Tomorrow starts the Chinese New Year 4718, the year of the Metal Rat according to the Chinese calendar
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Pronunciation
Chess? Cheese? Beach? .....? Pronunciation IS important. This story, already a classic by now, is particularly funny and illustrative of how a sound can completely change the meaning of a word (By the way, sorry about the dirty words -I hope nobody takes offence ...:-)
These words (Sheep/ship) are called “minimal pairs” (pairs of words which differ in only one 'sound' (phoneme) and have different meanings. Here (and in your book interactive material) you have many other good examples:
http://www.shiporsheep.com/page1.html (just put the cursor on the words, don't click on them)
These words (Sheep/ship) are called “minimal pairs” (pairs of words which differ in only one 'sound' (phoneme) and have different meanings. Here (and in your book interactive material) you have many other good examples:
http://www.shiporsheep.com/page1.html (just put the cursor on the words, don't click on them)