雅思口语考试中Pronunciation（发音） 是四项评分标准之一，平时同学们备考会花很多时间在 Fluency & Coherence （流利度与连贯度）、Lexical Resource （词汇量）、Grammatical Range & Accuracy （语法范围与准确度）上面，很少有同学会有意识地注意自己的发音。
虽然，在口语考试中考生可以有一定的口音，但是发音这一项并不只是要求单词发音正确，理想的连读、恰当地停顿、单词的重音、以及自然的语调都是需要同学们注意提高的。那么这几项到底如何提高呢，其中的原则又是怎样呢？
示例
我们以下面这道part3 真题为例，来讲一讲发音的具体规则：
Part 3
Q: What kind of work do you think is the most challenging?
A: In the fast-changing world of modern healthcare, I think the job of a doctor is the most challenging one. And I would say it is more and more like the job of a chief executive. The people who run hospitals and physicians’ practices don’t just need to know medicine. They must also be able to balance budgets, motivate a large and diverse staff and make difficult marketing and legal decisions which means as a doctor, he or she should master variety of skills.
正确读法标注版：
连读为蓝色字体；重读为加粗字体；停顿为 /；升降调为↑↓。
In the fast-changing world of modern healthcare↑, / I think the job of a doctor is the most challenging one↓. /And I would say / it is more and more like the job of a chief executive↓. / The people / who run hospitals and physicians’ practices don’t just need to know medicine↓. They must also be able to balance budgets↑, / motivate a large and diverse staff↑ / and make difficult marketing and legal decisions↓, / which means as a doctor, he or she should master variety of skills. ↓
一． 连读的单词
一般情况下连读有两种情况：
a. 连读时的吞音。就是吞掉一个音位，一个音素，通常吞掉的是单词最后的t, d例如：
fast-changing fas-changing
I would say I woul-say
don’t just need to know
don-jus-nee-to know
diverse staff divers-taff
b. 直接连读catenation / linking，前一个词以辅音发音结尾，后一个以元音发音开头会用连读，例如:
of a of-a
二．需要注意重音的单词
在连贯的话语中，不可能所有单词都同样重要，因此我们需要区分关键词和相对次要的单词，然后将关键词重读，例如：
They must also be able to balance budgets, motivate a large and diverse staff and make difficult marketing and legal decisions, which means as a doctor, he or she should master variety of skills.
三． 需要停顿的点
a. 一般情况下，在口语陈述过程中，我们首先需要在标点符号处停顿，例如：
In the fast-changing world of modern healthcare, / I think the job of a doctor is the most challenging one.
b. 除此之外，当分句出现时也需要断句，例如：
The people / who run hospitals and physicians’ practices don’t just need to know medicine.
c. 在说较长的句子时，我们也需要根据意群进行停顿，例如：
They must also be able to balance budgets, / motivate a large and diverse staff / and make difficult marketing and legal decisions, / which means as a doctor, he or she should master variety of skills.
四． 确定每句断句和结尾处升降调
在口语考试过程中，即使考生绝大多数时间都是在做陈述（通常为降调），仍然有部分情况需要升调。具体的升降调情况如下。
a. 降调情况：
1. 陈述句，例如：
The people who run hospitals and physicians’ practices don’t just need to know medicine↓.
2. 感叹句；
3. 以when，where， how 等开头的特殊疑问句；
b. 升调情况：
1. 疑问句；
2. 陈述句较长，中间划分意群，例如：
They must also be able to balance budgets↑, motivate a large and diverse staff↑ and make difficult marketing and legal decisions↓, which means as a doctor, he or she should master variety of skills. ↓
总结：口语考试中的发音除了简单的跟读之外，也需要同学们了解发音的细节规则，并且进行有针对性的练习。这样在备考的过程中才可以有的放矢，实现提分。
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