单音节音标[ɪ]的发音自学之路

1.[ɪ]的发音要点

for the [ɪ] vowel, the jaw drops more, so the tongue isn’t as close to the roof of the mouth. There’s a relaxed jaw drop. The tip of the tongue stays forward, lightly touching the back of the bottom front teeth. The top, front part of the tongue arches up towards the roof of the mouth.

「ɪ」这个音下巴下垂更多，所以舌头不靠近上颚（相对于[i]这个音标），下巴放松，舌尖留在前面，轻轻地碰到下齿后边。舌头前半部呈弓形升起，顶在口腔前半部

2.[ɪ]重读与轻读的区别

Let’s compare the stressed [ɪ] in ‘fix’, on the top, to the unstressed [ɪ] in ‘office’. Notice that the jaw is more dropped for the stressed syllable. For the unstressed [ɪ], the jaw is less dropped. This is typical. Unstressed vowels are shorter, so there isn’t as much time to make the full mouth position.

让我们来比较一下在上方重读的[ɪ]在单词fix和在下方非重读的[ɪ]的单词office。注意在重读音节，下巴会更下垂一点，在非重读音节[ɪ]，下巴则下垂更少。这是正常的，非重读音节很短，没有足够的时间去造出完整的嘴型。