с. № Pronunciation where and were
Listen and repeat. Can you think of more words that have similar pronunciation? where /weə/; were /wɜː/. Where were you born?
Решение
Where означает «где», were — форму прошедшего времени глагола be для you/we/they. Звуки различаются: в where — [eə], в were — долгий [ɜː]. Похожее произношение имеют пары wear [weə] — «носить» и word [wɜːd] — «слово»; ещё можно сравнить hair [heə] и her [hɜː]. В образцовом предложении Where were you born? первое слово вопросительное, второе — глагол. Перевод: «Где ты родился?»
Ответ
where [weə] — wear [weə], hair [heə]; were [wɜː] — word [wɜːd], her [hɜː]. Where were you born?
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