美式英语正音训练第27期:Exercise 1-33 Nationality Intonatio

 　　Nationalities

　　When you are in a foreign country, the subject of nationalities naturally comes up a lot.

　　It would be nice if there were a simple rule that said that all the words using nationalities are stressed on the first word.

　　There isn't, of course.

　　Take this preliminary quiz to see if you need to do this exercise.

　　For simplicity's sake, we will stick with one nationality—American.

　　Exercise 1-33:

　　Nationality Intonation¹ Quiz

　　Pause the CD and stress one word in each of the following examples.

　　Turn the CD back on and repeat after me.

　　1

　　an American guy

　　2

　　an American restaurant

　　3

　　American food

　　4

　　an American teacher

　　5

　　an English teacher

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。