深圳新航道小编分享英语中容易混淆的部分发音，在雅思备考期间，考生们可以多看看，多读读，多听听，做好充足的准备，应对考试。下面就一起来看看吧!
Pronunciation of minimal pairs
最小对立体练习发音
什么是最小对立体：
它是语言学分支语音学的重要专业术语。最小对立体指除了出现在同一位置上的一个音之外其余都相同的两个语音组合。
下面列出几对大家最容易混淆的发音
Minimal pairs /i/ and /i:/
bin bean
chip cheap
his he’s
it eat
sit seat
did deed
fill feel
fit feet
grin green
hit heat
is ease
mitt meet
slip sleep
still steal
Minimal pairs /æ/ and /e/
bad bed
man men
and end
axe X
bag beg
had head
ham hem
jam gem
pan pen
pat pet
sad said
sat set
band bend
Bat bet
dad dead
Minimal pairs /e/ and /i/
dead did
desk disk
belt built
fell fill
head hid
lLeft lift
mess miss
bed bid
beg big
bell bill
bet bit
check chick
gem gym
hell hill
hem him
let lit
pet pit
Minimal pairs /e/ and /ei/
wet wait
bed bade
bread braid
fell fail
get gate
let late
M aim
pen pain
rest raced
sell sale
tech take
test taste
well whale
west waist
best based
chess chase
debt date
edge age
gel jail
led laid
lens lanes
men main
met mate
pent paint
Minimal pairs /əu/ and /ɔ:/
bowl ball
O or
so saw
boat bought
drone drawn
know nor
note nought
show sure
chose chores
close claws
doe door
dome dorm
doze doors
know nor
low law
moaning morning
owe or
Minimal pairs /a:/ and /ə:/
fast first
hard heard
heart hurt
pass purse
bath birth
bard bird
car cur
card curd
far fur
farm firm
guard gird
hard herd
pa per
Minimal pairs /æ/ and /ʌ/
bat but
batter butter
cap cup
cat cut
match much
bad bud
began begun
drank drunk
fan fun
hat hut
ran run
sang sung
swam swum
bag bug
ankle uncle
stand stunned
Minimal pairs /ɔ/ and /əu/
not note
want won’t
cost coast
non known
odd owed
rod road
rot wrote
sop soap
stock stoke
tossed toast
Minimal pairs /b/ and /v/
ban van
bat vat
beer veer
boat vote
serb serve
bars vase
best vest
bet vet
bow vow
bowels vowels
Minimal pairs /b/ and /p/
bar pa
be p
big pig
buy pie
bay pay
bear pair
bet pet
bill pill
bin pin
bore poor
bought port
cub cup
Minimal pairs /n/ and /ŋ/
/n/鼻音(舌头抵住上齿龈,鼻腔发音)
/ŋ/鼻音(舌头放下,嘴巴张大,鼻腔发音)
band banged
hand hanged
sin sing
sun sung
win wing
wind winged
pan pang
pin ping
tin ting
Minimal pairs /l/ and /r/
/l/舌侧音(抵住上齿龈，从口腔发音)
/r/卷舌音(卷舌，舌头不抵住上齿龈，舌头处于悬空的状态，口腔发音)
alive arrive
fly fry
light right
long wrong
collect correct
glamour grammar
glass grass
lace race
lane rain
law raw
lead read
leader reader
led red
lighter writer
load road
lock rock
locker rocker
lot rot
play pray
late rate
lead read
lice rice
