Звуки американского английского /æ/, /ɑ/, /ʌ/ отличаются от русского звука "а".
cam - calm - come
/kæm - kɑm - kʌm/
(front - back - central)
(lax/tense - tense - lax)
- The cam made calm cats come closer.
/ðə kæm meɪd kɑm kæts kʌm ˈkloʊsɚ/
- When the cam clicks, stay calm and come quickly.
/wɛn ðə kæm klɪks steɪ kɑm ænd kʌm ˈkwɪkli/
- Fix the cam, keep calm, and come at noon.
/fɪks ðə kæm kip kɑm ænd kʌm æt nun/
lack - lock - luck
læk - lɑk - lʌk
- For luck, lock the door; don’t lack the key.
/fɚ lʌk lɑk ðə dɔr, doʊnt læk ðə ki/
- They lack luck when they lock the wrong latch.
/ðeɪ læk lʌk wɛn ðeɪ lɑk ðə rɔŋ lætʃ/
- Lock and lack of luck can ruin plans.
/lɑk ænd læk əv lʌk kæn ˈruən plænz/
Во всех трех случаях не должно звучать как русское слово "лак"!
last - lost - lust
læst - lɑst - lʌst
- At last, lust is lost in quiet trust.
/æt læst, lʌst ɪz lɑst ɪn ˈkwaɪət trʌst/
- Lost in lust, he forgot his last chance.
/lɑst ɪn lʌst, hi fɚˈɡɑt hɪz læst tʃæns/
- Last night, lost love turned into lust.
/læst naɪt, lɑst lʌv tɝnd ˈɪntu lʌst/
hat - hot - hut
hæt - hɑt - hʌt- The hot hut hid a hat on the hook.
- In his hat, hot soup spilled in the hut.
- A hut, a hot pan, and a hat in a heap.
- The sack and sock both suck in the storm.
- Don’t suck the sock you put in the sack.
- A sock, a sack, then suck the straw.
- The cat on the cot got cut by a claw.
- Cut the cat off the cot, not the coat.
- On the cot, the cut cat sat and slept.
bag - bog - bug
bæɡ - bɑɡ - bʌɡ
- The bag in the bog had a bug inside.
/ðə bæɡ ɪn ðə bɑɡ hæd ə bʌɡ ɪnˈsaɪd/
- A bug from the bog bit the bag.
/ə bʌɡ frəm ðə bɑɡ bɪt ðə bæɡ/
- Bog bugs bag the food? No—bag bugs bog us!
/bɑɡ bʌɡz bæɡ ðə fud? noʊ—bæɡ bʌɡz bɑɡ ʌs/
rat - rot - rut
ræt - rɑt - rʌt
- The rat fell into a rut and caused rot.
/ðə ræt fɛl ˈɪntu ə rʌt ænd kɑzd rɑt/
- Rot makes a rat stuck in a rut.
/rɑt meɪks ə ræt stʌk ɪn ə rʌt/
- In a rut, the rat avoids rot.
/ɪn ə rʌt, ðə ræt əˈvɔɪdz rɑt/
mad - mod - mud
mæd - mɑd - mʌd
- The mad mod fell into mud.
/ðə mæd mɑd fɛl ˈɪntu mʌd/
- Mud made the mod mad.
/mʌd meɪd ðə mɑd mæd/
- A mod went mad in the mud.
/ə mɑd wɛnt mæd ɪn ðə mʌd/
