美语的发音规则 重读。通常句中的实义词（名词、实义动词、数词等）是句子的关键词，携带重要信息应重读。如在"Y ou have finished the job."一句中，"finished"和"job"一般重读；有时为表达特定的含义，把重读放在本不该重读的词上。如上一句话，把重音放在"have" 上，则含有说话人未料到你已完成了工作的意思。 弱读。英语中的介词、冠词、连词等虚词有两种读音：一种为强读形式，用于单念和连贯言语；另一种为弱读形式，用于言语的轻读。轻读表现在元音的弱化上，如"at"[?t]弱化为[эt]。口语中语气越随便，语流越快，弱化现象越频繁，也就越难懂。 同化。一个音受临音影响而变化的现象就是同化。如辅音[d]与[j]相邻时，被同化为[dэ]，辅音[t]与[j]相邻时，被同化为[t∫]。 英美发音差异。英美发音体系不尽相同，在某些方面差异很大。如当字母a位于辅音[s]、[θ]、[f]、[m]、[n]前时，美音为[?]，英音为[a]；在英音中，字母"r"只有在元音前是才发音，在元音后一般不发音，而美音中，一般均发卷舌音[r]；字母组合"wh"在英音中，为[w]，美音则为[hw]等。 五大发音要点 我们将复杂的（complicated）语音规则总结成五大发音要点，使一般人都能掌握（master）。 它们是：长元音和双元音饱满；短元音急促有力；连音；略音和咬舌头。 一、长元音和双元音饱满 鬼鬼祟祟的英文就是鬼鬼祟祟（sneaky; lousy）的元音造成的！只要把元音发饱满（full; plump）,你的英语立刻会变得悦耳动听。那些英美流行歌手就是元音饱满的典范！ 1. Mike likes to write by the nice bright light at night. 2. Macao came back to China in 1999. 3. I like the shape of that mountain. 〔包含了四个容易混淆的元音〕 二、短元音急促有力 4. Jim must study a little bit more. 5. Let's get together again. 三、连音 6. I'm working on-it. 7. I'll think-it-over. 四、略音 第一条规则：以某音结尾的单词+同音开始的单词--只发一次即可！ 8. Y ou ate-too much. 9. I don't know what-to-do. 〔两个辅音连接，只读后一个〕 第二条规则：以〔t〕，〔d〕，〔k〕，〔g〕，〔p〕和〔b〕+以辅音开始的单词前面的发音“点到为止”，舌头达到发音中位，但不送气！ 10. Lend-me your black-bag. 11. I don't-like-people asking me for money.
1. 学校生活School life？ 例一要点： ？ 1.杰克是一名八年级学生，就读于伦敦附近的一所学校； 2.他最喜欢的学科是中文课，他认为学习外语很有趣；？ 3.学校每学期有一个“读书周”，他和他的同学们喜欢这个“读书周”，他们可以读到来自学校图书馆的许多书和杂志；他很喜欢他的学校。 Jack is a Year 8 student at a school near London.His favorite subject is Chinese. He thinks learning foreignlanguages is fun. His school has a Reading Week every term. Jack and hisclassmates love it. They can read many books and magazines from the school library. Jack loves his school very much.？ 例二要点： 1.南希14岁，是七年级学生； 2.她每周放学后打两次排球；她喜爱这项运动，花很多时间练习； 3.每周一她去“同伴俱乐部”；在那里，老生给新生讲学校生活情况；同伴朱莉帮助她全面了解新学校情况；朱莉是她的好朋友。 Nancy is 14 years old. She's in the seventh grade. Twice a week, she plays volleyball after school. She loves thisgame and spends a lot of time practising. Every Monday, Nancygoes to a Buddy Club. There older students talk to new students about school life. Her buddy Julie helps her learn all about her new school . Julie is her good friend. ？ 