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PART ONE Phonetic Symbols

PART TWO Vowels and Diphthongs

Section 1 Vowels

UNIT 01 The Front Vowels: /i:/, /?/, /i/, /e/ and /æ/

UNIT 02 The Back Vowels: /u:/, /?/, /u/, /?:/, /?/ and /��?/

UNIT 03 The Central Vowels: /??/, /?/ and /?/

Section 2 Diphthongs

UNIT 04 The Closing Diphthongs: /e?/, /a?/, /??/, /??/ and /a?/

UNIT 05 The Centering Diphthongs: /??/, /e?/, and /??/

PART THREE Consonants

UNIT 06 The Plosive Consonants: /p/, /b/, /t/, /d/, /k/ and /g/

UNIT 07 The Fricative Consonants: /f/, /v/, /s/, /z/, /?/, /?/, /θ/, /ð/, /h/ and /r/

UNIT 08 The Affricative Consonants: /t?/, /d?/, /tr/, /dr/, /ts/ and /dz/

UNIT 09 The Nasal Consonants: /m/, /n/ and /?/

UNIT 10 The Lateral Consonant: /l/

UNIT 11 The Semi-Vowels: /j/ and /w/

PART FOUR Sequence of Sounds

UNIT 12 Liaisons

UNIT 13 Consonant Clusters

UNIT 14 Incomplete Plosion

PART FIVE Stress and Rhythm

UNIT 15 Syllable and Stress

UNIT 16 Thought Group and Focus Word

UNIT 17 Rhythm and Rhyme

PART SIX Intonation

UNIT 18 Intonation

APPENDIX Chinese Poetry