何為schwaSchwa is the name for the most common sound in English. It is a weak, unstressed sound and it occurs in many words. It is often the sound in grammar words such as articles and prepositions.
Getting the schwa sound correct is a good way of making your pronunciation more accurate and natural.
The phonemic symbol for this sound is / ? /. Schwa是一個(gè)名稱用以表示英語中最通常的發(fā)音。它是一個(gè)弱的、輕讀音，而且出現(xiàn)在許多詞中。它經(jīng)常在諸如冠詞、介詞這樣的語法詞中（出現(xiàn)的發(fā)音）。 正確掌握元音弱讀是一個(gè)使你的發(fā)音更準(zhǔn)確更自然的好方法。 這個(gè)發(fā)音的音標(biāo)是 / ? /。 schwa的體現(xiàn)Any vowel letter can be pronounced as schwa and the pronunciation of a vowel letter can change depending on whether the syllable in which it occurs is stressed or not. 任何元音字母都能發(fā) / ? /，而一個(gè)元音字母的發(fā)音會視其所在的音節(jié)是否在重讀與輕讀的位置而變化。 例如：man / m?n / 和 postman / 'p??sm?n / 在man這個(gè)單詞中，字母a發(fā)完整的元音/?/。而在postman這個(gè)單詞中，音節(jié)man非重讀，因而字母a作為schwa發(fā) / ? /。 The sound schwa does not only represent a single letter. In some words it is the sound of several letters or even a whole syllable. schwa音并非只由單個(gè)字母表示，在一些單詞中，它由諸多字母甚至是一整個(gè)音節(jié)表示。 例如：This present is for my brother. It's a book about a boy wizard. schwa的概念非常重要，也是純正發(fā)音的必備要素，同學(xué)們一定要好好練習(xí)，好好消化。