2. 阅读Reading？ 例一要点：？ 1.我喜欢看罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森的书，我认为它们真的太精彩了；？ 2.比如，《金银岛》讲述的是一个小男孩的故事；他出海航行，寻找宝藏；故事给了我很大的信心； 3.读了这本书后，我不再像以前那样害羞；将来，我还想去旅游，拥有一些令人兴奋的经历。 I enjoy reading the books of Robert Louis Stevenson because Ifind them really exciting.For example, Treasure Island tells the story of a young boy.He sails the sea to look for hidden treasure. His story gives me a lot of confidence. After reading the book, I am not as shy as I used to be.I also want to travel and have exciting experiences in the future. 例二要点：？ 1.我喜欢阅读；每周我花七个多小时阅读各种类型的书；我对历史题材的书感兴趣，但是我
《英语语音》理论教学大纲 开课院(部)：外国语学院 大纲撰写： 撰写时间： 2019年3月 课程名称：英语语音 课程所属层面:①公共基础②学科基础③专业知识④工作技能 课程性质：①必修②限选③任选 课堂讲授学时：20 实践学时：12 总学时：32 总学分：1.5 周学时：2 开课学期：第1学期 一、课程的目标和要求 《英语语音》是应用英语专业的必修课。语音教学是英语教学的首要任务，本课程从英语元音和辅音学习入手，进一步讲解和操练单词重音、句子重音、强读式和弱读式、节奏、停顿和语调，同时注重理论，通过学习英、美语言朗读材料，帮助学生形成语感，提高英美语音和语调的水平，感受英美语言和语调所表达的微妙感情及其诗情画意的魅力。 本教程以理论为主，适当讲解有关理论，并在理论的指导下进一步加强理论。学生通过本课程的学习，能把语音学习提高到一个新的高度。为其他相关学科的学习奠定坚实的基础。
（一）知识目标 1、了解英语语音的基本理论和基本朗读技巧。 2、学习英语元音、辅音音素的读音和常见字母组合的发音。 3、学习单词重音、句子重音、强读式和弱读式、不完全爆破、连读、节奏、停顿、基本语调的使用。 4、理解和领悟人们在表达对客观事物的陈述、疑问、请求、命令和问候等方面使用的语调的基本意义和用法。 （二）能力目标 1、能够正确拼读元音、辅音音素，具备基本的读音、辨音能力。 2、具有根据重音、语调的变化，理解表达隐含的意图和态度。 3、具有辨别英式英语和美式英语的能力。 4、形成对语言的感受力，做到正确的停顿、连读，语音语调自然、得体，语流流畅。 （三）思想教育目标 1、具有实事求是的学风和自主、合作、探究和创新精神。 2、具有较强的职业道德观念。 3、形成正确的语言观和跨文化意识。 4、初步具备辩证思维和逻辑思维能力。 二、与其它相关学科的衔接 英语语音是英语学习的基础课程，与其他相关课程有着密切的联系。如：综合英语、英语精读、英语泛读、商务英语、英语口语强化实训等都离不开英语语音作为基础。
美语发音规则
音变主要有连读、失音、弱化、浊化、同化、重音、缩读等形式。这些形式的产生可以归结为一个原则，即“Economy” —“经济”原则或称为“省力”原则。我的语言学老师说，他曾一度为选择的研究方向为语言学而懊悔，因为那时他认为语言学既枯燥又不实用，但这一省力原则却化解了他所有的苦恼，并让他为语言学着迷。因为“省力”这两个简单的字眼可以解释几乎所有的音变现象，人是很懒的,对于最经常的行为——说话，当然要想许多省事的法子，于是也就产生了多种为省力而衍变的音变现象。牢记省力原则，在我们读英语的时候，让自己的唇舌处于放松的状态，轻松的去读英语，我想发音的感觉一定会有所不同。 言归正题, 以下列出给听力造成很大障碍的五种音变现象及其读音规则，以及最后一项关于节奏的小文章，希望能有所帮助！ 一、连读 连读有两种规则，分别为： 1、以辅音结尾的单词+元音开头的单词：要连读 如：I’d li(ke a)nother bow(l o)f rice. 这里like / laik / 以辅音结尾，another 以元音开头，所以连读 注意： 以辅音结尾指的是音标中的最后一个音是辅音，而不是单词的结尾，这如同u[ju:.]niversity前面的定冠词必须用a 一样。 2、以辅音结尾的单词 + h开头的单词h不发音，与前面的辅音 what wil(l he) [wili]do? Ha(s he) done it before? Mus(t he) [ti] go? Can he do it?
