Here’s a few more examples: gnome, benign, malign, design, deign, gnash, sign… A great example of how the ‘silent’ g isn’t quite silent; if we didn’t pronounce the ‘g’ at all, this would be ‘sin’. However, the ‘g’ lightens and elongates the vowel sound – to be ...
This is also fairly easy to understand or help students work out for themselves, as it is impossible to pronounce /tt/ in English without an intervening vowel sound. All this means a fairly large distinction between /id/ with its added syllable and /d/ and /t/ without. This is often ...
听下面一段材料，回答第1至第3题。 1. How many cups of coffee has the boy drunk? [ ]A. Two B. Three C. Four 2. Why didn't the boy sleep well last night? [ ]A. Because he was too nervous about his exam.B. Because he dr...