美式英语正音训练第42期:Exercise 1-55~56
时间：2018-12-27 作者：英语课 分类：美式英语正音训练
英语课
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 1 that do not have strong vowel 2 sounds.
Exercise 1-56: Reading Reduced Sounds
Repeat the paragraph after me.
Although you're getting rid of the vowel sounds, you want to maintain a strong intonation 3 and let the sounds flow together.
For the first reading of this paragraph, it is helpful to keep your teeth clenched 4 together to reduce excess jaw 5 and lip movement. Let's begin.
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?
1 syllables
n.音节( syllable的名词复数 )
- a word with two syllables 双音节单词
- 'No. But I'll swear it was a name of two syllables.' “想不起。不过我可以发誓，它有两个音节。” 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
2 vowel
n.元音；元音字母
- A long vowel is a long sound as in the word"shoe ".长元音即如“shoe” 一词中的长音。
- The vowel in words like 'my' and 'thigh' is not very difficult.单词my和thigh中的元音并不难发。
3 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。