Should he….? Tell him to ask her…. Lea(ve him) [vim]. For him (连读这个词，会发现和forum 很相似) 我第一次知道这一连读规则时，兴奋不已，很容易的听懂了许多以前觉得很难以理解的句子， 并且按照这种连读方式发音省力、轻松了许多。再次证实”Economy”。 二、音的同化 音的同化也是一种连读的现象，两个词之间非常平滑的过渡，导致一个音受临音影响而变化。主要是以下三种方式： 1、辅音[d]与[j]相邻时，被同化为[dэ]：Would you....? 2、辅音[t]与[j]相邻时，被同化为[t∫]：Can’t you...？ 3、辅音[s]与[j]相邻时, 被同化为[∫]： Miss you 三、失音 由于失去爆破是失音的一种现象，摩擦音也会被失去，所以统称为失音。 注意： 爆破音并不是完全失去，仍然形成阻碍，把气流堵在里面，但不爆破，直接发出相邻的辅音。 规则： 1、辅音爆破音或摩擦音后面跟的是爆破音、破擦音和摩擦等，前面的辅音要失去爆破。 这样的例子有很多很多，红色标注的辅音不发音： Sit down: 发音再次的老师都不会发出 [t] 音 Contact lens:
元音 第一节前元音 1 国际音标[i:] 美国音标/i/ 经典外号： “穿针引线长衣音”，简称“长衣音”。 please IPA [spi:k] v.请：使高兴、满意 Please / speak English / with me. IPA [pli:z spi:k???ɡl??wiemi:] 请和我说英语。 实战对话 A：Please speak English with me. 请和我说英语。 B：OK. My pleasure. 好的，乐意之致。 2 国际音标[i]美国音标/?/ 经典外号： “经典收小腹减肥短衣音”，简称“短衣音”。 difficult IPA [?difik?lt] adj.困难的；艰难的 It’s not difficult / to speak English. IPA[?ts n?t ?difik?lt t?spi:k???ɡl?? ] 说英语不难。 实战对话 A：I t’s not difficult to speak English. 说英语不难。 B：You’re right. It’s pretty easy if you practice enough.说得对。如果练得足够多，就非常容易。
3 国际音标[e]美国音标/?/ 经典外号： “小开口45度“音，简称为”45度“音。 everything IPA [?evr?θ??] pron. 每件事；一切 Everything / is ready. IPA [ ?evr?θ???z ?red?] 一切都准备好了。 实战对话 A：Everything is ready. 一切都准备好了。 B：Great! Thanks for all your help. 太棒!了感谢你所有的帮助。 4 国际音标[?]美国音标/?/ 经典外号： “小开口90度”音，简称“90度大嘴”音。 practice IPA[?pr?kt?s] n.联系；实践；操作 Practice / makes perfect. IPA [ ?pr?kt?s meiks ?p?:f?kt ] 熟能生巧。 实战对话 A：Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。 B：I totally agree! I just need to find more time to practice. 我完全同意！我只是需要找更多的时间去操练。
1. 学校生活School life 例一要点： Jack is a Year 8 student at a school near London. His favorite subject is Chinese. He thinks learning foreign languages is fun. His school has a reading week every term. Jack and his classmates love it. They can read many books and magazines from the school library. Jack loves his school very much. 例二要点： Nancy is 14 years old. She’s in the seventh grade. Twice a week, she plays volleyball after school. She loves this game and spends a lot of time practising. Every Monday, Nancy goes to a Buddy Club. There older students talk to new students about school life. Her buddy Julie helps her learn all about her new school . Julie is her good friend. 2. 阅读Reading 例一要点： I enjoy reading the books of Robert Louis Stevenson because I find them really exciting. For example, Treasure Island tells the story of a young boy. He sails the sea to look for hidden treasure. His story gives me a lot of confidence. After reading the book, I’m not as shy as I used to be. I also want to travel and have exciting experiences in the future. 例二要点： I love reading. I spend over seven hours a week reading different types of books. I am interested in history books, but I like novels best. My friends give me lots of advice on books. We often meet together and discuss what to read. Reading is always a wonderful time. Good books help me relax after a busy day. They also open up a whole new world to me. 3. 自己动手做Do it yourself 例一要点： My cousin Andrew is crazy about DIY. He loves to repair things and decorate his house. But when he finishes, The house always looks terrible.
