Буквосочетание 'au' в большинстве случаев читается как звук [ɔː].
Некоторые исключения: aunt [ɑːnt], laugh [lɑːf], Saudi Arabia [ˌsaʊ.di əˈreɪ.bi.ə]
Прочитайте слова:
Paul, Laura, audio, autumn, author, aurora, August, Austria, Australia, laundry, launch, fault, pause, because, haunted, audience, applaud, applause, sauce, sauna, astronaut, automobile [ˈɔː.tə.mə.biːl], daughter, vault, caution, cautious, fauna, trauma, dinosaur, sausage, Santa Claus [klɔːz], caught, taught.
Прочитайте словосочетания и предложения:
Paul and Laura, flora and fauna, a son and a daughter, listen to the audio, an Australian author, a serious trauma, a huge dinosaur, a letter to Santa Claus, loud applause.
Laura is my daughter.
Paul was born in August.
I like pasta with sauce and sausages.
Let's make a pause!
Sorry, it's my fault.
My aunt is doing the laundry.
After a short pause there was loud applause.
The police never caught him because he was very cautious.
Прочитайте рифмовку:
Last autumn in Australia
I was amazed enough -
I saw a real dinosaur,
A sausage in its mouth!
It danced and twisted with a shake
And all that kind of staff...
Then I jumped up in bed awake
And had a good old laugh.