怎么发air，pair，pear的元音？

人行明镜中

中国人的教程里，把它当成双元音，但是在老外的教程里找不到，可见，他们不把它当成单独的双元音，可能当成单独的两个元音。但是我听着，觉得第一个元音比／e／的舌位要高。大家怎么看待这个音的？

竹声

You've brought up an interesting point about the subtle difference. The vowel does have a tongue position between /e/ and /i/, and we can say it's a separate vowel with /r/ coloring.

人行明镜中

竹声 发表于 2012-4-21 17:03
0 E, R9 w% Y3 E/ S& gYou've brought up an interesting point about the subtle difference. The vowel does have a tongue pos ...

+ Z; s, H9 |! R; f( w7 l& v5 _2 o' IThanks for your confirmation. Sometimes I am not sure if I catch English sounds precisely, so I would like to check with folks here. I know some of them are very good at it.