/e/ (短音)/eɪ/ (双元音)释义
这两个元音国内的学生也容易犯错。我的学生很多人一开始是把 /e/ 发成 /eɪ/， 或者把 /eɪ/ 发成 /e/.
这两个音其实非常容易区分，/e/ 是单元音，而 /eɪ/ 是双元音。发 /eɪ/这个音，是先发 /e/ 再滑动到 /ɪ/.
下面列出一些分别含有/e/和/eɪ/的单词给大家练习。这些词都是国内中小学英语教材中的词汇。
| /e/ | /eɪ/ |
| let /let/ | late /leɪ/ |
| met /met/ | mate /meɪt/ |
| men /men/ | main /meɪn/ |
| pen /pen/ | pain /peɪn/ |
| west /west/ | waist /weɪst/ |
| fell /fel/ | fail /feɪl/ |
下面的句子里还有 /e/ 和 /eɪ/ 发音，供大家练习：
1. He is late, don't let him in.
2. I met my classmate Bill.
3. Two men stand in front of the main entrance.
4. He fell down and failed to stand up.
5. Tom attacked me with his pen from my west. I felt a sharp pain in my waist.