时间:2018-11-30 作者:英语课 分类:美语口音训练第一册


英语课
Exercise 1-17: Staircase 1 Intonation 2 Practice CD 1 Track 26

Draw one step of the staircase for each word of the paragraph. Start a new staircase for every

stressed word. There usually is more than one staircase in a sentence. New sentences don't have to

start new staircases 3; they can continue from the previous sentence until you come to a stressed word.

I'll read the beginning sentences. Check the first sentence against the example. Then put the words of

the second sentence on a staircase, based on the way I read it. Remember, I'm exaggerating 4 to make

a point.

Hello, my’ name is______________. I'm taking American Accent Training. There's a lot to

learn, but I hope to make it as enjoyable as possible. I should pick up on the American intonation

pattern pretty easily, although the only way to get it is to practice all of the time. I use the up and

down, or peaks and valleys, intonation more than I used to. I've been paying attention to pitch,

too. It's like walking down a staircase. I've been talking to a lot of Americans lately, and they tell

me that I'm easier to understand. Anyway, I could go on and on, but the important thing is to

listen well and sound good. Well, what do you think? Do I?

V Write out the rest of the staircases.

× Turn the CD back on to check your staircases with the way I read the paragraph. × Pause the

CD again to check your staircases in the Answer Key, beginning on page 193. × Back up the

CD, and listen and repeat my reading of the paragraph while following the staircases in the

Answer Key.

1 staircase
n.楼梯,楼梯间
  • Footsteps on the staircase interrupted his train of thought.楼梯上传来脚步声,打断了他的思路。
  • I crossed the staircase landing,and entered the room she indicated.我经过一个楼梯平台,走进她说的那个房间。
2 intonation
n.语调,声调;发声
  • The teacher checks for pronunciation and intonation.老师在检查发音和语调。
  • Questions are spoken with a rising intonation.疑问句是以升调说出来的。
3 staircases
n.楼梯( staircase的名词复数 )
  • We have fully functional smoke alarms on all staircases. 我们在各层楼梯都安装有完全可用的烟雾警报器。 来自辞典例句
  • A slender superstructure was dictated with gently sloping approaches rather than staircases. 细长的上部结构,带有微缓斜坡接坡,比布置阶梯为优。 来自辞典例句
4 exaggerating
(使)扩大( exaggerate的现在分词 ); (使)增加; 夸大; 夸张
  • The hotel was really filthy and I'm not exaggerating. 我不是夸张,这旅店真的很脏。
  • The salesman padded the bill for his travelling expenses by exaggerating his food expenses. 那个推销员在用餐费上弄虚作假,多报差旅费。