字母组合“al”通常有两种发音：
字母组合“al”在多数情况下发音为长元音/ɔ:/，例如：all /ɔ:l/, walk /wɔ:k/, ball /bɔ:l/,
hall /hɔ:l/ , talk /tɔ:k/, chalk /tʃɔ:k/, small /smɔ:l/, salt
/sɔ:t/… 发这个音时要收圆双唇，并向前突出。
字母组合“al”在少数情况下发音为长元音/a:/，例如：half /ha:f/, palm /pa:m/ (手掌) …
发这个音时，口型比读/ɔ:/时要大，就像是感冒看医生，医生让你开口说“啊”以检查喉咙时，这个“啊”的发音。
请朗读下面的小韵文，注意字母组合“al”的发音哦！
Mary has a small dog.
She likes walking the dog.
The dog likes catching a ball.
Mary often throws it a blue ball.
It can run and walk after the ball.
One day Mary can’t find the ball.
Ha-ha, the dog hides the ball in the hall.