本書強(qiáng)調(diào)了元音、輔音的正確發(fā)音，并對原因的細(xì)節(jié)、容易出現(xiàn)問題的輔音進(jìn)行重點(diǎn)講解；講解了音節(jié)和單詞重音，語調(diào)等，并列出了一些特例。
V, W, B, TH和美式發(fā)音R, 強(qiáng)調(diào)正確的重音音節(jié)，正式英語和口語的用詞區(qū)別、同音字詞 (如 they're 和there), 正確分辨有不發(fā)音字母的單詞 (comb, receipt等), 避免令人尷尬的發(fā)音錯(cuò)誤（party 和 potty
Lisa Mojsin（莉薩·莫吉辛）是Mastering the American Accent一書的作者，也是“The American Accent Course”（美國口音教程）DVD的作者。她擁有超過20年的教學(xué)經(jīng)驗(yàn)，向美國和海外的不同文化背景的專業(yè)人士教授英語發(fā)音和溝通技巧。她會說五種語言，并擁有“教授英語給母語為其他語言的人”的碩士學(xué)位。她在圣莫妮卡學(xué)院任教達(dá)15年，也是加州大學(xué)洛杉磯分校、洛約拉馬利蒙特大學(xué)、西洛杉磯大學(xué)、奧蒂斯藝術(shù)與設(shè)計(jì)學(xué)院的教授。
Contents
Introduction vi
Chapter 1: The Vowel Sounds 1
Production of Vowels 1
The Main Vowel Soundsof American English 3
/i/ as in meet /i/meet4
// as in sit //sit4
/e/ as in take /e/take6
// as in get //get7
/?/ as in fat /?/fat8
// as in father //father9
// as in fun //fun10
//as in saw //saw11
/o/ as in boat /o/boat13
// as in good //good14
/u/ as in too /u/too14
/?r/ as in bird /?r/bird16
/a/ as in time /a/time16
/a/ as in house /a/house17
// as in boy //boy18
Chapter 2: Vowels in Detail 19
Review of // and /i/ Sounds///i/ 19
Review of // and /?/ Sounds///?/ 20
Review of //, //, //, and /o/ Sounds ///////o/ 21
The Problematic o o 22
Three Different Waysto Pronounce the Letter o o25
Review of /?/ versus // /?///25
The American // Sound //26
Review of //, /?/, //, //, //, and /o/ ///?////////o/ 28
The Problematic // Sound // 29
Review of // and /u/ Sounds///u/ 30
/u/ versus /ju/ /u//ju/30
Review of the /?r/ Sound /?r/ 31
Vowels Followed by the/r/ Sound /r/32
Chapter 3: Consonants 33
Forming AmericanConsonants 33
Voiceless and VoicedConsonants 34
Vowel Length andVoiced and Voiceless Consonants 35
Stops and Continuants 37
Chapter 4: Problematic Consonants 39
The Various t Sounds of American English t39
The “Fast d” Sound d43
The /tr/ Sound: tr /tr/tr 44
The /dr/ Sound: dr /dr/dr 44
The /d/ Sound: du and d y /d/dud y 45
The /t/ Sound: tu and t y /t/tut y 45
Words Ending in -ed -ed46
The th Sound th49
The American /r/ /r/ 53
The American /l/ /l/ 56
Understanding /l/versus /r/ /l//r/58
The /v/ Sound /v/61
Understanding /b/versus /v/ /b//v/62
The /w/ Sound /w/63
Understanding /v/versus /w/ /v//w/64
The /s/ and /z/ Sounds/s//z/65
The /?/ Sound: Pronouncing ng /?/ng68
Consonant Clusters 70
Chapter 5: Syllable Stress 73
Stressed and ReducedVowels 73
Comparing Stressed andReduced Vowels 76
Dangers of Stressingthe Wrong Syllable 78
General Rules forStress Placement 79
Reduced Vowels forReview 86
Chapter 6: Word Stress 89
Compound Nouns 89
Proper Stress withAdjectives 91
Phrasal Verbs 93
Noun Forms of PhrasalVerbs 94
Abbreviations andNumbers 95
Names of Places andPeople 96
Word Stress Within aSentence 96
Which Words Should IStress? 98
Reducing Vowels inUnstressed Words 101
Thought Groups andFocus Words 106
Contrastive Stress 107
Chapter 7: Intonation 109
Falling Intonation 109
Rising Intonation 110
Non-final Intonation 111
Wavering Intonation 113
Chapter 8: Sound Like a True Native Speaker
115
Linking: ConnectingWords for Smoother Speech Flow 115
Rules for Linking 116
Contractions 125
Conditional Tense andContractions 130
Casual versus FormalSpeech 132
Chapter 9: Memorizing the Exceptions 135
Same Spelling,Different Pronunciation 136
Two CorrectPronunciations 137
Words with DroppedSyllables 137
Words with SilentLetters 138
Homophones 139
Native Language Guide 141
Chinese 141
Index 149
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