Chapter 11. Tense and Lax Vowels In this chapter, we tackle tense and lax vowels. This is the difference between [ā], tense, and [], lax,[ē], tense, and [i], lax. We will start with tense vowels. Exercise 11-1; Tense Vowels CD 4 Track 38 Don't pay...
Exercise 10-7: Your Own Application Steps with S and Z CD 4 Track 37 Write your own sentence, and then build it up, adding each aspect one at a time. 图片1...
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 10-5: Finding S and Z Sounds CD 4 Track 35 Go through the paragraph and underline all of the [s] sounds. The first, [ksent] is marked for you.Next, circle all of the [z] sounds, no matter how the word is written (is = [iz], as = [z], and so...
Exercise 10-4: Voiced and Unvoiced Endings in the Past Tense CD 4 Track 34 The following will explain the differences between four expressions that are similar in appearance butdifferent in both meaning and pronunciation. 图片1 Used to, depending o...
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 10-2: A Surly Sergeant Socked an Insolent Sailor CD 4 Track 32 Repeat the S sounds in the paragraph below. Sam, a surly sergeant from Cisco, Texas, saw a sailor sit silently on a small seat reserved foryoungsters. He stayed for several minut...
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 9-3: Finding V Sounds CD 4 Track 30 Underline the five V sounds in this paragraph. The first one is marked for you. Don't forget of. Hello, my name is________________. I'm taking American Accent Training. There's a lot tolearn, but I hope to...
Exercise 9-2: The Vile VIP CD 4 Track29 Repeat after me, focusing on V and W. When revising his visitor's version of a plan for a very well-payed avenue, the VIP was advisedto reveal none of his motives. Eventually, however, the hapless visitor disco...
