Exercise 1-3: Noun and Pronoun Intonation In the first column, stress the nouns. In the second column, stress the verb. Fill in your own examples at the bottom. 填写你自己的例子 ......1...... Bob sees Betty. He sees her. ......2...... Betty k

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Exercise 1-2 noun intonation Practice the noun stress pattern after me, using pitch change. Add your own examples of the end. Add your own examples. ......1...... Dogs eat bones. ......2...... Mike likes bikes. ......3...... Elsa wants a book. ......

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Staircase Intonation So what is intonation in American English? What do Americans do? We go up and down staircases. We start high and end low. Every time we want to stress a word or an idea, we just start a new staircase. That sounds simple enough, b

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Chapter 1 American Intonation The American Speech Music What to Do with Your Mouth to Sound American One of the main differences between the way an American talks and the way the rest of the world talks is that we don't really move our lips. (So, whe

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Exercise 1-5: Four Main Reasons for Intonation Depending on the situation, a word may be stressed for any of the following reasons: New Information Opinion Contrast and the word Can't 1. New Information It sounds like rain. Rain is the new informatio

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Exercise 1-4: Sentence Intonation Test Pause the CD and underline or highlight the words that you think should be stressed. Check Answer Key, beginning on page 193 1. Sam sees Bill. 11. He sees him. 2. She wants one. 12. Mary wants a car. 3. Betty li

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Exercise 1-8: Meaning of Pretty Native speakers make a clear distinction between pretty easily (easily) and pretty easily (a little difficult). Repeat the answers after me paying close attention to your stress. Question: How did you like the movie? A

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Exercise 1-6: Pitch and Meaning Change Practice saying the four sentences after me. Pay close attention to the changes in pitch that you must make to convey the different meanings intended. The words to be stressed are indicated in bold face. 1. It s

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Exercise 1-7: Individual Practice Practice saying the sentences after the suggestion and the beep tone. You will be given only a short time in which to reply so that you won't have the leisure to overthink. Start speaking as soon as you hear the tone

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Exercise 1-37: Descriptions and Set PhrasesGoldilocks Read the story and stress the indicated words. Notice if they are a description, a set phrase or contrast. For the next level of this topic, go to page 111. Repeat after me. There is a little girl

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Exercise 1-38: Consistent Noun Stress in Changing Verb Tenses This is a condensed exercise for you to practice simple intonation with a wide range of verb tenses. When you do the exercise the first time, go through stressing only the nouns Dogs eat b

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Exercise 1-39: Consistent Pronoun Stress In Changing Verb Tenses This is the same as the previous exercise, except you now stress the verbs: They eat them. Practice this until you are quite comfortable with the intonation. Notice that in fluent speec

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Exercise 1-40: Intonation in Your Own Sentence On the first of the numbered lines below, write a three-word sentence that you frequently use, such as Computers organize information or Lawyers sign contracts and put it through the 25 changes. This exe

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Exercise 1 -43: Yes, You Can or No, You Can't? Next you use a combination of intonation and pronunciation to make the difference between can and can't. Reduce the positive can to [k 'n] and stress the verb. Make the negative can't ([k渀(t)]) sound v

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Exercise 1 -44: Building an Intonation Sentence Repeat after me the sentences listed in the following groups. 1 I bought a sandwich. 2 I said I bought a sandwich. 3 I said I think I bought a sandwich. 4 I said I really think I bought a sandwich. 5 I

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Exercise 1-47: Regular Transitions of Adjectives and Verbs A different change occurs when you go from an adjective or a noun to a verb. The stress stays in the same place, but the -mate in an adjective is completely reduced [-m't], whereas in a verb,

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Exercise 1-48: Regular Transitions of Adjectives and Verbs Mark the intonation or indicate the long vowel on the italicized word, depending which part of speech it is. Pause the CD and mark the proper syllables. See Answer Key, beginning on page 193.

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Exercise 1-53: Read aloud from the right-hand column. The intonation is marked for you. To today tonight tomorrow to work to school to the store We have to go now. He went to work They hope to find it. I can't wait to find out. We don't know what to

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Exercise 1-54: Intonation and Pronunciation of That That is a special case because it serves three different grammatical functions. The relative pronoun and the conjunction are reducible. The demonstrative pronoun cannot be reduced to a schwa sound.

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Exercise 1-55: Crossing Out Reduced Sounds Pause the CD and cross out any sound that is not clearly pronounced, including to, for, and, that, than, the, a, the soft , and unstressed syllables that do not have strong vowel sounds. Exercise 1-56: Readi

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