《英语语音》课程标准 课程名称：英语语音 课程类别：专业基础课 教学学时：36 课程学分：2 先行课程：英语语音 适用专业：英语专业 参考教材：《英语语音》上海外语教育出版社2008年3月（主编：汪文珍 一、课程性质 《英语语音》是英语专业的必修课。语音教学是英语教学的首要任务，本课程从英语元音和辅音学习入手，进一步讲解和操练单词重音、句子重音、强读式和弱读式、节奏、停顿和语调，同时注重实际训练，通过学习英、美语言朗读材料，帮助学生形成语感，提高英美语音和语调的水平，感受英美语言和语调所表达的微妙感情及其诗情画意的魅力。 本教程以课堂实际训练为主，适当讲解有关理论，并在理论的指导下进一步加强实践。学生通过本课程的学习，能把语音学习提高到一个新的高度。为其他相关学科的学习奠定坚实的基础。 二、课程目标 （一）知识目标 1、了解英语语音的基本理论和基本朗读技巧。 2、学习英语元音、辅音音素的读音和常见字母组合的发音。
（一）教学重点：国际音标、音位和音标的概念 （二）教学难点：对音位学的认识 三、主要教学内容 （一）主要内容：国际音标、语音音标对照表、英国标准音 （二）主要内容：音位和音位学，字母、音位和音标 四、考核知识、技能点 国际音标、音标 第二章单元音教学学时数：4 第一节发音器官 一、教学目的及要求：结合英语语音发音器官图向学生介绍英语语音发音过程中应灵活使用到的发音器官或部位。 二、教学重点与难点 （一）教学重点：如何正确运用发音器官 （二）教学难点：对发音器官图的辨识 三、主要教学内容 （一）主要内容：发音器官及其相应的名称 （二）主要内容：舌位图 四、考核知识、技能点 发音器官图、舌位图 第二节前元音
1．元音: 1)[i:] ee / ea / e / ie, ei three tree green sheep meet beef seek tea leave lead team mean speak clean he she me Chinese piece believe︱receive ceiling receipt leisure 2) [i]i / y / e / a sit picture list mix fix fit pig build miss myth many twenty happy dictionary defect decide delicious orange comrade village 3) [? ] a hand ant happy map mad glad flag shall 4) [e]ea / e / a *ai/ei head bread pleasure *said/leisure elephant electric remember sell hotel many any 5) [?:] ir / ur / ear / ur / or girl shirt skirt thirty thirteen third bird turn burn murder nurse turtle Thursday burger learn earn earth heard term her nerd serve *work worm word world 6)[?] (弱音) er / or / ou / ure / ar / o / a / e / u 元音字母及发元音的所有组合在非重读音节中基本上都读[?] 或(少数)[i] leader speaker farmer powder power doctor actor mayor author delicious generous various jealous pleasure measure leisure culture familiar collar dollar liar together lesson control polite account ago banana Canada Japan China spidermen listen glisten elephant calculus suspect maximum 7)[a:] ar / a / al *heart/clerk/sergeant car farm card arm garden last plant︱calm half 8) [?] u / o / ou / oo up supper lunch fun gun hunt cup bus come mother does brother love above trouble rough flourish blood flood 9) [?:] al / or / oor / au / our / ou / ar small wall talk tall hall ball call walk short lord horse forty sport more store sore ︱door floor sauce author caught autumn haunt four mourn court︱bought fought *warmth wardrobe quarter 10)[?] / [?]o / a hot lost lot fox box mop hop loss collar want wash what squander 11)[u:] oo / o / u groom broom doom goose tooth balloon shoe do two true truth blue full
美式发音和英式发音的几点不同 英语和美语在读音上的差异主要反映在元音字母a, o 和辅音字母r 的不同读音上。 1.在ask, can't, dance, fast, half, path 这一类的单词中，英国人将字母a 读作[a:]，而美国人则读作[?]，所以这些词在美国人口中就成了 [?sk][k?nt][d?ns][f?st][h?f]和[p??]。 2.在box, crop, hot, ironic, polish, spot这一类单词中，英国人将字母o 读作[)],而美国人则将o读作近似[a:]音的[a]。所以这些词在美国人读起来就成了[baks][krap][hat][ai'ranik][paliJ] 和[spat]。 3.辅音字母r在单词中是否读音是英语与美语的又一明显差异。在英语的r音节中不含卷舌音[r]，而美语的r音节中含卷舌音[r]，如下列词在英语和美语中读音是不同的： 英语读音美语读音 car [ka:] [kar] door [d):] [dor] river ['riv2] ['riv2r] party ['pa:ti] ['parti] board [b):d] [bord] dirty ['d2ti] ['d2rti] morning ['m):ni9] ['morni9] 英语中只有在far away, for ever, far and wide等连读情况下，字母r才明显的读作卷舌音[r]: [fa:r2'wei][f2'rev2][far2ndwaid]。 4.在以-ary或-ory结尾的多音节词中，英国人通常将a或o弱读，而美国人不仅不弱读，还要将a或o所在的音节加上次重音，所以这些词在英语和美语中不仅读音有差异，节奏也显然不同，例如： 英语读音美语读音 dictionary ['dikJ2n2ri] ['dikJ2nori] laboratory [le'b):r2tri] ['l?br2,tori]
1.-初中英语口语话题 训练 -CAL-FENGHAI.-(YICAI)-Company One1
Topic One: Making Friends Firstly, let us make friends with each other! Conversation 1：Interests Teacher: My name is David, I am your English teacher at 1 Smart. What is your name Student: My name is __________________________________. Teacher: Nice to meet you, Student: __________________________________. Teacher: I like playing football on Sunday, what about you Student: __________________________________. Teacher: What else do you like Student: __________________________________. Teacher: Why do you like________________ Student: Because__________________________________. Teacher: What about basketball, do you like playing basketball Student: __________________________________. Teacher: It is 5 o’clock and I have to go home right now. It was very nice to meet you! Student: __________________________________. Teacher: Bye! Student: __________________________________. Now, can you introduce your best friend to your teacher? Conversation 2：Friends Student: Good afternoon, sir. Teacher: Good afternoon. Student: This is my best friend________, ________, this is my English teacher, David. Teacher: How do you do, : How do you do. Student: My best friend is good at________ , and he likes ________. He lives in ________, and there are ________ members in his/her family. We are often together playing ________. . Teacher: It was really nice to meet your best friend, but time is up, I have to go to class. Student: Fine, see you. Teacher: Bye.
