英语五个元音字母在单词的读音中起着重要的作用，掌握元音字母及元音字母组
合的读音，对于英语初学者来说至关重要。五个元音字母构成的十个元音字母组
合与读音如下图：
1.AI组合
在重读音节中读[ei],
例如：e-mail [i:\’meil] straight [streit] train [trein] afraid [ə\’freid] wait [weit] rain [rein] painting [\’peintiŋ] main [mein]complain [kəm\’plein] pain [pein] fail [feil] mainland [\’meinlənd] rail [reil] tail [teil] painful [\’peinfəl];
AI组合在非重读音节中读[ə/i]
例如：certainly [\’sə:tənli] mountain [\’mauntin] Britain [\’britən] captain [\’kæptin];
AI组合读[e]
例如：again [ə\’gen] against[ə\’genst]
2.OA 组合
读[əu]
例如：boat [bəut] coat [kəut] road [rəud] download [\’daunləud] goal [gəul]
3. EE组合
读[i:]
例如：three [θri:] thirteen [\’θə:ti:n] meet [mi:t] see [si:] sheep [ʃi:p] between [bi\’twi:n] sleep [sli:p] week [wi:k] wheel [hwi:l] agree [ə\’gri:] free [fri:] sweet [swi:t] feed [fi:d] feel [fi:l] need [ni:d] street [stri:t] beef [bi:f] cheese [tʃi:z] seem [si:m] knee [ni:] screen [skri:n] reef [ri:f] greet [gri:t] freeze [fri:z]
4.字母EA组合
读[i:]
例如：please [pli:z] teacher [\’ti:tʃə] seat [si:t] clean [kli:n] speak [spi:k] eat [i:t] meat [mi:t] tea [ti:] cream [kri:m] easy [\’i:zi] team [ti:m] each [i:tʃ] leave [li:v] sea [si:] cheap [tʃi:p] east [i:st] wheat [hwi:t] season [\’si:zn] mean [mi:n] reach [ri:tʃ] dream [dri:m] breathe [bri:ð] least [li:st] deal [di:l] beach [bi:tʃ];
EA组合读[e]
例如: health [helθ] weather [\’weðə] ready [\’redi] instead [in\’sted] death [deθ] pleasant [\’pleznt] already [ɔ:l\’redi] leather [\’leðə] sweater [\’swetə] heavy [\’hevi] head [hed] bread [bred];
EA组合读[ei]
例如: break [breik] great [greit]
5. IE组合
读[i:]
例如：piece [pi:s] field [fi:ld] thief [θi:f] believe[biˈli:v] achieve [əˈtʃi:v];
IE组合读[ai]
例如：tie [tai] die [dai] pie [pai] lie[lai]
6. EI组合
读[ei]
例如：eight [eit] seize[seiz] weight[weit]
EI组合读[i:]
例如：deceive [dɪˈsi:v] conceive [kənˈsi:v] perceive [pəˈsi:v] receive [rɪˈsi:v]
7. 字母OO 组合
读[u:]
例如：too [tu:] room [ru:m] broom [bru:m] noon [nu:n] zoo [zu:] noodle [\’nu:dl] soon [su:n] moon [mu:n] spoon [spu:n] cool [ku:l] pool [pu:l] bamboo [bæm\’bu:];
OO组合读[u]
例如：book [buk] look [luk] good [gud] cook [kuk] wool [wul] wood [wud];
OO组合读[ʌ]
例如：flood [flʌd] blood [blʌd]
8. 字母OI组合
读[ɔi]
例如：toilet [\’tɔilit] coin [kɔin] oil [ɔil] noise [nɔiz] voice [vɔis] spoil [spɔil] soil [sɔil] point [pɔint] join [jɔin]
9. 字母OU组合
读[au]
例如：mouse [maus] house [haus] trousers [\’trauzəz] about [ə\’baut] mouth [mauθ] out [aut] round [raund] ouch [autʃ] pound [paund] sound [saund] mountain [\’mauntin] cloud [klaud] south [sauθ] loud [laud] ground [graund] proud [praud] found [faund] drought [draut] count [kaunt] blouse [blauz] around [ə\’raund] thousand [\’θauzənd] shout [ʃaut];
OU组合读[ʌ]
例如：young [jʌŋ] country [\’kʌntri] trouble [\’trʌbl] enough [i\’nʌf] encourage [in\’kʌridʒ] rough [rʌf] double [\’dʌbl];
OU组合读[u:/u]
例如：you [ju:] could [kud] should [ʃud] soup [su:p] through [θru:]
10. AU组合
读[ɔ:]
例如：daughter [\’dɔ:tə] Australia [ɔ:s\’treiljə] because [bi\’kɔ:z] autumn [\’ɔ:təm] August [ɔ:\’gʌst] cause [kɔ:z] pause [pɔ:z] audience [\’ɔ:diəns]
AU组合读[ɑ:]
例如：aunt [ɑ:nt] laugh [lɑ:f]
