Александр Переседов – Читай Как Native. Гайд по чтению английских слов (страница 48)

core, snore,

shore, score,

more, ore, bore,

lore, tore, chore,

store, shore, swore,

fore, wore, horse,

bourn, course,

fourth, your,

pour, court,

yours, four

oar, roar,

coarse, soar,

board, hoarse

Однако:

hour, sour,

our, flour,

lour, scour, stour

читаются через [aʊər] или [aʊr]

[aʊr] – редуцированная форма

Слова door, floor читаются со звуком [ɔ:r]

Ex. 2.3. Прочтите пары слов.

scope – score

flap – floor

cope – core

dap – door

map – more

shop – shore

cheap – chore

please – pour

youth – your

core – court

barn – bourn

start – store

four – fore

for – tore

no – soar

go – foe

Ex. 2.4. Прочтите предложения.

Pour more wine.

I need more ore.

Sweet to the core.

He was the fourth.

They met in court.

You can score four.

The man held an oar.

She heard a snore.

He found the bourn.

They ran the course.

The book is yours [z].

They build a board.

The road was coarse.

His voice was hoarse.

The beast gave a roar.

If you wait an hour,

the taste will be a bit sour.

Bring what you need on board.

At home I had a lot of [ɒv] chores [z].

It is our choice to bake with this flour.

She doesn't need to open the fourth store.

I find it coarse – I don't like the course.

In the store I bought a game with a good lore.

I ride my horse three to four times [z] a week.

Пояснения:

– yours –> [yɔ:rz]

– times –> [taɪmz]