Exercise 1-1: Rubber Band Practice with Nonsense Syllables Take a rubber band and hold it with your two thumbs. Every time you want to stress a word by changing pitch, pull on the rubber band. Stretch it out gently, don't jerk it sharply. Make a loop

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 2015年ESL之商务英语

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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Exercise 4-5: Rule 3 Bottom of the Staircase T at the bottom of a staircase is in the held position. 1. She hit the hot hut with her hat. 2. We went to that 'Net site to get what we needed. 3. Pat was quite right, wasn't she? 4. What? Put my hat back

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第一章 练习41 Exercise 1-41:Supporting Words Exercise 1-41: Supporting Words For this next part of the intonation of grammatical elements, each sentence has a few extra words to help you get the meaning. Keep the same strong intonation that yo

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Exercise 1-57: Phrasing Repeat after me. Dogs eat bones. Dogs eat bones, but cats eat fish, or As we all know, dogs eat bones. Dogs eat bones, kibbles, and meat. Do dogs eat bones? Do dogs eat bones?!! Dogs eat bones, don't they? Dogs eat bones, DON'

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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

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美式英语和英式英语使用的是同一语法体系,但在某些情况下,尤其是在表达提供消息的时候,美式英语用一般过去时,而英式英语用现在完成时,例如:He just went home./He has just gone home.(他刚

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1. 人行道:(B) Pavement;(A) sidewalk 2. 垃圾: (B) Rubbish;(A)trash 3. 足球:(B)football;(A)soccer 4. 地铁(B)Tube(A)subway 5.饼干:(B)biscuit;(A)cookie 6.糖果:(B)sweets;(A)candy 7.句号:(B)full stop;(A)period 8. 秋天:(B)autu

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美式英语入侵英国,BBC网站曾发表过一篇文章,引起了很多英国人的共鸣。英国读者纷纷吐槽,列举最不能忍的美式英语表达。一起来学习下~ 1. When people ask for something, I often hear: Can I get a...

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迪士尼的《疯狂动物城》上映十天以来,这部传说中的零差评电影已经掀起了不小的热潮,相信许多朋友们也已经看过了。这部电影讲述了在胡萝卜农场长大的兔子朱迪突破重重歧视和生理劣

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英国人讨厌的美式英语(1) 英式英语和美式英语本就是萝卜白菜各有所爱,英式英语注重语法严谨,而美国人就很随意,还会不断创造出流行词。这正是两国文化的不同,英国人喜欢遵守传统

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Exercise 1-4: Sentence Intonation Test Pause the CD and underline or highlight the words that you think should be stressed. Check Answer Key, beginning on page 193 1. Sam sees Bill. 11. He sees him. 2. She wants one. 12. Mary wants a car. 3. Betty li

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Exercise 1-5: Four Main Reasons for Intonation Depending on the situation, a word may be stressed for any of the following reasons: New Information Opinion Contrast and the word Can't 1. New Information It sounds like rain. Rain is the new informatio

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