标准美语发音的13个秘诀 CD 2 Track 28

 

Exercise 1-55: Crossing Out Reduced Sounds                                  CD 2 Track 28 

Pause the CD and cross out any sound that  is not clearly pronounced, including  to ,  fo r ,  and,  that ,  than ,  the ,  a, the  soft  [ i], and unstressed syllables¹ that  do not have strong vowel² sounds. 

Hello,  my name  i s_________. I'm taki ng A meric an  Acc ent Traini ng. There's a lot to learn,  but I hope to make it as enjoy able as possible. I should pick  up on the American intonation³ pattern pretty ea sily, although the  only  way to  get it is to prac tice all of the time. I use the  up and down, or  peaks and valleys, intonation more than I used  to. I've been pa ying attention to pitch,  too . It's like  walking down a  stair case. I've been talk ing to a lot of A mericans lately, and they tell me that I'm  ea sier to understand.  Any way, I could go  on and on, but the import ant  thing is to lis ten well and sound  good.  Well, what do you  think?  Do I? 

1 syllables   

n.音节( syllable的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a word with two syllables 双音节单词
• 'No. But I'll swear it was a name of two syllables.' “想不起。不过我可以发誓，它有两个音节。” 来自英汉文学 - 双城记

2 vowel   

n.元音；元音字母

参考例句：

• A long vowel is a long sound as in the word"shoe ".长元音即如“shoe” 一词中的长音。
• The vowel in words like 'my' and 'thigh' is not very difficult.单词my和thigh中的元音并不难发。

3 intonation   

n.语调，声调；发声

参考例句：

• The teacher checks for pronunciation and intonation.老师在检查发音和语调。
• Questions are spoken with a rising intonation.疑问句是以升调说出来的。