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下面新东方网雅思频道为大家整理了雅思口语备考：英音的发音特点，供考生们参考，以下是详细内容。
英语到了十九世纪, 英语语言的变化带有社会阶级的色彩由此女王英语The Queen's English, 女王英语被公认为标准音Standard Pronunciation, 后来演变为公认的发音Received Pronunciation(RP), 典型英国英语的标准音. 1922年英国广播公司BBC采用RP标准音, 就此BBC为标准音. 也有人把他称为Oxbridge English(牛津剑桥英语)。即使这样也只有10%的人发RP口音, 应为RP发音带有浓厚的上层社会色彩, 人们把发音看作是社会地位的标志。假如一个受过良好教育的人不会发RP音, 很难体现自己的社会身份以及地位的体现。
英格兰境内的英语基本包括伦敦英语, 东南部英语, 东部英语, 西南部英语, 西部英语, 中部英语, 北部英语等, 大致有三个方言区：南部方言区, 中部方言区, 北部方言区。
具体特征:
英格兰南部: love, butter, luck, cousin, but, nut,
是重读音节。
Could, look, book, pull, push, would, /u/是重读音节。
英格兰北部:和/u/是不分的。
英格兰南部:fast, last, pass, after, 重读音节读成长元音/ɑ:/
英格兰北部:北部音把/ɑ:/读成/ɑ/
伦敦音(Cockney): 特色发音/ei/读成/ai/, 比如famous发音/ei/读成/ai/
Home Counties: 指英国南部的家乡音, 包括Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Sussex这些地方基本操一种口音。
Estuary English: 一种区域口音, 俗称“河口音”, 基本上操这个口音的人聚集在Kent和Essex, 河口音是介于RP和伦敦腔的一种口音, 基本发音特征是把“th”发成“f”和“v”, 比如thank他们发成fank. 基本发音人群是肥皂剧和电视TV秀, 以及足球运动员和娱乐圈人士。
The West: 西部口音基本是从Cornwall到Herefordshire, 人们经常把r拖长音发, 比如cart他们发成carrt。
The East: Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, East Anglia, Essex经常把r音, 去掉或者说不发。
The North: Lancashire, Cheshire, Staffordshire经常把wrong发成wrang, 把long发成lang。
英语中有12个单元音, 8个双元音, 24个辅音, 如果包括/dz, ts, tr, dr/, 则总共48个。
单元音(The pure vowels)
双元音(The Diphthongs)
辅音(The Consonants)
UK English phonetic pronunciation
Table 1. Guide to the UK English phonetic alph
| Symbol | Description |
| “|” (pipe symbol) | Word Boundary Phone |
| AAS AAS | As in ARE fAther cAR |
| AES | As in At hAm trAp |
| AVS | As in Up bUt sOn |
| OAS OAS | As in Or fOUR Also |
| A_S ULS | As in OUt cOUnt hOW |
| AXS | As in tablE compAny commA |
| A_S ILS | As in EYE fIve lIE |
| _B. | As in But laBel caB |
| _CH | As in CHurch naTure reaCH |
| _D. | As in Dog meDal laD |
| _DF | As in THe boTHer baTHe |
| D$ | Noisy silence, such as a keystroke or door slam |
| E_S | As in Any sAId bErry |
| E3S E3S | As in EArly wORd hER |
| E_S ILS | As in AId mAde grEY |
| _F. | As in First telePHone rouGH |
| _G. | As in Grab aGo biG |
| _H. | As in Home Hat beHind |
| ILS | As in Ink hYmn beIng |
| I_S I_S | As in EEl pEEp heavY |
| _JJ | As in Jay adJust chanGE |
| _K. | As in Cat baCKer maKe |
| _L. | As in Light vaLLey feeL |
| _M. | As in Mat haMMer hoMe |
| _N. | As in Night aNt baN |
| _NG | As in siNG beiNG loNG |
| AQS | As in hOt wAs Of |
| AXS ULS | As in gO knOW cOal |
| OAS ILS | As in OIl avOId toy |
| _P. | As in Park suPPle gaP |
| _R. | As in Right fRom thRee |
| _S. | As in Sit miSt maSS |
| _SH | As in SHarp naTIonal fiSH |
| _T. | As in To aTTend paT |
| _TH | As in Thing auThor paTH |
| ULS | As in gOOd shOUld pUt |
| U_S U_S | As in OOze bOOt whO |
| _V. | As in Very oVer saVe |
| _W. | As in White Was tWenty |
| X | Silence, such as a pause |
| _Y. | As in Yet Use bEAUty |
| _Z. | As in Zip siZe waS |
| _ZH | As in treaSure uSually viSion |
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