标准美语发音的13个秘诀 CD 1 Track 43（在线收听）

Exercise 1-30: Set Phrase Story—The Little Match Girl                               CD 1 Track 43 

The following story contains only  set phrases, as opposed to the desc riptive story in Exercise 1-27. Stress the first word of each phrase. 

The little  match girl  was out in a snowstorm .  Her feet were like ice cubes  and  her  finger tips  had frost bite. She hadn't sold any matches since  daybreak,  and she had a stomach ache from the hunger pangs, but her step mother would beat her with a broom stick if she came home with an empty  coin  purse. Looking into the bright living  rooms,  she saw  Christmas trees  and warm fireplaces. Out on the  snowbank,  she lit match and saw the image of a grand  dinner  table  of food before her. As the  matchstick  burned, the illusion slowly faded. She lit   another one and saw a room full of happy  family  members.  On the last match, her grandmother came down and carried her home. In the morning, the  passersby saw the little  match girl. She had frozen during the  ni gh t time, but she had a smile on her face. 

Contrasting a Descript ion and a Set Phrase 

We now have two main intonation patterns—first word stress  and  second word stress.  In the following exercise, we will contrast the two.