R音节就是由五个元音字母分别加辅音字母R一起构成的音节它们分别是：ar ，er ，ir ，or ，ur。Ｒ音节在单词中出现频率较高，所以掌握Ｒ音节的读音对单词的拼读与记忆非常重要。

一、ＡＲ

1. ar在重读音节中读[a:]

   例如：sharpener [‘ʃɑ:pənə] car [kɑ:] dark [dɑ:k] arm [ɑ:m] card [kɑ:d] park [pɑ:k] hard [hɑ:d] farmer [‘fɑ:mə] party [‘pɑ:ti] artist [‘ɑ:tist] garden [‘gɑ:dn] far [fɑ:]

2. 在非重读音节中读[ə]　

   例如：dollar[‘dɔlə] popular [‘pɔpjulə] sugar [‘ʃugə]

3. ar在W后读[ɔ:]　

4. 例如：wardrobe [‘wɔ:drəub]warm[wɔ:m]war[wɔ:] towards [tə’wɔ:dz] rewarding [ri’wɔ:diŋ]

二、ＥＲ

１、er在重读音节中读[ε:]

例如：term [tə:m] certainly [‘sə:tənli] person [‘pə:sn] university [,ju:ni’və:siti] Germany [‘dʒə:məni] serve [sə:v] prefer [pri’fə:] deserve [di’zə:v] nervous [‘nə:vəs] expert [ek’spə:t]

２、在非重读音节中读[ə]

例如：number [‘nʌmbə] ruler [‘ru:lə] father [‘fɑ:ðə] after [‘ɑ:ftə]

三、ＩＲ

１、ir在重读音节中读[ε:]

例如：skirt [skə:t] thirty [‘θə:ti] thirsty [‘θə:sti] first [fə:st] birthday [‘bə:θdei] circle [‘sə:kl] dirty [‘də:ti]

四、ＯＲ

１、or在重读音节中读[ɔ:]

例如：for [fɔ:] short [ʃɔ:t] sport [spɔ:t] born [bɔ:n] report [ri’pɔ:t] north [nɔ:θ] fork [fɔ:k] nor [nɔ:] order [‘ɔ:də] corner [‘kɔ:nə] storm [stɔ:m] afford [ə’fɔ:d] performance [pə’fɔ:məns] pork [pɔ:k]

２、在非重读音节中读[ə]

例如： doctor [‘dɔktə] inventor [in’ventə] conductor [kən’dʌktə] scissors [‘sizəz] comfortable [‘kʌmfətəbl]

３、or在W后读[ε:]

例如：work [wə:k] word [wə:d] world [wə:ld] worse [wə:s] worth [wə:θ]

五、ＵＲ

１、ur在重读音节中读[ε:]

例如：purse [pə:s] purple [‘pə:pl] Thursday [‘θə:zdi] turkey [‘tə:ki] turn [tə:n] church [tʃə:tʃ] disturb [dis’tə:b] hurt [hə:t] return [ri’tə:n] surfing [‘sə:fiŋ] Turkey [‘tə:ki]