标准美语发音的13个秘诀 CD 3 Track 15（在线收听）

Exercise 4-3: Rute 1—Top of the Staircase     CD 3 Track 15 

When a T is at the top of a staircase, in a stressed position, it should be a clear popped sound.

1. In the beginning of a word, T is [t].

Ted took ten tomatoes.

2. With a stressed T and ST, TS, TR, CT, LT, and sometimes NT combinations, T is [t].

He was contentwith the contract.

3. T replaces D in the past tense, after an unvoiced consonant sound — f,k, p, s, ch, sh, th — (except T).

T: laughed [lœft], picked [pikt], hoped [houpt], raced [rast], watched [wächt], washed [wäsht], unearthed [uneartht]

D: halved [hœvd], rigged [rigd], nabbed [næbd], raised [razd], judged [j'jd], garaged [garazhd], smoothed [smoothd]

Exceptions: wicked [wikəd], naked [nakəd], crooked [krükəd], etc.

Read the following sentences out loud. Make sure that the underlined (stressed) Ts are sharp and clear.

1. It took Tim ten times to try the telephone.

2. Stop touching Ted's toes.

3. Turn toward Stella and study her contract together.

4. Control your tears.

5. It's Tommy's turn to tell the teacher the truth.