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Staircase Intonation CD 1 Track 6 So what is intonation in American English? What do Am ericans do? We go up and downstaircases. We start high and end low. 图片1 Every time we want to stress a word or an idea, we just start a ne w staircase. That s
Review Exercise E: Two- and Three-Word Set Phrases CD 3 Track63 You should be pretty familiar with the idea of a set phrase by now. The next step is when you havemore components that link together to form a new thinga three-word set phrase. Combine t
Three-Word Phrases Review Exercise C: Modifying Descriptive Phrases CD 3 Track 61 When you modify a descriptive phrase by adding an adjective or adverb, you maintain the originalintonation pattern and simply add an additional stress point. 图片1
Two-Word Phrases Review Exercise A: Contrasting Descriptive and Set Phrases CD 3 Track 59 Here we are reprising the exercise from Exercises 1-24 to 1-37. To review, an adjective and a nounmake a descriptive phrase, and the second word is stressed. Tw
Chapter 1 American Intonation The American Speech Music CD 1 Track 4 What to Do with Your Mouth to Sound American One of the main differences between the way an American talks and the way the rest of the worldtalks is that we don't really move our li
Exercise 2-6: Consonant / Consonant Liai sons CD 2 Track 41 I just didn't get the chance . [Ijusdidn'tge(t)thechance.] I've been late twice. [I'vbinla(t)twice.] In the preceding examples you can see that because the ending [st] of just and the beginn
Exercise 1-38; Consistent Noun Stress in Changing Verb Tenses CD 2 Track 7 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 noun
Chapter 3. Cat? Caught? Cut? CD 3 Track 5 After laying our foundation with intonation and liaisons, here we finally begin to refine yourpronunciation! We are now going to work on the differencesbetween [?], [?], and [?], as well as[ō], [ā], and [ē
Exercise 11-5: Take a High-Tech Tack CD 4 Track 42 Repeat the following paragraph and words after me. Sāy, Rāy, tāke a tack. A high-tack tack? No, Rāy, a high-tech tack, eight high-tech tacks, tāke them.Then find a wāy to māke a plāce for the
Exercise 11-4: Lax Vowels Practice Paragraph CD 4 Track 41 Again, go over this paragraph and mark the lax vowels, starting with []. The first one (of about 12possible) is in hello or American. The first [i] sound (of 9 to 22) may be found in is. (The
Exercise 10-7: Your Own Application Steps with S and Z CD 4 Track 37 Write your own sentence, and then build it up, adding each aspect one at a time. 图片1
Exercise 10-4: Voiced and Unvoiced Endings in the Past Tense CD 4 Track 34 The following will explain the differences between four expressions that are similar in appearance butdifferent in both meaning and pronunciation. 图片1 Used to, depending o
Exercise 10-2: A Surly Sergeant Socked an Insolent Sailor CD 4 Track 32 Repeat the S sounds in the paragraph below. Sam, a surly sergeant from Cisco, Texas, saw a sailor sit silently on a small seat reserved foryoungsters. He stayed for several minut
Exercise 9-3: Finding V Sounds CD 4 Track 30 Underline the five V sounds in this paragraph. The first one is marked for you. Don't forget of. Hello, my name is________________. I'm taking American Accent Training. There's a lot tolearn, but I hope to
Chapter 9. V as in Victory CD 4 Track 27 When pronounced correctly, V shouldn't stand out too much. Its sound, although noticeable, issmall. As a result, people, depending on their native language, sometimes confuse V with B(Spanish, Japanese), with
Exercise 8-2: Lax Vowels CD 4 Track 16 The lax vowels are produced in the throat and are actually quite similar to each other. Let's practicesome lax vowels. See also Chapter 11 to contrastwith tense vowels. Remember to double the vowelwhen the word
Syllable Stress CD 1 Track 31 Syllable Count Intonation Patterns In spoken English, if you stress the wrong syllable, you can totally lose the meaning of a word:MA-sheen is hardly reco gnizable as ma-SHEEN or machine.At this point, we wo n't be conce
How You Talk Indicates to People How You Are CD 1 Track 24 Beware of Revealin g a Personalit y that You Don't Have! There is no absolute right or wrong in regard to intonation because a case can be made for stressingjust about any word or syllable, b
Exercise 1 -15: Application of Stress CD 1 Track 23 Mark every word or syllable with ' where you thin k that the sound is stressed. Use the first sentenceas y our example. Check Answer Ke y , be ginning on pa ge 193. Pause the CD. Hello, my name is__
Application of Intonation CD 1 Track 22 There is always at least one stressed word in a sentence and frequently you can have quite a fewif you are introducing a lot of new information or if you want to contrast severa l things. Look atthe paragraph i