作者简介 莉萨·莫吉辛(Lisa Mojsin) 出版过“The American Accent Course”(美国口音教程,该教程教学视频在网上深受美语学习者的喜爱)。拥有超过20年的教学经验,向美国和海外的不同文化背景的专业人士教授英语发音和沟通技巧。本人会说五种语言,并拥有“教授英语给母语为其他语言的人”的硕士学位。在圣莫妮卡学院任教达15年,也是加州大学洛杉矶分校、洛约拉马利蒙特大学、西洛杉矶大学、奥蒂斯艺术与设计学院的教授。
目录 Introduction 引言 vi Chapter One The Vowel Sounds 元音 1 Production of Vowels 元音的发音 1 The Main Vowel Sounds of American English 美式英语中的主要元音 3 /i/ as in meet /i/的发音(meet) 4 /ɪ/ as in sit /ɪ/的发音(sit) 4 /eɪ/ as in take /eɪ/的发音(take) 6 /ɛ/ as in get /ɛ/的发音(get) 7 /æ/ as in fat /æ/的发音(fat) 8 /ɑ/ as in father /ɑ/的发音(father) 9 /ʌ/ as in fun /ʌ/的发音(fun) 10 /ɔ/as in saw /ɔ/的发音(saw) 11 /oʊ/ as in boat /oʊ/的发音(boat) 13 /ʊ/ as in good /ʊ/的发音(good) 14 /u/ as in too /u/的发音(too) 14 /ər/ as in bird /ər/的发音(bird) 16 /aɪ/ as in time /aɪ/的发音(time) 16 /aʊ/ as in house /aʊ/的发音(house) 17 /ɔɪ/ as in boy /ɔɪ/的发音(boy) 18 Chapter Two Vowels in Detail 元音的细节 19 Review of /ɪ/ and /i/ Sounds 复习/ɪ/和/i/ 19 Review of /ɛ/ and /æ/ Sounds 复习/ɛ/和/æ/ 20 Review of /ʌ/, /ɑ/, /ɔ/, and /oʊ/ Sounds 复习/ʌ/、/ɑ/、/ɔ/和/oʊ/ 21 The Problematic o 容易出现问题的o 22 Three Different Ways to Pronounce the Letter o 字母o的三种不同发音方法 25 Review of /æ/ versus /ʌ/ 复习/æ/和/ʌ/的区别 25 The American /ɔ/ Sound /ɔ/的美式发音 26 Review of /ɛ/, /æ/, /ɑ/, /ɔ/, /ʌ/, and /oʊ/ 复习/ɛ/、/æ/、/ɑ/、/ɔ/、/ʌ/和/oʊ/ 28 The Problematic /ʊ/ Sound 容易出现问题的/ʊ/ 29 Review of /ʊ/ and /u/ Sounds 复习/ʊ/和/u/ 30 /u/ versus /ju/ /u/和/ju/比较 30 Review of the /ər/ Sound 复习/ər/ 31 Vowels Followed by the /r/ Sound 元音后接/r/时的发音方法 32 Chapter Three Consonants 辅音 33 Forming American Consonants 发出美式的辅音 33 Voiceless and Voiced Consonants 清辅音和浊辅音 34 Vowel Length and Voiced and Voiceless Consonants 元音长度与浊辅音和清辅音 35 Stops and Continuants 塞音和连续音 37 Chapter Four Problematic Consonants 容易出现问题的辅音 39 The Various t Sounds of American English 美式英语中t的各种发音 39 The “Fast d” Sound “快速d”的发音 43 The /tʃr/ Sound: tr /tʃr/的发音:tr 44 The /dʒr/ Sound: dr /dʒr/的发音:dr 44 The /dʒ/ Sound: du and d + y /dʒ/的发音:du和d + y 45 The /tʃ/ Sound: tu and t + y /tʃ/的发音:tu和t + y 45 Words Ending in -ed 以-ed结尾的单词 46 The th Sound th的发音 49 The American /r/ 美式的/r/ 53 The American /l/ 美式的/l/ 56 Understanding /l/ versus /r/ 区分/l/和/r/的发音 58 The /v/ Sound /v/的发音 61 Understanding /b/ versus /v/ 区分/b/和/v/的发音 62 The /w/ Sound /w/的发音 63 Understanding /v/ versus /w/ 区分/v/和/w/的发音 64 The /s/ and /z/ Sounds /s/和/z/的发音 65 The /ŋ/ Sound: Pronouncing ng /ŋ/的发音:发ng音 68 Consonant Clusters 辅音连缀 70 Chapter Five Syllable Stress 音节重音 73 Stressed and Reduced Vowels 元音的重读和弱读 73 Comparing Stressed and Reduced Vowels 比较元音重读和弱读 76 Dangers of Stressing the Wrong Syllable 音节重读错误的危害 78 General Rules for Stress Placement 音节重读的一般规则 79 Reduced Vowels for Review 复习元音弱读 86 Chapter Six Word Stress 单词重音 89 Compound Nouns 复合名词 89 Proper Stress with Adjectives 形容词的适当重读 91 Phrasal Verbs 短语动词 93 Noun Forms of Phrasal Verbs 短语动词的名词形式 94 Abbreviations and Numbers 缩写词和数字 95 Names of Places and People 地名和人名 96 Word Stress Within a Sentence 句子中的单词重音 96 Which Words Should I Stress? 应该重读哪个单词? 98 Reducing Vowels in Unstressed Words 非重读单词中的元音弱读 101 Thought Groups and Focus Words 意群和焦点词 106 Contrastive Stress 对比重音 107 Chapter Seven Intonation 语调 109 Falling Intonation 降调 109 Rising Intonation 升调 110 Non-fi nal Intonation 非最终语调 111 Wavering Intonation 摇摆语调 113 Chapter Eight Sound Like a True Native Speaker 像母语者一样发音 115 Linking: Connecting Words for Smoother Speech Flow 连读:使语流更平滑 115 Rules for Linking 连读的规则 116 Contractions 缩读 125 Conditional Tense and Contractions 条件句时态与缩读 130 Casual versus Formal Speech 随意讲话与正式讲话 132 Chapter Nine Memorizing the Exceptions 记住特例 135 Same Spelling, Different Pronunciation 拼写相同,发音不同 136 Two Correct Pronunciations 两种正确发音 137 Words with Dropped Syllables 省略音节的单词 137 Words with Silent Letters 带有不发音字母的单词 138 Homophones 同音异义词 139 Native Language Guide 中国人语音学习难点提示 141 Consonants 辅音 141 Vowels 元音 144 Longer Words 较长的词 146 Index 索引 149
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