Exercise 4-4: Rule 2Middle of the Staircase CD 3 Track 16 图片1...
Exercise 4-5: Rule 3Bottom of the Staircase CD 3 Track 17 T at the bottom of a staircase is in the held position. By held, I mean thatthe tongue is in the Tposition, but the air isn't released. To compare, when you say T as in Tom, there 's a sharp b...
Exercise 4-6: Rule 4Held T Before N CD 3 Track 18 The held T is, strictly speaking, not really a T atall. Remember [t] and [n] are very close in themouth (see Liaisons, Exercise 2-5). If you have an N immediately after a T, you don't pop the Tthetong...
Exercise 4-7: Rule 5The Silent T CD 3 Track 19 [t] and [n] are so close in the mouth thatthe [t] can simply disappear. Repeat. 图片1...
Exercise 4-8: Rule 5The Silent T CD 3 Track20 Read the following sentences out loud. Make sure that the underlined Ts are silent. 图片1 图片2...
Exercise 4-9: Karina's T Connections CD 3 Track21 Here are some extremely common middle T combinations. Repeat after me: 图片1...
Exercise 4-10: Combinations in Context CD 3 Track 22 Repeat the following sentences. 图片1 图片2...
Exercise 4-11 : Voiced and Unvoiced Sounds with T This exercise is for the practice ofthe difference between words that end in either a vowel or avoiced consonant, which means thatthe vowel is lengthened or doubled. Therefore, these words areon a muc...
Exercise 4-12: Finding American T Sounds CD 3 Track 24 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 (thereare seven). The first one o...
Chapter 5. The El CD 3 Track 25 This chapter discusses the sound ofL (not to be confused with that of the American R, which iscovered in the next chapter). We'll approach this sound first,by touching on the difficulties itpresents to foreign speakers...
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 5-2; Sounds Comparing L with T, D, and N CD 3 Track 27 Repeat after me, first down and then across. T Look at group 3, B. This exercise has three functions: 1. Practice final els. 2. Review vowels sounds. 3. Review the same words with the st...
Exercise 5-3: Final El with Schwa CD 3 Track28 Repeat after me. 图片1...
Exercise 5-4: Many Final Els CD 3 Track 29 This time, simplyhold the L sound extra long. Repeat after me. 图片1...
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...
