This is a diphthong, a double-vowel sound. The shape the mouth makes changes from the beginning of the sound to the end.
这是一个复合元音，双元音。嘴的形状从这个音的开始一直到最后都要变化。
It's pronounced/eə/. Did you notice how my mouth changed from the beginning to the end of the sound?
它的发音是/eə/。你有没有注意到我的嘴巴从这个音的开始到结尾是如何变化的？
Watch. /eə/ Now you try. /eə//eə/
仔细观察。/eə/现在你来试一下。/eə//eə/
Now here are some words that have the/eə/sound: square, fair, pair. Now you try. Listen and repeat: square, fair, pair.
现在这里有一些含有/eə/这个音的单词：square，fair，pair。现在你来试一下。仔细听然后跟我读：square，fair，pair。
Good. . . . . . .
很好。
Some learners may find it difficult to tell the difference between this sound/eə/and another sound, the short vowel/æ/. Listen carefully to hear the difference. For each example I'm going to say the word with/eə/ first.
有一些学生可能会觉得很难区分/eə/这个音和短元音/æ/。仔细听其中的区别。每一组例子我会先读有复合元音/eə/的单词。
dared-dad glared-glad
现在你试试。再听一遍，然后跟我读：dared-dad，glared-glad，Mary-marry。
Mary-marry Now you try. Listen again and repeat after me: dared-dad, glared-glad, Mary-marry.
不错。
Good.
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