美音听力与发音技巧(完整版)实用资料

美音听力与发音技巧（完整版）实用资料(可以直接使用，可编辑完整版实用资料，欢迎下载）

美音听力与发音小技巧美音听力与发音技巧（完整版）实用资料(可以直接使用，可编辑完整版实用资料，欢迎下载）【美音听力与发音小技巧】第一期（can和can’t的发音区别）WelcometoDailytipsonLearningEnglish.Today'stipisondistinguishing“can”and“cannot”inspokenAmericanEnglish.“Cannot”isusuallycontractedto“can't”.SomanylearnersofEnglishassumethatinordertodistinguishbetween“can”and“can't”,onemustlistenforthefinal“t”sound/t/.Andwhenspeaking,onemustpronouncefinal‘t’sound/t/clearly.However,thisisnotinfacthownativespeakersdistinguish“can”and“can't”.Peopledonotsay‘I`candriveacar,butIcan’tdriveamotorcycle.’Peoplesay‘Ican`driveacar',butI`can'tdriveamotorcycle.’Thedifferencebetween“can”and“can't”isinstress.“Can”isnotstressed,theverbafteritis.“Can't”isstressed.Theverbafteritisnot.Alsosince‘can’isnotstressed,thevowelisreducedto/a/,so“can”isactuallypronounced“can”.Listentoanotherexample.“I`can'tgoonSaturday,butIcan`goonSunday.”Didyouhearthe't'sound?Didyounoticethedifferencewordsbeingstressed?Listeningagain.“I`can'tgoonSaturday,butIcan`goonSunday.”Ifyouwanttounderstandwhethersomeoneissayinghecanorcan'tdosomething,youhavetobelisteningforastressed“can't”oraverbstressedafter“can”.Whatdoesthismean?“Ican`speakJapanese,butI`can'tspeakTaiwanese.”That'sright,IcanspeakJapanese,butIcannotspeakTaiwanese.Whenyouarespeakingitisveryimportantthatyoufollowthisruletoo.WhenlearnersofEnglishsayI`canhelpyou,nativespeakersoftenunsurewhatismeantbecauseofimproperstress.Soremember,youcanstress“can't”,butyou`can'tstress“can”.Thishasbeentoday'stiponlearningEnglish.Tuneintomorrowforanothertip.【美音听力与发音小技巧】第二期（重读音节对词义的影响）

WelcometoDailyTipsonLearningEnglish.Today’stipisonhowsyllablestresscanaffectthemeaningofwords.

Remenberthatstressedsyllablesaresaidlouderandarelengthened,andunstressedsyllablesarepronouncedmoresoftly,andoftenhavethevowelsoundsreduced.

Sometimes,thisdifferencecanbethedifferencebetweenaverbandanoun,oranadjective.

Thereareatleast14pairsofwordsinwhichsyllablestressalonemakesthisdifference.Someexamplesinclude`addict,a`ddict,`convict,con`vict,`perfect,per`fect.Eachtimethesecondsyllableisstressed,thewordisaverb.Whenthefirstsyllableisstressed,thewordiseitheranounoranadjective.Let’slooksomeexamplesmoreclosely.`Permit,per`mit,a`permitisanoun,itisapieceofpaperwhichauthorizesyoutodosomething.Forinstance,afishing`permitallowsyoutogofishing.Per`mitisaverb.Itmeanstoallow.Forinstence,fishingisn’tper`mittedherewithouta`permit.

Anotherexampleis`perfect,per`fect.`Perfectisanadjective.Itmeans100%correct,nomistakesorerrors.Theverbisper`fect,itmeanstomakesomethingperfect.Forexample,“Iwanttoper`fectmyEnglish”means“IwanttomakemyEnglishperfect”.Makesureyoustresstherightsyllable.Itcanbethedifferecebetweendifferentpartsofspeech.Thishasbeentoday’sdailytip.Tillthen,tomorrow,foranothertiponlearningEnglish【美音听力与发音小技巧】第三期（清浊辅音结尾对元音的影响）

WelcometoDailyTipsonLearningEnglish.Today’stipisonhowdifferentvowellengthsareusedtodifferentiatewordsendinginvoicedandvoicelessconsonants.

Let’stakeanexample.There’ssomethinginmyeyes.There’ssomethinginmyice.Thelastwordsintheexamples,eyesandicedifferin2ways.Onedifferenceisthewordeyesendwiththesound“z”,andiceendwiththesound“s”.Theotherdifferenceinthepronunciationof“eyes”and“ice”ishowthevowelsound“ai”ispronounced.Intheword“eyes”,itislonger.Intheword“ice”,itisveryshort.

