Introduction 引言 vi
Chapter One The Vowel Sounds 元音 1
Production of Vowels 元音的發(fā)音 1
The Main Vowel Sounds of American English 美式英語(yǔ)中的主要元音 3
/i/ as in meet /i/的發(fā)音(meet) 4
/?/ as in sit /?/的發(fā)音(sit) 4
/e?/ as in take /e?/的發(fā)音(take) 6
/?/ as in get /?/的發(fā)音(get) 7
/?/ as in fat /?/的發(fā)音(fat) 8
/ɑ/ as in father /ɑ/的發(fā)音(father) 9
/?/ as in fun /?/的發(fā)音(fun) 10
/?/as in saw /?/的發(fā)音(saw) 11
/o?/ as in boat /o?/的發(fā)音(boat) 13
/?/ as in good /?/的發(fā)音(good) 14
/u/ as in too /u/的發(fā)音(too) 14
/?r/ as in bird /?r/的發(fā)音(bird) 16
/a?/ as in time /a?/的發(fā)音(time) 16
/a?/ as in house /a?/的發(fā)音(house) 17
/??/ as in boy /??/的發(fā)音(boy) 18
Chapter Two Vowels in Detail 元音的細(xì)節(jié) 19
Review of /?/ and /i/ Sounds 復(fù)習(xí)/?/和/i/ 19
Review of /?/ and /?/ Sounds 復(fù)習(xí)/?/和/?/ 20
Review of /?/, /ɑ/, /?/, and /o?/ Sounds 復(fù)習(xí)/?/、/ɑ/、/?/和/o?/ 21
The Problematic o 容易出現(xiàn)問(wèn)題的o 22
Three Different Ways to Pronounce the Letter o 字母o的三種不同發(fā)音方法 25
Review of /?/ versus /?/ 復(fù)習(xí)/?/和/?/的區(qū)別 25
The American /?/ Sound /?/的美式發(fā)音 26
Review of /?/, /?/, /ɑ/, /?/, /?/, and /o?/ 復(fù)習(xí)/?/、/?/、/ɑ/、/?/、/?/和/o?/ 28
The Problematic /?/ Sound 容易出現(xiàn)問(wèn)題的/?/ 29
Review of /?/ and /u/ Sounds 復(fù)習(xí)/?/和/u/ 30
/u/ versus /ju/ /u/和/ju/比較 30
Review of the /?r/ Sound 復(fù)習(xí)/?r/ 31
Vowels Followed by the /r/ Sound 元音后接/r/時(shí)的發(fā)音方法 32
Chapter Three Consonants 輔音 33
Forming American Consonants 發(fā)出美式的輔音 33
Voiceless and Voiced Consonants 清輔音和濁輔音 34
Vowel Length and Voiced and Voiceless Consonants 元音長(zhǎng)度與濁輔音和清輔音 35
Stops and Continuants 塞音和連續(xù)音 37
Chapter Four Problematic Consonants 容易出現(xiàn)問(wèn)題的輔音 39
The Various t Sounds of American English 美式英語(yǔ)中t的各種發(fā)音 39
The “Fast d” Sound “快速d”的發(fā)音 43
The /t?r/ Sound: tr /t?r/的發(fā)音:tr 44
The /d?r/ Sound: dr /d?r/的發(fā)音:dr 44
The /d?/ Sound: du and d y /d?/的發(fā)音:du和d y 45
The /t?/ Sound: tu and t y /t?/的發(fā)音:tu和t y 45
Words Ending in -ed 以-ed結(jié)尾的單詞 46
The th Sound th的發(fā)音 49
The American /r/ 美式的/r/ 53
The American /l/ 美式的/l/ 56
Understanding /l/ versus /r/ 區(qū)分/l/和/r/的發(fā)音 58
The /v/ Sound /v/的發(fā)音 61
Understanding /b/ versus /v/ 區(qū)分/b/和/v/的發(fā)音 62
The /w/ Sound /w/的發(fā)音 63
Understanding /v/ versus /w/ 區(qū)分/v/和/w/的發(fā)音 64
The /s/ and /z/ Sounds /s/和/z/的發(fā)音 65
The /?/ Sound: Pronouncing ng /?/的發(fā)音:發(fā)ng音 68
Consonant Clusters 輔音連綴 70
Chapter Five Syllable Stress 音節(jié)重音 73
Stressed and Reduced Vowels 元音的重讀和弱讀 73
Comparing Stressed and Reduced Vowels 比較元音重讀和弱讀 76
Dangers of Stressing the Wrong Syllable 音節(jié)重讀錯(cuò)誤的危害 78
General Rules for Stress Placement 音節(jié)重讀的一般規(guī)則 79
Reduced Vowels for Review 復(fù)習(xí)元音弱讀 86
Chapter Six Word Stress 單詞重音 89
Compound Nouns 復(fù)合名詞 89
Proper Stress with Adjectives 形容詞的適當(dāng)重讀 91
Phrasal Verbs 短語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞 93
Noun Forms of Phrasal Verbs 短語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞的名詞形式 94
Abbreviations and Numbers 縮寫詞和數(shù)字 95
Names of Places and People 地名和人名 96
Word Stress Within a Sentence 句子中的單詞重音 96
Which Words Should I Stress? 應(yīng)該重讀哪個(gè)單詞? 98
Reducing Vowels in Unstressed Words 非重讀單詞中的元音弱讀 101
Thought Groups and Focus Words 意群和焦點(diǎn)詞 106
Contrastive Stress 對(duì)比重音 107
Chapter Seven Intonation 語(yǔ)調(diào) 109
Falling Intonation 降調(diào) 109
Rising Intonation 升調(diào) 110
Non-fi nal Intonation 非*終語(yǔ)調(diào) 111
Wavering Intonation 搖擺語(yǔ)調(diào) 113
Chapter Eight Sound Like a True Native Speaker
像母語(yǔ)者一樣發(fā)音 115
Linking: Connecting Words for Smoother Speech Flow 連讀:使語(yǔ)流更平滑 115
Rules for Linking 連讀的規(guī)則 116
Contractions 縮讀 125
Conditional Tense and Contractions 條件句時(shí)態(tài)與縮讀 130
Casual versus Formal Speech 隨意講話與正式講話 132
Chapter Nine Memorizing the Exceptions 記住特例 135
Same Spelling, Different Pronunciation 拼寫相同,發(fā)音不同 136
Two Correct Pronunciations 兩種正確發(fā)音 137
Words with Dropped Syllables 省略音節(jié)的單詞 137
Words with Silent Letters 帶有不發(fā)音字母的單詞 138
Homophones 同音異義詞 139
Native Language Guide 中國(guó)人語(yǔ)音學(xué)習(xí)難點(diǎn)提示 141
Consonants 輔音 141
Vowels 元音 144
Longer Words 較長(zhǎng)的詞 146
Index 索引 149