Introduction 引言 vi
Chapter One The Vowel Sounds 元音 1
Production of Vowels 元音的發音 1
The Main Vowel Sounds of American English 美式英語中的主要元音 3
/i/ as in meet /i/的發音(meet) 4
/?/ as in sit /?/的發音(sit) 4
/e?/ as in take /e?/的發音(take) 6
/?/ as in get /?/的發音(get) 7
/?/ as in fat /?/的發音(fat) 8
/ɑ/ as in father /ɑ/的發音(father) 9
/?/ as in fun /?/的發音(fun) 10
/?/as in saw /?/的發音(saw) 11
/o?/ as in boat /o?/的發音(boat) 13
/?/ as in good /?/的發音(good) 14
/u/ as in too /u/的發音(too) 14
/?r/ as in bird /?r/的發音(bird) 16
/a?/ as in time /a?/的發音(time) 16
/a?/ as in house /a?/的發音(house) 17
/??/ as in boy /??/的發音(boy) 18
Chapter Two Vowels in Detail 元音的細節 19
Review of /?/ and /i/ Sounds 復習/?/和/i/ 19
Review of /?/ and /?/ Sounds 復習/?/和/?/ 20
Review of /?/, /ɑ/, /?/, and /o?/ Sounds 復習/?/、/ɑ/、/?/和/o?/ 21
The Problematic o 容易出現問題的o 22
Three Different Ways to Pronounce the Letter o 字母o的三種不同發音方法 25
Review of /?/ versus /?/ 復習/?/和/?/的區別 25
The American /?/ Sound /?/的美式發音 26
Review of /?/, /?/, /ɑ/, /?/, /?/, and /o?/ 復習/?/、/?/、/ɑ/、/?/、/?/和/o?/ 28
The Problematic /?/ Sound 容易出現問題的/?/ 29
Review of /?/ and /u/ Sounds 復習/?/和/u/ 30
/u/ versus /ju/ /u/和/ju/比較 30
Review of the /?r/ Sound 復習/?r/ 31
Vowels Followed by the /r/ Sound 元音后接/r/時的發音方法 32
Chapter Three Consonants 輔音 33
Forming American Consonants 發出美式的輔音 33
Voiceless and Voiced Consonants 清輔音和濁輔音 34
Vowel Length and Voiced and Voiceless Consonants 元音長度與濁輔音和清輔音 35
Stops and Continuants 塞音和連續音 37
Chapter Four Problematic Consonants 容易出現問題的輔音 39
The Various t Sounds of American English 美式英語中t的各種發音 39
The “Fast d” Sound “快速d”的發音 43
The /t?r/ Sound: tr /t?r/的發音:tr 44
The /d?r/ Sound: dr /d?r/的發音:dr 44
The /d?/ Sound: du and d y /d?/的發音:du和d y 45
The /t?/ Sound: tu and t y /t?/的發音:tu和t y 45
Words Ending in -ed 以-ed結尾的單詞 46
The th Sound th的發音 49
The American /r/ 美式的/r/ 53
The American /l/ 美式的/l/ 56
Understanding /l/ versus /r/ 區分/l/和/r/的發音 58
The /v/ Sound /v/的發音 61
Understanding /b/ versus /v/ 區分/b/和/v/的發音 62
The /w/ Sound /w/的發音 63
Understanding /v/ versus /w/ 區分/v/和/w/的發音 64
The /s/ and /z/ Sounds /s/和/z/的發音 65
The /?/ Sound: Pronouncing ng /?/的發音:發ng音 68
Consonant Clusters 輔音連綴 70
Chapter Five Syllable Stress 音節重音 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 音節重讀錯誤的危害 78
General Rules for Stress Placement 音節重讀的一般規則 79
Reduced Vowels for Review 復習元音弱讀 86
Chapter Six Word Stress 單詞重音 89
Compound Nouns 復合名詞 89
Proper Stress with Adjectives 形容詞的適當重讀 91
Phrasal Verbs 短語動詞 93
Noun Forms of Phrasal Verbs 短語動詞的名詞形式 94
Abbreviations and Numbers 縮寫詞和數字 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? 應該重讀哪個單詞? 98
Reducing Vowels in Unstressed Words 非重讀單詞中的元音弱讀 101
Thought Groups and Focus Words 意群和焦點詞 106
Contrastive Stress 對比重音 107
Chapter Seven Intonation 語調 109
Falling Intonation 降調 109
Rising Intonation 升調 110
Non-fi nal Intonation 非*終語調 111
Wavering Intonation 搖擺語調 113
Chapter Eight Sound Like a True Native Speaker
像母語者一樣發音 115
Linking: Connecting Words for Smoother Speech Flow 連讀:使語流更平滑 115
Rules for Linking 連讀的規則 116
Contractions 縮讀 125
Conditional Tense and Contractions 條件句時態與縮讀 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,發音不同 136
Two Correct Pronunciations 兩種正確發音 137
Words with Dropped Syllables 省略音節的單詞 137
Words with Silent Letters 帶有不發音字母的單詞 138
Homophones 同音異義詞 139
Native Language Guide 中國人語音學習難點提示 141
Consonants 輔音 141
Vowels 元音 144
Longer Words 較長的詞 146
Index 索引 149