美式英语正音训练第20期:Exercise 1-18 Reading with Staircase Intonation（打印版）

　　第一章练习18：阶梯状语调的应用 Exercise 1-18 Reading with Staircase Intonation

　　Exercise 1-18:

　　Reading with Staircase Intonation

　　Read the following with clear intonation where marked.

　　Hello, my name is ______.

　　I'm taking American Accent Training.

　　There's a lot to learn, but I hope to make it as enjoyable as possible.

　　I should pick up on the American intonation pattern pretty easily,

　　although the only way to get it is to practice all of the time.

　　I use the up and down,

　　or peaks and valleys,

　　intonation, more than I used to.

　　I've been paying attention to pitch, too.

　　It's like walking down a staircase.

　　I've been talking to a lot of Americans lately,

　　and they tell me that I'm easier to understand.

　　Anyway, I could go on and on,

　　but the important thing is

　　to listen well and sound good.

　　Well, what do you think?

　　Do I?