一、英语音标发音表 英语国际音标共48个音素，其中元音音素20个，辅音音素28个。
[i:]字母组合 ee ea e ie --three tree green sheep meet beef see seek eat tea meat leave lead teacher team mean speak clean piece [?]发音字母 a--bag hand and ant happy hat map mad bad black back glad flag shall man [e]字母组合 ea e a--head bread pleasure elephant electric remember sell shell lesson better bed desk hotel yes many any []字母组合ir ur ear er or--girl shirt skirt thirty thirteen third bird turn burn murder nurse turtle Thursday burger learn earn earth heard [ε]字母组合 er or ou ar o a e u--teacher leader remember player speaker farmer powder doctor actor mayor author tractor delicious gracious pleasure familiar collar dollar together tomorrow today lesson control around account ago elephant manta banana Canada [a:] 字母组合 ar a--car farm card arm garden fast class last glass plant aunt calm []发音字母 u o ou oo--up supper lunch fun gun hunt cup bus come mother dose brother love above trouble rough flourish blood flood []字母组合 al or au our ar--small wall talk tall hall ball call walk short more lord horse for forty sport door floor store author caught autumn four mourn court bought warm quarrel quarter []发音字母 o a--hot lost lot fox box mop hop loss collar not want wash watch [u:]字母组合 oo o u--food moon room gloom broom doom goose tooth shoe do
英语单词 英语字组表 字 组 元字组 元音字母 元音字组 辅字组 辅音字母 辅音字组
字母、字组和字群 字母指的是二十六个字母。字母是构成英文书写的最小单位，英语单词中的字母和单词读音中的各个音素并不存在对应关系。 字组指的是一个或几个字母在起，发一个共同的音素。字组是英语单词发音的基本单位，通常一个字组对应该一个音素。字组分为元字组和辅字组两种。 字群是指几个字组在同一个音节里发两个以上的音素。（如：-tion -sion -sten -stle -ought） 单词注音方法推荐 使用的符号为：长音符号 _ 短音符号 . 重音符号′[]音符号。[i]音符号丨哑音符号\ 其中短音符号 . 和重音符号′也可以充当音节分割符号。 辅音字母双写的含义 辅音字母双写，主要是为了强调双写辅音字母前面的元音字母要发短音，或者说要按元音字母在重读闭音节中的拼读规则读音。例如：Seattle [si'?tl]。通常ea被看作一个元字组，具有不可分割性，即便是这样，在双写辅音字母前面也被拆分开了。 例外的情况也有：suggestion [s?'d??st??n] collapse [k?'l?ps] 判断单词读音的三个步骤 一、数元字组的个数 数一数元字组的数目。有几个元字组就有几个音节。 二、划分音节 划分音节时以元字组为核心。 三、找出重读音节 1.单音节词都是重读音节 2.双音节词通常是第一个音节重读（前缀不重读） 3.多音节词在倒数第三个音节上重读
元音音素 1、单元音（14个） 2、双元音（10个） 辅音音素 英语中28个辅音 （1）清辅音[p] [t] [k] [f] [s] [θ] [?] [t?] [tr] [ts] [h] （2）浊辅音[b] [d] [g] [v] [z] [e] [?] [d?] [dr] [dz] （3）鼻音（浊辅音）[m] [n] [?] （4）舌侧音（浊辅音）[l] [r] （5）半元音（浊辅音）[w][j]
Topic 1：Food Safety A：超，我一直劝你说不要买学校西南门的饭。你也知道他们用的食用油可能是地沟油，调料是勾兑的，可你一直不听。 Chao,I always advise that you should not buy meals in southwestern door of our school. As you know, the oil they use may be used oil; seasoning, like vinegar and sauce is blending, but you do not listen. B：这没关系，我吃他们的饭都两年了，你看我还不是挺健康的；再说了吃起来口感也不错！ It does not matter, I eat their meal every day, you see, I am still healthy; besides, the texture is good. C：我不这样看，虽然我们一时半会儿吃不出来毛病，但食物中的有害物质会在体内堆积，包括食物上沾有的汽车尾气中的铅，早晚会得病的。咱们应该去食堂。 I am not in your point, although we would not be sick immediately, the harmful substances will accumulate in our body, including the lead in automobile exhaust. We will get sick sooner or later. So we should eat at canteen. D：食堂的也可能有问题啊！他们晚上卖的鸡腿可能会是中午剩的，我们吃了会拉肚子。我们应该买那些受欢迎的菜品，它们都是新做的。 The foods in the canteen may also be a problem! The drumsticks sold at night are probably the left at noon. We should buy popular dishes, they are all new. A：我同意。因为我晚上一吃鸡腿、鸡排就会肚子痛。不过食堂的饭肯定比学校门口的干净。 I agree. Because I often have a stomachache when I eat them. But the foods in canteen must better than meals sold in the school door. B：好。我以后少吃。进一步说，咱们中国的食品安全问题非常令人担忧。好多食品企业为了利益做了好多坏事。还记得那年的三鹿奶粉事件吗？ OK. I will eat less. The food safety in our country is a extremely worrying issue. Many food companies had done a larger number of bad things for the sake of benefits. Do you remember the “Sanlu milk powder incident” C：当然，好多婴儿都得病了，有的小孩还有了生命危险。生产商真该遭雷劈，这么缺德的事也办的出来。 Of course, many infants were ill and some of them even in danger. The manufacturers should be punished severely, it is so wicked things to do.
