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Chapter 4. The American T CD 3 Track 12 The American T is influenced verystrongly by intonation and its position in a word or phrase. Atthe top of a staircase T is pronounced T as in Ted or Italian; a T in the middle of a staircase ispronounced as D
Exercise 3-3: Vowel-Sound Differentiation CD 3 Track 8 Here we will read down from 1 to 24, thenwe will read each row across. Give the [ā] sound a cleardouble sound [+ ee]. Also, the [o] is a longer sound than you might be expecting. Add the full oo
Exercise 4-2: Betty Bought a Bit of Better Butter CD 3 Track 14 In the sentence Betty bought a bit of better butter, all of the Ts are in weak positions, so they allsound like soft Ds. Repeat the sentence slowly, word by word: [Beddy ... badə... bidə
Review Exercise 9: Ignorance on Parade CD 4 track 8 Now, let's dissect a standard paragraph, including its title, as we did in Review Exercise 1. Firstinthe boxes in the first paragraph, decide which is a descriptive phrase, which is a set phrase, an
Exercise 1-47: Regular Transitions of Adjectives and Verbs CD 2 Track n A different change occurs when you go from an adjective or a noun to a verb. The stress stays in thesame place, but the -mate in an adjective is completely reduced [-m't], wherea
The Miracle Technique CD 2 Track 18 Reg aining Lon g -Lost Listening Skills The trouble with starting accent training after you know a great de al of English is that you knowa great deal about English. You have a lot of preconcepti ons and, unfortuna
Exercise 6-7: Finding the R Sound CD 3 Track 49 Pause the CD and go through our familiar paragraph and find all the R sounds. The first one ismarked for you. Hello, my name is_______________. I'm taking American Accent Training. There's alot to learn
Exercise 5-5: Liaise the Ls CD 3 Track 30 As you work with the following exercise, here are two points you should keep in mind. When a wordends with an L sound, either (a) connect it to the next word if you can, or (b) add a slight schwa foran exagge
Exercise 5-1 : Sounds Comparing L with T, D, and N CD 3 Track 26 For this exercise, concentrate on the different ways in which the air comes out of the mouth whenproducing each sound of L, T, D, and N. Look atthe drawings included here, to see the co
Exercise 5-6: Finding L Sounds CD 3 Track 31 Pause the CD, and find and mark all the L sounds in the familiar paragraph below; the first one ismarked for you. There are seventeen of them; five are silent. Afterwards, check Answer Key, beginning on pa
Exercise 6-3: How to Pronounce Troublesome Rs CD 3 Track 45 The following seven R sounds, which are represented by the ten words, give people a lot of trouble,so we're going to work with them and make them easy for you. Repeat. 图片1 1. Were is pro
Exercise 11 -2: Tense Vowels Practice Paragraph CD 4 Track39 Go through the subsequent paragraph and mark all the tense vowels, starting with [ā] (there are 12here). The first one is name [nim], not [nm]. The first [ē] sound (14) is the American. T
Exercise 10-4; Application Steps with S and Z CD 4 Track 36 Build up the following sentence, adding each aspect one at a time. Always be a little kinder than necessary. 1. Intonation Always be a little kinder than necessary. 2. Word Groups Always be
Exercise 10-3: Allz Well That Endz Well CD 4 Track33 Repeat the Z sounds in the paragraph below. A lazy Thursday at the zoo found the zebrasgrazing on zinnias, posing for pictures, and teasingthe zookeeper, whose nose wasbronzed by the sun. The bigge
Exercise 10-1 : When S Becomes Z CD 4 Track 31 Under Contrast, in the list that follows, notice how the voiced wordis drawn out and then repeat theword after me. Both voiced and unvoiced diphthongs have the underlying structure of the tone shift,or t
Exercise 8-8: Finding Reduced Sounds CD 4 Track 22 Go through the paragraph that follows and find the three []'s and the five to seven [u]'s. Rememberthat your own speech style can increase the possibilities. With to before a vowel, you have a choice
Exercise 1-22: Syllable Patterns CD 1 Track 32 In order to practice accurate pitch change, repeat the following column. Each syllable will count asone musical note. Remember that words that end in a vowel or a voiced consonant will be longerthan ones
Exercise 1-18: Reading with Staircase Intonation CD 1Track 27 Read the following with clear intonation where marked. Hello, my name is__________________. I'm taking American Accent Training. There's a lot to learn, but I hope to make it as enjoyable
Exercise 1-17: Staircase Intonation Practice CD 1 Track 26 Draw one step of the staircase for each word of the paragraph. Start a new staircase for everystressed word. There usually is more than one staircase in a se ntence. New sentences don't have
Exercise 1-13: Variable Stress CD 1 Track 20 Notice how the meaning of the following sentence changes each time we change the stresspattern. You should be starting to feel in control of your sentences now. 1. What would you like ? This is the most co