标准美语发音的13个秘诀 CD 2 Track 44（在线收听）

Exercise 2-9: Vowel / Vowel Liaison Practice                                    CD 2 Track 44 

Pause the CD and reconnect the following words as shown in the models. Add a (y) glide after an [e] sound, and a (w) glide after an [u] sound. Don't forget that the sound of th e American O is really [ou]. Check Answer Key, beginning on page 193.  

she isn't [she(y) isn't] who is    [who(w) iz]

1.   go anywhere            _______________  

2.   so honest                 _______________  

3.   through our             _______________  

4.   you are                  _______________  

5.   he is                      _______________  

6.   do I?                       _______________  

7.   I asked                    _______________  

8.   to open                  _______________  

9.   she always               _______________  

10.    too often                  _______________  

Liaison Rule 4: T, D, S, or Z + Y 

When the letter or sound of T, D, S, or Z is fo llowed by a word that star ts with Y, or its sound, both sounds are connected. These letters and sounds connect not only with Y, but they do so as well with the initial unwritten [y].