Exercise 4-6: Rule 4Held T Before N CD 3 Track 18 The held T is, strictly speaking, not really a T atall. Remember [t] and [n] are very close in themouth (see Liaisons, Exercise 2-5). If you have an N immediately after a T, you don't pop the Tthetong...
Exercise 4-5: Rule 3Bottom of the Staircase CD 3 Track 17 T at the bottom of a staircase is in the held position. By held, I mean thatthe tongue is in the Tposition, but the air isn't released. To compare, when you say T as in Tom, there 's a sharp b...
Exercise 4-4: Rule 2Middle of the Staircase CD 3 Track 16 图片1...
Exercise 4-3: Rute 1Top of the Staircase CD 3 Track 15 When a T is at the top of a staircase, in a stressed position, it should be a clear popped sound. 1. In the beginning of a word, T is [t]. Ted took ten tomatoes. 2. With a stressed T and ST, TS,...
Exercise 4-2: Betty Bought a Bit of Better Butter CD 3 Track 14 In the sentence Betty bought a bit of better butter, all of the Ts are in weak positions, so they allsound like soft Ds. Repeat the sentence slowly, word by word: [Beddy ... badə... bidə...
Exercise 4-1 ; Stressed and Unstressed T CD 3 Thick 13 Repeat after me. 图片1...
Chapter 4. The American T CD 3 Track 12 The American T is influenced verystrongly by intonation and its position in a word or phrase. Atthe top of a staircase T is pronounced T as in Ted or Italian; a T in the middle of a staircase ispronounced as D...
Exercise 3-6: Reading the [ə] Sound CD 3 Track 11 When you read the following schwa paragraph, try clenching your teeth the first time. It won'tsound completely natural, but it will get rid of all of the excess lip and jaw movement and forceyour ton...
Exercise 3-5: Reading the [] Sound CD strack 10 A Lt of Lng, Ht Walks in the Garden John was not sorry when the boss called off the walks in the garden. Obviously, to him, it wasawfully hot, and the walks were far too long. He had not thought that wa...
Exercise 3-4: Reading the [] Sound CD 3 Track 9 The Tn Mn A fashionably tan man sat casually at the bat stand, lashing a handful of practice bats. Themanager, a crabby old bag of bones, passed by and laughed, You're about average, Jack. Can'tyou lash...
