在辅音字母里面,字母H一般发摩擦音[h],或者不发音(voiceless)。字母H可以与其它辅音字母组合一起发音,H双字母组合有五个:ch、gh、 ph、 sh 、th,它们的读音分别归纳如下:
1.字母CH组合读[k],例如:school [sku:l] ache [eɪk] stomach[ˈstʌmək] mechanics [məˈkænɪk] chemistry [ˈkemɪstri];
2.字母CH组合读[ʃ],例如:machine [mə'ʃi:n] chef [ʃef]
3.字母CH组合读[tʃ],例如:teacher ['ti:tʃə] much [mʌtʃ] child [tʃaild] China ['tʃainə] chair[tʃɛə] watch [wɔtʃ] lunch [lʌntʃ] catch [kætʃ] chips [tʃip] ouch [autʃ] chess [tʃes] each [i:tʃ] French [frentʃ] chicken ['tʃikin] cheap [tʃi:p] match [mætʃ] March [mɑ:tʃ] church [tʃə:tʃ] change [tʃeindʒ] such [sʌtʃ] channel ['tʃænl]
二、GH组合1.字母GH组合读[f],例如:laugh [lɑ:f] enough [ɪˈnʌf] cough [kɒf] tough[tʌf] rough[rʌf]
2.字母GH组合读不发音(voiceless),例如:light [lait]fight [fait]high[hai] night[nait] eight[eit] weight[weit] neighbor['neɪbə] daughter[ˈdɔ:tə(r)] through[θru:] though[ðəʊ]
三、PH组合字母PH组合读[f],例如:phone [fəun] photo ['fəutəu] dolphin ['dɔlfin] elephant ['elifənt] telephone ['telifəun] geography [dʒi'ɔgrəfi] physics ['fiziks] telegraph ['teligrɑf]
四、SH组合2)字母SH组合读[ʃ],例如:English ['iŋgliʃ] sharpener ['ʃɑ:pənə] she [ʃi:] shoe [ʃu:] short [ʃɔ:t] fish [fiʃ] shop [ʃɔp] wash [wɔʃ] dish [diʃ] wish [wiʃ] shall [ʃæl] push [puʃ] crash [kræʃ]
五、TH组合1.字母TH组合读浊音[ð],例如:that [ðæt] this [ðis] father ['fɑ:ðə] these [ði:z] they [ðei] brother ['brʌðə] with [wið] other ['ʌðə];
2.字母TH组合读清音[θ],例如:think [θiŋk] thing [θiŋ] something ['sʌmθiŋ] math [mæθ] health [helθ] third [θə:d] thousand ['θauzənd] south [sauθ] thin [θin] truth [tru:θ] thanks [θæŋks]