Chapter 2: word connections As mentioned in the previous chapter, in American English, words are not pronounced one by one. Usually, the end of one word attaches to the beginning of the next word. This is also true for initials, numbers, and spelling. Part of the glue that connects sentences is an underlying hum or drone that only breaks when you come to a period, and sometimes not even then. You have this underlying hum in your own language and it helps a great deal toward making you sound like a native speaker. Once you have a strong intonation, you need to connect all those stair steps together so that each sentence sounds like one long word. This chapter is going to introduce you to the idea of liaisons, the connections between words, which allow us to speak in sound groups rather than in individual words. Just as we went over where to put an intonation, here you’re going to learn how to connect words. Once you understand and learn to use this technique, you can make the important leap from this practical book to other materials and your own conversation. To make it easier for you to read, liaisons are written like this: they tell me the dai measier.(you’ve already encountered some liaisons in exercise 1-38,1-49,1-53.) It could also be written theytellmethedaimeasier, but it would be too hard to read. Exercise 2-1: Spelling and pronunciation Read the following sentences. The last sentences should be pronounced exactly the same, no matter how they are written. It is the sound that is important, not the spelling. The dime .The dime easier.They tell me the dime easier.They tell me the dime easier to understand. They tell me that I’m t easier to understand. Liaison rule 1: consonant/vowel Words are connected when a word ends in a consonant sound and the next word starts with a vowel sound, including the semivowel W,Y and R. Exercise 2-2: word connections My name is…B ecause I’ve…. Pick up on the American intonation In the preceding example, the word name ends in a consonant sound [m](the e is silent and doesn’t count), and is starts with a vowel sound [i] , so [naymiz] just naturally flows together. In because I’ve, the [z] at the end of because and the [ai] sound of I blend together smoothly. When you say the last line “Pick up on the American intonation”, you can feel each sound pushing into the next. Exercise 2-3: spelling and number connections You can also use liaisons in spelling and numbers: LA(Los Angeles) 902-5050 Exercise 2-4: Consonant/vowel liaison practice Pause the CD and reconnect the following words. On personal pronouns, it is common to drop the H. See answer key, beginning on page 193. Repeat after me. Hold on Turn over Tell her I miss her 1. read only 2. fall off 3. follow up on 4. come in 5. call him 6. sell it 7. take out 8. fade away 9. 6-0 10. MA