I don't care.
They may stare at me.
Near there is a fair.
With good chair and clean air.
Fare share.
There were no beers.
The bear is in the lair.
Чтение ire, yre
ire, yre читаются [aɪər] или [aər]
[aɪər] – полная форма
[aər] – редуцированная
Ex. 7. Прочтите.
fire, wire, spire,
pyre, mire, sire, hire,
lyre, quire, byre, tire,
squire, dire, gyre, shire
Ex. 7.1. Прочтите пары слов.
file – fire
while – wire
pile – pyre
mine – mire
spire – hail
tire – tile
quire – square
hire – share
spyre – mile
hire – lie
byre – wear
dire – dare
Ex. 7.2. Прочтите цепочки слов.
byre – beer – fire
fear – squire – queer
shire – shear – wire
weer – lyre – real
Чтение oor, ure
oor читается [u:ər], [ʊər], [ʊr] в зависимости от редукции.
ure читается [ju:ər], [u:ər], [ʊər], [ʊr] в зависимости от уровня редукции.
Ex. 8. Прочтите.
spoor, scoor,
stoor, shoor,
smoor, moor
Односложных слов с окончанием на oor не так много.
door, floor – слова исключения, читаются как [dɔ:r], [flɔ:r].
Ex. 8.1. Прочтите пары слов.
soon – spoor
coop – scoor
stool – stoor
shoot – shoor
smooth – smoor
door – dare
chore – stare
floor – flare
more – lair
saw – been
win – lean
soon – seen
smooth – clean
Ex. 9. Прочтите.
bure, cure,
jure, pure,
lure, hure,
dure, mure,
sure –> [ʃə:r]
Ex. 9.1. Прочтите пары слов.
bore – bure
core – cure
zoom – jure
shore – sure
lore – lure
door – dure
moor – mure
horse – hure
Ex. 9.2. Прочтите цепочки слов.
pour – poor – pure – purr
moor – more – mure – mall
four – door – due – goal
cure – cool – coop – coal
cure – cute – jure – jute
poor – pour – rule – mute
June – huge – lure – core
blur – flirt – corn – more
fore – bourn – wear – purse
core – cook – floor – Morse
Чтение [u:ər] или [ju:ər] зависит от предыдущих согласных. Например, буква l дает [u:ər] в слове lure. В современно английском люди стремятся сказать [u:ər] чаще чем [ju:ər].
Заключительное упражнение
Ex. 10. Прочтите фразы с односложными словами с R.
serve the Earth
treat with care
near the house
earn your way
near the star
use the verb
ask for more
heard a girl
the men work
by the lore
first work
true worth
sheep herd
lit a fire
speak word
work hard
old birch
gear box
car wash
Ex. 10.1. Прочтите предложения с односложными словами с R.
we –> [wi:]
their –> [ðeər]
clothes –> [kloʊz]
The sheep herd stood by the old birch tree.
Near the house were a sheep herd.
We must serve the Earth.