美式英语正音训练第31期:Exercise 1-37 Descriptions and Set Phrases
Exercise 1-37: Descriptions and Set PhrasesGoldilocks Read the story and stress the indicated words. Notice if they are a description, a set phrase or contrast. For the next level of this topic, go to page 111. Repeat after me. There is a little girl
美式英语正音训练第32期:Exercise 1-38 Consistent Noun Stress in Changing Verb Tenses
Exercise 1-38: Consistent Noun Stress in Changing Verb Tenses This is a condensed exercise for you to practice simple intonation with a wide range of verb tenses. When you do the exercise the first time, go through stressing only the nouns Dogs eat b
美式英语正音训练第33期:Exercise 1-39 Consistent Pronoun Stress In Changing Verb Tenses
Exercise 1-39: Consistent Pronoun Stress In Changing Verb Tenses This is the same as the previous exercise, except you now stress the verbs: They eat them. Practice this until you are quite comfortable with the intonation. Notice that in fluent speec
美式英语正音训练第34期:Exercise 1-40 Intonation in Your Own Sentence
Exercise 1-40: Intonation in Your Own Sentence On the first of the numbered lines below, write a three-word sentence that you frequently use, such as Computers organize information or Lawyers sign contracts and put it through the 25 changes. This exe
美式英语正音训练第35期:Exercise 1-41 Supporting Words
第一章 练习41 Exercise 1-41：Supporting Words Exercise 1-41: Supporting Words For this next part of the intonation of grammatical elements, each sentence has a few extra words to help you get the meaning. Keep the same strong intonation that yo
美式英语正音训练第36期:Exercise 1-43 You Can or No
Exercise 1 -43: Yes, You Can or No, You Can't? Next you use a combination of intonation and pronunciation to make the difference between can and can't. Reduce the positive can to [k 'n] and stress the verb. Make the negative can't ([k渀(t)]) sound v
美式英语正音训练第37期:Exercise 1-44 Building an Intonation Sentence
Exercise 1 -44: Building an Intonation Sentence Repeat after me the sentences listed in the following groups. 1 I bought a sandwich. 2 I said I bought a sandwich. 3 I said I think I bought a sandwich. 4 I said I really think I bought a sandwich. 5 I
美式英语正音训练第38期:Exercise 1-47 Regular Transitions of Adjectives and Verbs
Exercise 1-47: Regular Transitions of Adjectives and Verbs A different change occurs when you go from an adjective or a noun to a verb. The stress stays in the same place, but the -mate in an adjective is completely reduced [-m't], whereas in a verb,
美式英语正音训练第39期:Exercise 1-48 Supporting Words
Exercise 1-48: Regular Transitions of Adjectives and Verbs Mark the intonation or indicate the long vowel on the italicized word, depending which part of speech it is. Pause the CD and mark the proper syllables. See Answer Key, beginning on page 193.
美式英语正音训练第40期:Exercise 1-53 Reduced Sounds
Exercise 1-53: Read aloud from the right-hand column. The intonation is marked for you. To today tonight tomorrow to work to school to the store We have to go now. He went to work They hope to find it. I can't wait to find out. We don't know what to
美式英语正音训练第41期:Exercise 1-54 Intonation and Pronunciation of That
Exercise 1-54: Intonation 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.
美式英语正音训练第42期:Exercise 1-55~56
Exercise 1-55: Crossing Out Reduced Sounds Pause the CD and cross out any sound that is not clearly pronounced, including to, for, and, that, than, the, a, the soft , and unstressed syllables that do not have strong vowel sounds. Exercise 1-56: Readi
美式英语正音训练第43期:Exercise 1-57 Phrasing
Exercise 1-57: Phrasing Repeat after me. Dogs eat bones. Dogs eat bones, but cats eat fish, or As we all know, dogs eat bones. Dogs eat bones, kibbles, and meat. Do dogs eat bones? Do dogs eat bones?!! Dogs eat bones, don't they? Dogs eat bones, DON'
美式英语正音训练第44期:Exercise 1-58&59 Exercise
Exercise 1-58: Creating Word Groups Break the paragraph into natural word groups. Mark every place where you think a pause is needed with a slash. Pause the CD to do your marking. Exercise 1-59: Practicing Word Groups When I read the paragraph this t
美式英语正音训练第45期:Two-Word Phrases
Two-Word Phrases Descriptive Phrases Nouns are heavier than adjectives; they carry the weight of the new information. An adjective and a noun combination is called a descriptive phrase, and in the absence of contrast or other secondary changes, the s
