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 ['?ɑ:p?n?] car [kɑ:] dark [dɑ:k] arm [ɑ:m] card [kɑ:d] park [pɑ:k] hard [hɑ:d] farmer ['fɑ:m?] party ['pɑ:ti] artist ['ɑ:tist] garden ['gɑ:dn] far [fɑ:]
在非重读音节中读[?]
例如：dollar['d?l?] popular ['p?pjul?] sugar ['?ug?]
ar在W后读[?:]
例如：wardrobe ['w?:dr?ub]warm[w?:m]war[w?:] towards [t?'w?:dz] rewarding [ri'w?:di?]
二、ＥＲ
１、er在重读音节中读[ε:]
例如：term [t?:m] certainly ['s?:t?nli] person ['p?:sn] university [,ju:ni'v?:siti] Germany ['d??:m?ni] serve [s?:v] prefer [pri'f?:] deserve [di'z?:v] nervous ['n?:v?s] expert [ek'sp?:t]
２、在非重读音节中读[?]
例如：number ['n?mb?] ruler ['ru:l?] father ['fɑ:e?] after ['ɑ:ft?]
三、ＩＲ
１、ir在重读音节中读[ε:]
例如：skirt [sk?:t] thirty ['θ?:ti] thirsty ['θ?:sti] first [f?:st] birthday ['b?:θdei] circle ['s?:kl] dirty ['d?:ti]
四、ＯＲ
１、or在重读音节中读[?:]
例如：for [f?:] short [??:t] sport [sp?:t] born [b?:n] report [ri'p?:t] north [n?:θ] fork [f?:k] nor [n?:] order ['?:d?] corner ['k?:n?] storm [st?:m] afford [?'f?:d] performance [p?'f?:m?ns] pork [p?:k]
２、在非重读音节中读[?]
例如： doctor ['d?kt?] inventor [in'vent?] conductor [k?n'd?kt?] scissors ['siz?z] comfortable com ['k?mf?t?bl]
３、or在W后读[ε:]
例如：work [w?:k] word [w?:d] world [w?:ld] worse [w?:s] worth [w?:θ]
五、ＵＲ
１、ur在重读音节中读[ε:]
例如：purse [p?:s] purple ['p?:pl] Thursday ['θ?:zdi] turkey ['t?:ki] turn [t?:n] church [t??:t?] disturb [dis't?:b] hurt [h?:t] return [ri't?:n] surfing ['s?:fi?] Turkey ['t?:ki]
