在辅音字母里面,字母H一般发摩擦音[h],或者不发音(voiceless)。字母H可以与其它辅音字母组合一起发音,H双字母组合有五个:ch、gh、 ph、 sh 、th,它们的读音分别归纳如下:
一、CH组合
1.字母CH组合读[k],例如:school [sku:l] ache [e?k] stomach[?st?m?k] mechanics [m??k?n?k] chemistry [?kem?stri];
2.字母CH组合读[?],例如:machine [m??i:n] chef [?ef]
3.字母CH组合读[t?],例如:teacher [ti:t??] much [m?t?] child [t?aild] China [t?ain?] chair[t???] watch [w?t?] lunch [l?nt?] catch [k?t?] chips [t?ip] ouch [aut?] chess [t?es] each [i:t?] French [frent?] chicken [t?ikin] cheap [t?i:p] match [m?t?] March [mɑ:t?] church [t??:t?] change [t?eind?] such [s?t?] channel [t??nl]
二、GH组合
1.字母GH组合读[f],例如:laugh [lɑ:f] enough [??n?f] cough [k?f] tough[t?f] rough[r?f]
2.字母GH组合读不发音(voiceless),例如:light [lait]fight [fait]high[hai] night[nait] eight[eit] weight[weit] neighbor[ne?b?] daughter[?d?:t?(r)] through[θru:] though[e??]
三、PH组合
字母PH组合读[f],例如:phone [f?un] photo [f?ut?u] dolphin [d?lfin] elephant [elif?nt] telephone [telif?un] geography [d?i?gr?fi] physics [fiziks] telegraph [teligrɑf]
四、SH组合
2)字母SH组合读[?],例如:English [i?gli?] sharpener [?ɑ:p?n?] she [?i:] shoe [?u:] short [??:t] fish [fi?] shop [??p] wash [w??] dish [di?] wish [wi?] shall [??l] push [pu?] crash [kr??]
五、TH组合
1.字母TH组合读浊音[e],例如:that [e?t] this [eis] father [fɑ:e?] these [ei:z] they [eei] brother [br?e?] with [wie] other [?e?];
2.字母TH组合读清音[θ],例如:think [θi?k] thing [θi?] something [s?mθi?] math [m?θ] health [helθ] third [θ?:d] thousand [θauz?nd] south [sauθ] thin [θin] truth [tru:θ] thanks [θ??ks]