美式英语正音训练第80期:练习5(14)
时间：2018-12-27 作者：英语课 分类：美式英语正音训练
英语课
Exercise 5-14: Tandem 1 Reading
The last reading that I'd like you to do is one along with me.
Up to now, I have read first and you have repeated in the pause that followed.
Now, however, I would like you to read along at exactly the same time that I read, so that we sound like one person reading.
Hello, my name is Ann.
I'm taking American Accent Training.
Read along with me.
Hello, my name is Ann.
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 2 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 3.
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?
1 tandem
n.同时发生；配合；adv.一个跟着一个地；纵排地；adj.（两匹马）前后纵列的
- Malcolm's contract will run in tandem with his existing one.马尔科姆的合同将与他手头的合同同时生效。
- He is working in tandem with officials of the Serious Fraud Office.他正配合欺诈重案办公室的官员工作。
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。