Lisa Mojsin(莉萨莫吉辛)是Mastering the American Accent一书的作者,也是The American Accent Course(美国口音教程)DVD的作者。她拥有超过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。她会说五种语言,并拥有教授英语给母语为其他语言的人的硕士学位。她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。
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Contents 目录
Introduction 引言 vi
Chapter 1: 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
? as in sit ?的发音(sit) 4
e? as in take e?的发音(take) 6
? as in get ?的发音(get) 7
as in fat 的发音(fat) 8
ɑ as in father ɑ的发音(father) 9
? as in fun ?的发音(fun) 10
?as in saw ?的发音(saw) 11
o? as in boat o?的发音(boat) 13
? as in good ?的发音(good) 14
u as in too u的发音(too) 14
?r as in bird ?r的发音(bird) 16
a? as in time a?的发音(time) 16
a? as in house a?的发音(house) 17
?? as in boy ??的发音(boy) 18
Chapter 2: Vowels in Detail 元音的细节 19
Review of ? and i Sounds 复习?和i 19
Review of ? and Sounds 复习?和 20
Review of ?, ɑ, ?, and o? Sounds 复习?、ɑ、?和o? 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 versus ? 复习和?的区别 25
The American ? Sound ?的美式发音 26
Review of ?, , ɑ, ?, ?, and o? 复习?、、ɑ、?、?和o? 28
The Problematic ? Sound 容易出现问题的? 29
Review of ? and u Sounds 复习?和u 30
u versus ju u和ju比较 30
Review of the ?r Sound 复习?r 31
Vowels Followed by the r Sound 元音后接r时的发音方法 32
Chapter 3: 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 4: 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 t?r Sound: tr t?r的发音:tr 44
The d?r Sound: dr d?r的发音:dr 44
The d? Sound: du and d y d?的发音:du和d y 45
The t? Sound: tu and t y t?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 ? Sound: Pronouncing ng ?的发音:发ng音 68
Consonant Clusters 辅音连缀 70
Chapter 5: 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 6: 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 7: Intonation 语调 109
Falling Intonation 降调 109
Rising Intonation 升调 110
Non-final Intonation 非最终语调 111
Wavering Intonation 摇摆语调 113
Chapter 8: 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 条件时态与缩读 130
Casual versus Formal Speech 随意讲话与正式讲话 132
Chapter 9: 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 母语指南 141
Chinese 中国学习者 141
Index 索引 149