/ʊ/音标发音

/ʊ/作为一个短元音，发音要诀是发音时收小腹，牙床半合，短促有力。/ʊ/发音时双唇收圆，稍稍向外突出，嘴形小而圆，嘴角肌肉放松。舍身后缩，舌尖离开下齿。舌后部向软颚抬起，震动声带，短促有力发出/ʊ/音。也是一个元音音标，属于单元音、后元音及短元音。

1、oo在k前发短元音/ʊ/,例词：

cook/kʊk/vt.烹调

took/tʊk/v.拿

look/lʊk/vt.看

brook/brʊk/n.小溪

shook/ʃʊk/v.摇动

hook/hʊk/n.挂钩

2、oul在重读音节中发/ʊ/,例词：

should/ʃʊd/aux.应该

would/wʊd/aux.将

could/kʊd/aux.能够

3、u在某些情况下发/ʊ/,例词：

put/pʊt/vt.放

sugar/'ʃʊgə/n.糖

bull/bʊl/n.公牛

push/pʊʃ/vi.推进

butcher/ˈbʊtʃər/n.屠夫

绕口令

Butch is looking for his cookbook.He found wood,wool,and a hook.

布奇正在找他的烹饪书。他找到了木头、羊毛和一个钩子。

Good cookies could be cooked by a good cook,if a good cook could cook good cookies.

如果一位好的厨师能做出美味小甜品的话，那么好吃的小甜品是能够由这位厨师制作出来的。

Underwood would read book if Underwood knew where his book was Underwood's book was in Durwood's woods.Underwood went into Durwood's woods and got his book.

安德伍德如果知道他的书在哪儿的话，他就会读一读。安德伍德的书在伍德的森林里。安德伍德进入德伍德的森林去取他的书。