美式英语正音训练第41期:Exercise 1-54 Intonation and Pronunciation of That

 　　Exercise 1-54: Intonation¹ and Pronunciation of "That"

　　That is a special case because it serves three different grammatical functions.

　　The relative pronoun and the conjunction are reducible.

　　The demonstrative pronoun cannot be reduced to a schwa sound.

　　It must stay .

　　Relative Pronoun

　　The car that she ordered is red.

　　Conjunction

　　He said that he liked it.

　　Demonstrative

　　Why did you do that?

　　Combination

　　I know that he'll read that book that I told you about.

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。