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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
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