美式英语正音训练第15期:Exercise 1-11 Translation

Exercise 1-11: Translation Take the sentence I didn't say he stole the money and translate it into your native language. Write it down below, using whatever letters or characters you use in your language. Now that you have written your sentence down,

美式英语正音训练第91期:第8章 练习2

Exercise 8-2: Lax Vowels The lax vowels areproduced in the throat and are actually quite similarto each other. Let's practice some lax vowels. See also Chapter 11 to contrast with tense vowels. Remember to double the vowel when the word endsin a voic

美式英语正音训练第93期:第8章 练习4

Exercise 8-4: Bit or Beat? Bid or Bead? Read each column down. Next, contrast the single and double tense vowels with each other; and the single and double lax vowels with each other. Finally read all four across. Tense Vowels beat seat heat Pete fee

美式英语正音训练第94期:第8章 练习5

Exercise 8-5: tense and lax vowel exercise Let's practice tense and lax vowels in context. The intonation is marked for you. When in doubt, try to leave out the lax vowel rather than run the risk of overpronouncing it: lip instead of lip, so it doesn

美式英语正音训练第96期:第8章 练习7

Exercise 8-7: Reduction options In the following example, you will see how you can fully sound out a word ( such as 'to' ) , reduce it slightly, or do away with it altogether. 1. ... easier t(w)nderstand. 2. ... easier t(w)nderstand. 3. ... easier t

美式英语正音训练第76期:练习5(10)

Exercise 5-10: She lay on her linoleum and slid along the floor in anguish. A little later, she leapt up and laughed. She no longer longed for a leader to tell her how to live her life. Little Lola was finally all well. Dull versus dle Repeat after m

美式英语正音训练第78期:练习5(12)

Exercise 5-12: Thirty Little Turtles In a Bottle of Bottled Water Repeat the following paragraph, focusing on the consonant + l combinations. Thrdee Liddl Terdl Zin Bddl Bddl Dwder A bottle of bottled water held 30 little turtles. It didn't matter th

美式英语正音训练第85期:练习10

Exercise 5-10: Dull versus Repeat after me. laid ladle lay dull To hear the difference between and, contrast the sentences, Don't lay dull tiles and Don't ladle tiles. lay dull ladle She lay on her linoleum and slid along the floor in anguish. A litt

美式英语正音训练第84期:练习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 th

美式英语正音训练第82期:练习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59期:美音中的T

Exercise 3-6: Reading the Sound When you read the following schwa paragraph, try clenching your teeth the first time. It won't sound completely natural, but it will get rid of all of the excess lip and jaw movement and force your tongue to work harde

美式英语正音训练第32期:Exercise 1-38 Consistent Noun Stress in Changing Verb Tenses

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

美式英语正音训练第11期:自我练习

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