标准美语发音的13个秘诀 CD 4 Track 47（在线收听）

Exercise 11-10: Practical Application—U.S./Japan Trade Friction CD 4 Track 47 

Listen to the following excerpt, and compare the two versions.

Forty years after the end of World War II, Japan and the U.S. are again engaged in conflict. Trade frictions, which began as minor irritants in an otherwise smooth relationship in the 1960s, have gradually escalated over the years.

The conflict is more dangerous than it appears because its real nature is partially hidden. It masquerades as a banal and sometimes grubby dispute over widgets withthe stakes being whether American or Japanese big business makes more money.

In truth, the issue is strategic and geopolitical in nature. Japan is once again challenging the U.S., only this time the issue is not China or the Pacific, but world industrial and technological leadership and the military and economic powers which have always been its corollaries. 

*By permission of U.S. News and World Report

Fordee yir zæftr (pause) thee(y) end'v wrl dwor too, (pause) J'pæn'n thəUS(pause) ärəgenin gεij din(pause) cänfl'ct. (pause) Trəid fr'ksh'nz, (pause) w'ch b'gæn'z mynr rirrət'nts(pause) in'n  ətherwise(pause) smooth r'lεish'nship in the näinteen siksdeez(pause) h'v græjəlee(y) εscəladəd(pause) dover thə yirz.

Thə känfl'k d'z mor dεinjer's thəni dəpirzb'kəzəts ree(y) əl nεichyr'z pärshəlee h'dd'n. It mæskerεidzəzə bənälən səmtäimz grəbee d'spyu dover wij'ts withthə stεiks be(y)ing wεtherə mεrəkəner Jæpəneezbig bizn's mεiks mor mənee.

In truth, thee(y) ishu(w) iz strəteejəkən jee(y) opəlidəkələn nεichyer. Jəpænəz wən səgεn chælənjing thə you(w) ess, only  this täim, thee(y) ishu(w) iz nät  Chäinəor thəPəs'fək, bət wr rolld'in  dəsstree(y) l'n tεknəläjəkəl leedershipən the milətεree(y) ənεkənämək pæwrz w'ch h'väweez bi n'ts korəlεreez.

The Letter A 

You've seen many examples of illogical spelling by now, and the letter A is a major contributor. A can be:

Note People who speak Chinese frequently pronounce [a], [æ] and [ε] the same. The common denominator of the three sounds is [ε]. When a Chinese speaker says mate, mat, met, it can sound like met, met, met. If this happens to be your case, in order to say common words like make and man correctly, first practice putting them on the stairsteps and drawing them out. Don't be afraid to exaggerate. You can even draw them out with a final unvoiced consonant.

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