第1课：字母表

Lesson 1: the Alphabet

所有英文单词均由26个字母组成。 在这里，它们是资本化和非资本化的。

All English words are made from the 26 letters of the alphabet. Here they are, capitalised and un-capitalised.

A B C D E

F G H I J

K L M N O

P Q R S T

U V W X Y

Z (zed)

[US: Z (zee)

a b c d e

f g h i j

k l m n o

p q r s t

u v w x y

z (zed)

[US: z (zee)

一个或多个字母组成一个英语单词。 单词之间用空格隔开。 一个或多个单词构成一个句子。

One or more letters of the alphabet makes an English word. Words are separated by spaces. One or more words makes a sentence.

在这句话中，前三个词是“ 在”，“ 这”和“ 句子”。

In this sentence, the first three words are "In", "this" and "sentence".

句子中的第一个单词通常以大写字母开头。 最后一个词通常以句号结尾。 有关英语中使用的特殊字符（例如句号）的列表，请参阅第2课。

The first word in a sentence usually starts with a capital letter. The last word usually ends with a full-stop. Refer to Lesson 2 for a list of special characters, such as a full-stop, used in English.

英文中最短的单词是“ 一个”和“ 我”。 最长的是“肺部超微镜显微镜伏伏性肺炎”。

The shortest words in English are "a" and "I". The longest is "pneumono-ultra-microscopic-silico-volcano-coniosis".

与包括拼音在内的许多语言不同，英语中没有字母“口音”。

Unlike many languages including pinyin, there are no letter "accents" in English.

字母A，E，I，O和U称为元音。 它们是通过开放式气道制成的柔和声音。 所有其他字母表中的字母称为consonents。 它们更难，更有敲击声。

The letters A, E, I, O and U are called vowels. They are soft sounds made with an open airway. All other letters of the alphabet are called consonents. They are harder, more percussive sounds.