标准美语发音的13个秘诀 CD 1 Track 17

 

Exercise 1-10; Individual Practice                                                           CD 1 Track 17

Now, let's see what you can do with the same  sentence, just by c hanging the stress around to different words. I'll tell you which meaning to express. When you hear the tone¹  +, say the sentence as quickly as you can, then I'll say th e sentence for you. To test your  ear, I'm going to repeat the sentences in random² order. Try to determine  which word I'm stressing. The answers are given in parentheses, but don't look unless you really have to. Here we go.  

1. Indicate that he borrowed the  money and didn't steal it. (5) + 

2. Indicate that you are denying havi ng said that he stole it. (2) + 

3. Indicate that you think he stol e something besides money. (7) +  

4. Indicate that you were not  the person to say it. (1) + 

5. Indicate that you don't think that he was the person who stole it. (4) +  

6. Indicate that you didn't say it outright³,  but did suggest it in some way. (3) +  

7. Indicate that he many have stolen a different amount of money. (6) + 

Overdo⁴ It 

Practice these sentences on your own, really  exaggerating the word that you think should be stressed. In the beginning,  you're going to feel that  this is ridiculous.  (Nobody stresses this hard! Nobody talks like this! People  are going to laugh at me!)  Yet as much as you may stress, you're probably only going to be stressing ab out half as much as you should.  

+     Pause the CD and practice the sentences in random order ten times.  

Another reason you must overexaggerate is becaus e when you get tired, emotional, or relaxed, you will stop paying attention. When  this happens, like a rubber band, you're going to snap⁵ back to the way you originally were sounding (10 percent). So, if you just stretch yourself to the exact position where you ideally want to be, you'll go back almost comp letely to the old way when yourelax. For practice, the n, stretch yourself far  beyond the normal range of  intonation (150 percent), so when you relax, you relax back to a standard  American sound (100 percent). 

We All Do It 

Possibly about this time you're thinking,  Well, maybe you do this  in English, but in  my language,  I  just really don't think that we do this.  I'd like you to try a little exercise.  

1 tone   

n.语气，音调，气度，色调；vt.（up）增强

参考例句：

• There was a tone of mockery in his voice.他说话的语气含有嘲笑的意味。
• Holmes used an informal,chatty tone in his essays.霍姆斯在文章中语气轻松随便。

2 random   

adj.随机的；任意的；n.偶然的(或随便的)行动

参考例句：

• The list is arranged in a random order.名单排列不分先后。
• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。

3 outright   

adv.坦率地；彻底地；立即；adj.无疑的；彻底的

参考例句：

• If you have a complaint you should tell me outright.如果你有不满意的事，你应该直率地对我说。
• You should persuade her to marry you outright.你应该彻底劝服她嫁给你。

4 overdo   

vt.把...做得过头，演得过火

参考例句：

• Do not overdo your privilege of reproving me.不要过分使用责备我的特权。
• The taxi drivers' association is urging its members,who can work as many hours as they want,not to overdo it.出租车司机协会劝告那些工作时长不受限制的会员不要疲劳驾驶。

5 snap   

n.啪地移动，突然断掉；v.猛咬，咬断，谩骂，砰然关上

参考例句：

• He broke off the twig with a snap.他啪地一声把那根树枝折断了。
• These earrings snap on with special fasteners.这副耳环是用特制的按扣扣上去的。