《英语语音语调简明教程》

CONTENTS1

Unit 1．Characteristics of English Sounds1

1.1 The Articulatory Characteristics of Vowels1

1.2 The Articulatory Characterislics of Consonants3

1.3 List of Phonetic Symbols5

1.4 Positions of the English Speech Organs6

1.5 Positions of the English Vowels8

1.6 Chart of the English Consonants10

Unit 2．The Vowel Sounds11

2.1 Comparison of Vowels30

Unit 3．The Consonant Sounds41

Unit 4．Length，Sound Linking Assimilationi and Weakening of the English Sounds in Practical Usage65

4.1 Length65

4.2 Sound Liuking66

4.3 Assimilation66

4.4 Weakening68

4.5 Exercise69

Unit 5．Stress and Rhythm71

5.1 Words Stress74

5.2 Sentence Stress77

5.3 Cases with No Stress83

5.4 The Rhythm of Sentences84

5.5 Exercises86

Unit 6．Intonation91

6.1 A Brief Analysis of English Intonation93

6.2 Falling Tune95

6.3 Risirrg Tune99

6.4 The Treatment of Parentheises104

6.5 Emphatic Sentences107

7.1 Sentences of Different Types112

Unit 7．Practice Materials112

7.2 Practice Dialogue123

Caroline Arrives123

The Folk Music Concert126

An Outing to Brighton131

Out Shopping135

On the Telephone138

Doctor Metcalfe143

Trouble For Michael at University147

A Rehearsal of Oscar Wilde's “The Importance of Bei g Earnest”152