gone, gun

gone - /ɡɑn/

gun - /ɡʌn/

• By the time they found the gun, the suspect was already gone.
• He realized the gun was gone from the drawer.
• She had gone hunting but forgot to bring her gun.
• The loud noise meant someone had fired a gun, and then quickly gone.
• If the gun is gone, we have a serious problem.
• The soldiers had gone into the forest with just one gun between them.
• When the lights came back on, the gun was gone, and so was the thief.
• He reached for the gun, but it was already gone.
• The tension gone, he lowered his gun and took a deep breath.
• Without his gun, he felt vulnerable and wished he hadn’t gone alone.

gone - /ɡɔn/ или /ɡɑn/ - past participle от “go”; ушедший, покинувший.

Gone рифмуется со словами: dawn, fawn, lawn, yawn, pawn.

• gun - /ɡʌn/ - пистолет, пушка, оружие, пушечный, оружейный, стрелять, охотиться.

Gun рифмуется со словами: sun, run, fun, done, one.

dawn - /dɔːn/ - рассвет

fawn - /fɔːn/ - олененок, молодой олень, лебезить, подлизываться, желтовато-коричневый.

lawn - / lɑ:n/ - лужайка, газон.

yawn - /jɔːn/ - зевать, позевывать, зиять, разверзаться, зевота, зевание, зазор, скучища.

pawn - /pɔːn/ - пешка, залог, заклад, закладывать, отдавать в залог, ручаться.

Звук /g/. General American

Звук /ɑ/. General American

Звук /ʌ/. General American

suffice, surface

suffice - /səˈfaɪs/

surface - /ˈsɜːrfəs/

• A quick wipe might suffice to clean the surface, but a deeper scrub is better.
• The explanation may suffice for now, but we need to dig beneath the surface.
• A surface apology won’t suffice if the damage is deep.
• The snow barely covered the surface, but it would suffice for a sled ride.
• If one coat of paint doesn’t suffice, sand the surface and try again.
• The surface of the water was calm, but that didn’t suffice to ease their fears.
• While the surface of the plan seemed solid, it wouldn’t suffice for long-term growth.
• A polite smile may suffice, even if the surface feeling is irritation.
• Your reasoning might suffice, but the surface data suggests something else.
• Though the surface looked clean, only a deep disinfectant would suffice.

• suffice - /səˈfaɪs/ - хватить, хватать, быть достаточным, удовлетворять. 

Suffice имеет долгий звук /aɪs/, как в слове rice.

Рифмуется со словами nice, advice, slice, ice.

• surface - /ˈsɜːrfəs/ - поверхность, поверхностный, внешний, всплывать.

Surface оканчивается на мягкий звук /əs/ , очень похожий на звук в слове "fuss".

Приблизительно рифмуется со словами purpose, circus, service.

fuss - /fʌs/ или  /fəs/ - суета, суматоха , волноваться, суетиться.

tongue, tank

tongue -  /tʌŋ/ 

tank - /tæŋk/

• He bit his tongue while trying to lift the heavy tank.
• The soldier’s tongue was dry after marching beside the armored tank.
• She stuck out her tongue as a joke while standing on the tank display.
• They painted a cartoon tongue on the side of the water tank.
• The taste of the soup lingered on his tongue as he drank from the metal tank.
• A snake’s tongue flicked near the old gas tank.
• He tried to speak, but his tongue felt heavy like a fuel tank.
• The clown pulled a fake tongue out of a tank full of toys.
• After biting his tongue, he spilled water from the tank.
• The fish stuck its tongue out near the glass of the aquarium tank.

• tongue -  /tʌŋ/ - язык, шпунт, язычок, шип, болтать, лизать, языковый.

Рифмуется со словами sung, lung, young, hung.

• tank - /tæŋk/ - бак, танк, резервуар, танковый, наливать в бак.

Рифмуется со словами bank, rank, thank, blank.

Звук /t/ в начале слова

Звук /ʌ/. General American

Звук /æ/. General American

own, oven

own - /oʊn/

oven - /ˈʌv.ən/ 

• I’d rather own a pizza place than just keep heating frozen meals in the oven.
• She baked the cake in her own oven instead of buying one from the store.
• We installed an oven in the tiny house we built on our own.
• He doesn’t own a microwave, only an oven.
• They decided to cook everything from scratch using only what they own, including the oven.
• I burned my hand on the oven, even though I used my own mitt.
• My grandma used to say, “If you can’t own your mistakes, stay out of the oven!”
• She decorated her own kitchen with a vintage oven from the 1950s.
• He bragged that he could own any cooking competition, as long as he had a good oven.
• The smell coming from the oven made me feel at home, even though it wasn’t my own house.

own - /oʊn/ или /əʊn/ - собственный, собственность, владеть, иметь, свой.

Own рифмуется со словами: phone, loan, stone, shown, grown.

• oven - /ˈʌv.ən/ - духовка, печь, духовой шкаф. 

Oven рифмуется со словами: coven, dozen, cousin.

Звук /oʊ/. General American

coven - /ˈkʌvn/ - шабаш ведьм, сборище. 

mitt - /mɪt/ - руковица.

Learn English Through Story: The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

Ошибки в произношении русскоязычных

 1. Русскоязычные часто допускают ошибки произнося звук /o/ вместо звуков / əʋ / (UK) и / oʋ / (US), например в словах:

both - bəʊθ

protest - ˈprəʊtɛst

И следует не превращать / əʊ / в / ɔː / : 

so итак səʊ - saw видел sɔː

low низкий ləʊ- law закон lɔː

bowl чаша bəʊl - ball мяч bɔːl

boat лодка bəʊt - bought купил bɔːt

close закрыть kləʊz - claws когти klɔːz

folk народ fəʊk - вилка fork fɔːk

show показать ʃəʊ - sure уверенный ʃɔː

tone тон təʊn - torn рваный tɔːn

foam пена fəʊm - form форма fɔːm

So I saw the boat he bought.  

səʊ aɪ sɔː ðə bəʊt hiː bɔːt

• Занятие 76. Звук / əʋ /
• Английские дифтонги: /oʊ/ /əʊ/ - секреты произношения [Youtube]

2. Произносят одинаково this и these, хотя произношение этих слов разное:

this colleague - ðɪsˈkɑliɡ

these colleagues - ðiz kɑliɡz

• Звук / s /
• Звуки / s / и / z /
• Звуки / ɪ /, / e /, / æ /, / s / , / z /, / d /, / t /
• Звуки / θ / и / s /, / ð / и / z /
• Почему русские "с" и "з" звучат как "Gay Lisp" в английском [Youtube]

3. Произносят t как русскую т, хотя звуки различаются, например в предлоге:

to - tu

• Звуки / t / и / tʃ /
• Flapping (Flap T) в американском, британском и австралийском английском [Youtube]

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