn/) textures (teksʧəs).
He thinks he is likely to take up
the course of agriculture (/ˈægrIkʌlʧə(r)/) as a career (/kǝˈrIǝ(r)/).  

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