标准美语发音的13个秘诀 CD 3 Track 1

 

Exercise 2-13: PracticingLiaisons      CD 3 Track 1

Back up the CD to the last paragraph just read and repeat again. Thistime, however, read from the paragraph below. The intonation¹ is marked for you in boldface. Use your rubber band on every stressed word.

Hello, my nay² miz______________. I'm takingəmerica næccent(t)raining. There zəlättəlearn, bədäi hope ťma ki desen joyablez passible. I shüd pi kəpän the(y) əmerica nintənash'n pæddern pridy(y) ezily, although thee(y) onlywaydə geddidiz ťprækti sälləv th' time. I(y) use thee(y) up'n down, or peak s'n valley zintənashən more thənäi used to. Ivbn payingətenshən ť pitch, too. Itsläi kwälking dow nə staircase. Ivbn talking to (w) əläddəvə merican zla(t) ely, 'n they tell me the däimeezier to(w) understænd. Anyway, I could go(w) änənän, bu(t) thee (y)important thingiz ť lisənwellən soun(d) good. Well, whəddyü think? Do(w) I?

1 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。

2 nay   

adv.不；n.反对票，投反对票者

参考例句：

• He was grateful for and proud of his son's remarkable,nay,unique performance.他为儿子出色的，不，应该是独一无二的表演心怀感激和骄傲。
• Long essays,nay,whole books have been written on this.许多长篇大论的文章，不，应该说是整部整部的书都是关于这件事的。