标准美语发音的13个秘诀 CD 3 Track 17（在线收听）

Exercise 4-5: Rule 3—Bottom of the Staircase    CD 3 Track 17 

T at the bottom of a staircase is in the held position. By held, I mean thatthe tongue is in the T position, but the air isn't released. To compare, when you say T as in Tom, there 's a sharp burst of air over the tip of the tongue, and when you say Betty, there 's a soft puff of air over the tip of the tongue. When you hold a T, as in hot, your tongue is in the position for T, but you keep the air in.

1. She hitthe hot hutwith her hat.

2. We wentto that 'Netsite to getwhatwe needed.

3. Pat was quite right, wasn't she?

4. What? Putmy hatback!

5. hot, late, fat, goat, hit, put, not, hurt, what, set, paint, wait, sit, dirt, note, fit, lot, light, suit, 

point, incident, tight