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]