英文發音問題~如何分辨聲帶是否振動????

Placing a few fingers on your throat is the best way for you to find out whether the sound is voiced or not.

( The vibration is much stronger than that when you pronounce unvoiced sounds.)


Examples:

Rise = Ri( "i" as in"iron") Z<========

"Z" is a voiced sound so you should feel some vibration on your throat as you are pronouncing "Z".

"Z" sounds like a BEE that goes zzzzzz

Rice = ri (ai) s<---an "s" sound here. "S" is an unvoiced sound so you won't feel that ZZZZ sound on your throat.

"S" sound is made by going sssssssssss like a snake.

(That is the main difference between "rise" and "rice".)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Other examples:

1) How many liVES(plural noun) have been lost?

Li (ve = is a voiced sound here.) When we add an "s" to it,
the "s" will become "Z".

li VE( vibration) Z( vibration)

It means when you pronounce "liVES",
your vocal cord should vibrate from "ve" to "Z".


The whole question should be like

How many li VE( vibration) Z( vibration) ha VE ( vibration) been
lost?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Some "z" sounds fall into the middle of some words***

Examples:

1) designer(noun) = de Zigner <-----Z sound in the middle

2) resign(verb) = ri Z(ai)n <---- Z sound in the middle as well

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1) Zip <-------------Z in the front

2) View <--------V in the front

Always refer to the dictionary and practise more


Z = a voiced sound it sounds like a bee ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

s= an unvoiced sound it sounds like a snake ssssssssssssssssss

Voiced consonants:

beD<----D when you add an "s" to it, "bed"will become "bedZ"
s = "Z" sound

b,d,g,l,m,n,r,v,w,x,z <====all voiced consonants

bobs = bobZ beds= bedZ bags = bagZ wheels=wheelZ

rooms= roomZ nations= nationZ waiters= waiterZ
revs = revZ windows = windowZ boxes = boxiZ( add "iz" at the end) buzzes= buzziZ

Note: box = bo ( "o" as in "rock")ks

boxes = boksiz