The Days of the Week:

Monday, Monday is spelled with an O, but it is pronounced as the ‘UH’ as in ‘BUTTER’. Monday.

Now all of the days of the week, of course, end in the word ‘day’, and it is pronounced the same

in each of these days of the week, with the AY Diphthong.

Tuesday, Tuesday, Tuesday.

Wednesday. Now, Wednesday is spelled with a D, but that D is silent.

Wedn-es-day, Wednesday, Wednesday.

Thursday. The TH that begins this sound is unvoiced: Th. Thurs-day.

So with this we have that tricky UR [ɜ] vowel-consonant mix.

So we go from the Th straight to that uurr straight to the zz.

So in a way, there is no real pure vowel sound in that first syllable. Thursday.

Friday. It’s spelled with an I but it’s pronounced the Diphthong ai, ai, Fri-, Friday, Friday.

Saturday. Now this is, of course, spelled with a T, Sat-, but it is pronounced as a D, Sadder.

Just like ‘I am sad, and now I’m sadder; it’s pronounced exactly the same way.

Saturday. Saturday.

Sunday. Sunday is very straight-forward, isn’t it? Sunday.

Now to focus on, how the sound looks in the mouth, and not just how it sounds to the ear.

I’m going to step through the beginning sound for each of these days of the week.

Here you can see the M sound being formed. The lips are still together,

but the teeth are already starting to separate within the mouth,

which is why the lips look a little bit pulled. This is the sound for ‘Tuesday’.

You can see the teeth are together to make that Tt, tt, sound

and the corners of the lips are starting to come in to make that OO sound.

And this is the Ww Wednesday sound. As you can see, the lips have come in to make this OO shape,

which is critical for correctly pronouncing the W sound. This is the Th sound for Thursday.

In this Th sound, the tongue must come out from the teeth.

It’s a little bit harder to see here because my bottom lip is covering up my bottom teeth.

But you can see that tongue, still, coming out underneath the top teeth.

The Ff, Friday sound. Here, the bottom lip is coming up and touching the very bottom of the top

front teeth, Ff. And you can see that the mouth is not completely relaxed because you see a little

bit of tension in the cheeks around the corners of the mouth.

Here we have the ss sound, which begins both Saturday and Sunday. Ss. Again,

it is not so clear to see in speaking because my bottom lip is covering up my bottom teeth.

They have come together so that the air can release to make that Ss sound.

Now I’m going to show the photos in random order, and I want you to guess, based on what you see,

what is that beginning sound, what is that Day of the Week.

If you are watching this video through my website, you can see the answers below the transcript.

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The Days of the Week:

Monday, Monday 拼写为 O，但 发音为“UH”，如“BUTTER”。 周一。

当然，现在一周中的所有日子都 以单词“day”结尾，并且

在一周中的每一天都发音相同 ，使用 AY 双元音。

周二，周二，周二。

周三。 现在，星期三 用 D 拼写，但 D 是无声的。

星期三，星期三，星期三。

周四。 开始这个声音的 TH 是清音的：Th。 周四。

所以有了这个，我们就有了棘手的 UR [ɜ] 元音-辅音混合。

所以我们从 Th 直接 到那个 uurr 直接到 zz。

所以在某种程度上 ，第一个音节中没有真正的纯元音。 周四。

星期五。 它用 I 拼写，但发音 为 Diphthong ai、ai、Fri-、Friday、Friday。

周六。 当然，现在它拼写为 T，Sat-，但发音为 D，Sadder。

就像‘我很难过，现在我更难过； 它的发音方式完全相同。

周六。 周六。

星期日。 星期天很 简单，不是吗？ 星期日。

现在要关注声音在 嘴里的样子，而不仅仅是在耳朵里的声音。

我将逐步介绍 一周中每一天的开始声音。

在这里你可以看到 M 音正在形成。 嘴唇仍然在一起，

但牙齿已经开始 在嘴里分开，

这就是为什么嘴唇看起来有点拉扯的原因。 这是“星期二”的声音。

你可以看到牙齿合 在一起发出 Tt, tt, 声音

，嘴唇的角 开始进入发出 OO 声音。

这就是 Ww 星期三的声音。 正如你所 看到的，嘴唇已经进入了这个 OO 形状，

这对于正确发音 W 音至关重要。 这是星期四的 Th 音。

在这个 Th 音中，舌头 必须从牙齿中出来。

这里有点难看，因为 我的下唇盖住了我的下牙。

但是你可以看到那条舌头，仍然 从上面的牙齿下面伸出来。

Ff，星期五的声音。 在这里，下唇 向上并接触到

上前牙的最底部，Ff。 而且你可以看到嘴巴 没有完全放松，因为你看到嘴角周围

的脸颊有一点紧张 。

这里我们有 ss 声音，它 从周六和周日开始。 SS。 再说一次，

说话时看不太清楚，因为 我的下唇盖住了我的下牙。

他们走到了一起，这样空气 就可以释放出来，发出 Ss 的声音。

现在我要以随机顺序展示这些照片 ，我想让你根据你所看到的来

猜测，开始的声音 是什么，星期几是什么。

如果您正在通过我的网站观看此视频， 您可以在成绩单下方看到答案。