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今天要學習的第一種韻腳，就是字尾為 -ear / -eer / -ere / -ier 等字的押韻。

・-ear / -eer / -ere / -ier 押韻

1. hear / ear
I could not hear what you whispered in my ear.
 我聽不見你對我耳語的內容。

2. severe / fear
His pain was so severe he grabbed my arm in fear.
他的疼痛是如此的劇烈，以至於害怕得抓住我的手臂。

3. volunteer / frontier
If I were younger I would volunteer to go and map the new frontier.
如果我年輕一點的話，我會自願去縮製新的邊界。

4. career / engineer
My chosen career is to be an electrical engineer.
我選擇的工作是要成為一名電子工程師。

5. cheer / beer
Everyone at the bar let out a cheer, raised their glasses and drank down their beer.
在酒館中的每個人都發出了歡呼聲，舉起他們的杯子並喝乾了啤酒。

6. disappear / clear
The magician said he would disappear, in a flash, the stage was clear.
魔術師說他會消失，轉瞬間舞台上已空無一人。

資料來源：http://mag.udn.com/mag/edu/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=513777#ixzz31mFNlGQA