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

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:]

在非重读音节中读[ə]

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

ar在W后读[ɔ:]

例如：wardrobe [wɔ:drəub]warm[wɔ:m]war[wɔ:] towards [təwɔ:dz] rewarding [riwɔ: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:nivə:siti] Germany [dʒə:məni] serve [sə:v] prefer [prifə:] deserve [dizə:v] nervous [nə:vəs] expert [ekspə: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 [ripɔ:t] north [nɔ:θ] fork [fɔ:k] nor [nɔ:] order [ɔ:də] corner [kɔ:nə] storm [stɔ:m] afford [əfɔ:d] performance [pəfɔ:məns] pork [pɔ:k]

２、在非重读音节中读[ə]

例如： doctor [dɔktə] inventor [inventə] conductor [kəndʌktə] 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 [distə:b] hurt [hə:t] return [ritə:n] surfing [sə:fiŋ] Turkey [tə:ki]