美式英语正音训练第62期:练习4(6)

Exercise 4-6: Rule 4: Held T before end The held T is, strictly speaking, not really a T at all. 1. He's forgotten the carton of satin mittens. 2. She's certain that he has written it. 3. The cotton curtain is not in the fountain. 4. The hikers went

美式英语正音训练第63期:练习4(7)

Exercise 4-7: Rule 5 The Silent T t and n are so close in the mouth that the t can simply disappear. Repeat.1. interview 2. interface 3. Internet 4. interstate 5. interrupt 6. interfere 7. interactive 8. international 9. advantage 10. percentage 11.

美式英语正音训练第64期:练习4(8)

Exercise 4-8: Rule 5 The Silent T Read the following sentences out loud. Make sure that the underlined Ts are silent. 1.He had a great interview. 2.Try to enter the information. 3.Turn the printer on. 4.Finish the printing. 5.She's at the internation

美式英语正音训练第65期:练习4(9-10)

Exercise 4-9: Karina's T Connections Here are some extremely common middle T combinations. Repeat after me: What But That What I But I That I Exercise 4-10: Combinations in Context Repeat the following sentences. 1. I don't know what it means. 2. But

美式英语正音训练第66期:练习4(11)

Exercise 4-11 : Voiced and Unvoiced Sounds with T This exercise is for the practice of the difference between words that end in either a vowel or a voiced consonant, which means that the vowel is lengthened or doubled. Therefore, these words are on a

美式英语正音训练第67期:练习4(12)

Exercise 4-12: Finding American T Sounds Once again, go over the following familiar paragraph. First, find all the T's that are pronounced D (there are nine to thirteen here). Second, find all the held Ts (there are seven). The first one of each is m

美式英语正音训练第68期:第5章

Chapter 5 The El This chapter discusses the sound of L (not to be confused with that of the American R, which is covered in the next chapter). We'll approach this sound first, by touching on the difficulties it presents to foreign speakers of English

美式英语正音训练第69期:练习5(1)

Exercise 5-1: Sounds Comparing L with T, D, and N For this exercise, concentrate on the different ways in which the air comes out of the mouth when producing each sound of L, T, D, and N. Look at the drawings included here, to see the correct positio

美式英语正音训练第71期:练习5(4)

Exercise 5-4: Many Final Els This time, simply hold the L sound extra long. Repeat after me. 1.fill 2.full 3.fool 4.fail 5.fell 6.feel 7.fuel 8.furl

美式英语正音训练第72期:练习5(5)

Exercise 5-5: Liaise the Ls As you work with the following exercise, here are two points you should keep in mind. When a word ends with an L sound, either (a) connect it to the next word if you can, or (b) add a slight schwa for an exaggerated [l崂

美式英语正音训练第73期:练习5(6-7)

Exercise 5-6: Finding L Sounds Pause the CD, and find and mark all the L sounds in the familiar paragraph below; the first one is marked for you. There are seventeen of them; five are silent. Afterwards, check Answer Key, beginning on page 193. Exerc

美式英语正音训练第74期:练习5(8)

Exercise 5-8: Hold Your Tongue! You and I are going to read with our tongues firmly held at the roofs of our mouths. If you want, hold a clean dime there with the tongue's tip; the dime will let you know when you have dropped your tongue because it w

美式英语正音训练第75期:练习5(9)

Exercise 5-9: Little Lola Now that we've done this, instead of L being a hard letter to pronounce, it's the easiest one because the tongue is stuck in that position. Pause the CD to practice the reading on your own, again, with your tongue stuck to t

美式英语正音训练第70期:练习5(2)-5(3)

Exercise 5-2: Sounds Comparing L with T, D, and N Repeat after me, first down and then across. 1. At the beginning of a word law low lee gnaw know knee taw toe tea daw dough D law gnaw taw daw low know toe dough lee knee tea D 2. In the middle of a w

美式英语正音训练第26期:Exercise 1-32 Two-Word Stress

第一章 练习32：二字组短语的强调 Exercise 1-32 Two-Word Stress Exercise 1-32: Two-Word Stress Repeat the following pairs. a light bulb, a light bulb. blue pants, ble jeans. a cold fish, a goldfish. a gray hound, a greyhound. an old key,

美式英语正音训练第30期:Exercise 1-36 Description and Set Phrase Test

Exercise 1-36: Description and Set Phrase Test Let's check and see if the concepts are clear. Pause the CD and underline or highlight the stressed word. Check Answer Key, beginning on page 193. Repeat after me. ......1...... He's a nice guy. ......2.

美式英语正音训练第29期:Exercise 1-35 Contrast of Compound Nouns

Intonation can indicate completely different meanings for otherwise similar words or phrases. For example, an English teacher teaches English, but an English teacher is from England; French class is where you study French, but French class is Gallic

美式英语正音训练第28期:Exercise 1-34 Contrasting Descriptive and Set Phrases

Exercise 1-34: Contrasting Descriptive and Set Phrases Repeat the following pairs. An English teacher... ...teaches English An English teacher... ...is from England. An English book... ...teaches the English language. An English book... is on any sub

美式英语正音训练第27期:Exercise 1-33 Nationality Intonatio

Nationalities When you are in a foreign country, the subject of nationalities naturally comes up a lot. It would be nice if there were a simple rule that said that all the words using nationalities are stressed on the first word. There isn't, of cour

美式英语正音训练第25期:Exercise 1-31 Contrasting Descriptive and Set Phrases

第一章 练习31：描述性短语和固定短语的对比 Exercise 1-31 Contrasting Descriptive and Set Phrases Exercise 1-31: Contrasting Descriptive and Set Phrases Repeat after me. ......1...... It's a short nail. It's a fingernail. ......2....