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前面的音受后面的音影响,叫逆向型同化。
如news的单独读音是[nju:z],但在复合词newspaper中却读[ `nju:sp eIpE],[ nju:z]中的[z]在复合词[ `nju:sp eIpE]中由于受后面清辅音[p]的影响而清化变成了[s]。又如:used to 短语本该读成[ ju:zd tu],但受后面[t]的影响,浊辅音[d]变成了[t],而[t]又影响[z]的读音,使其清化为[s],所以现在应念成[ ju:s tu]。
Before I eat dinner, I read the newspaper for a while.
We read the newspaper every morning.
A: He is not the man he used to be. 他已经不是旧日的他了。
B: Don't worry. You'll get used to it in no time.
We used to go there every year.
Our company used to do business with theirs. 我们的公司过去和他们的公司常有业务往来。