Listentotheexamplesagain,andnotethatthefinalconsonantsoundisnotasclearasthedifferenceinthelengthofthevowel.There’ssomethinginmyeyes.There’ssomethinginmyice.Listenagain.There’ssomethinginmyeyes.There’ssomethinginmyice.Listentosomeotherexamplesofwordsthatareidenticalexceptforthefinalconsonantsandthevowellength.Cap,cab,plate,played,seat,seed.Today’stipistopaymoreattentiontothelengthofvowels,asthisdifferenceisveryimportantindistinguishingsomewords.Tillthen,tomorrow,toanothertiponlearningEnglish.【美音听力与发音小技巧】第四期（连音）

WelcometodailytipsonlearningEnglish.Today’stipisonsoundlinking.

AlthoughinwrittenEnglish,there’respacesbetweeneveryword,inspokenEnglishthere’realwaysnever(1)pausesbetweenwords.InordertounderstandspokenEnglish,itis(2)essentialtounderstandhowthislinkingisdone.Todaylet’s(3)concentrateonthemostcommonsoundlinkingsituation.Wheneverawordendinginaconsonantsoundisfollowedbyawordbeginningwithavowelsound,theconsonantsoundislinkedtothevowelsoundasiftheywerepartofthesameword.

Let’slookatsomeexamples.I’dlikeanotherbowlofrice,please.First,notethatalthoughthere’resixwordsinthesentence,allthewordsarelinkedtogetherwithoutpause.Listenagain.I’dlikeanotherbowlofrice,please.Nowlistentohowthewords“like”and“another”arelinked.“Likeanother”,“like-another”.“Like”endsinaconsonantsound,and“another”beginswithavowelsound.Sothe“k”from“like”islinkedtothe“a”from“another”toproduce“kanother”.Listentotheexamplesentenceagain.I’dlikeanotherbowlofrice,please.Inthesentencethereisanotherexampleofaconsonantbeinglinkedtoavowel.Abowlof,abowl-of.Itsoundslikethatyou’resayingtheword“love”.Here’sanotherexample.I’dloveabowlofrice.I’dloveabowlofrice.ThissoundlinkingisprobablythebiggestproblemforlearnersofEnglishwhentheytrytounderstandnativespeaker’stalking.We’lltalkmoreaboutsoundlinkinginfuturedailytips,asthisisanextremelyimportfeatureofspokenEnglish.Today’stipistolinkconsonantstovowelswhichcomeafterthem.Tillthen,tomorrow,foranotherdailytip.【美音听力与发音小技巧】第五期（“h”音的略读，你注意过吗）

WelcometoDailyTipsonLearningEnglish.Today’stipisonsoundlinking.

RememberthatalthoughwrittenEnglishhasspacesbetweeneveryword,spokenEnglishdoesn’thavepausesaftereveryword.Asamatteroffact,longstringsofwordsarealllinkedtogether.Anditisthislinking,whichoftenmakesitdifficultforlearnersofEnglishtounderstandnativespeaker’stalking.Today’stipistonoticehowthe“h”soundisoftendroppedinpersonalpronounssuchas“he”,“him”,“his”and“her”.Andwhenitisdropped,whatisleftisavowelsound,andthevowelsoundisalwayslinkedtotheprecedingword.

Let’slookatanexample.Giveherabook.Giv-erabook.Noticehowthe“h”isdroppedandhow“giveher”become“giv-er”.Lookatanotherexample.Tellhimtoaskher.Tell-imtoask-er.Didyounoticethat“tellhim”became“tell-im”and“askher”became“ask-er”?ThishappensveryfrequentlyinspokenEnglish,especiallywhen“he”followsanauxiliaryverb.Forexample,“whatwillhedo?”becomes“Whatwill-ido?”“Wherewillhego?”becomes“Wherewill-igo?”“Whenwillhecome?”becomes“Whenwill-icome?”“Whowillhemeet?”becomes“Whowill-imeet?”“Howwillheknow?”becomes“Howwill-iknow?”“Hashegone?”becomes“Has-igone?”“Hadhedoneitbefore?”becomes“Had-idoneitbefore?”“Musthego?”becomes“Must-igo?”“Canhedoit?”becomes“Can-idoit?”“Shouldheleave?”becomes“Should-Ileave?”it’simportanttoaccustomyourselftothedropped“h”soundinsoundlinking.Thishasbeentoday’sdailytip.TuneintomorrowforanothertiponlearningEnglish.【美音听力与发音小技巧】第六期（辅音连读）

WelcometoDailyTipsonLearningEnglish.Today’stipisonsoundlinking.

When2identicalorsimilarconsonantsareinarow,mostsoundsarenotpronounced.Forexample,stopPeter.“stop”endsinthesound“p”,and“Peter”beginsinthesamesound.Togetherthewordsarelinkedas“sto-peter”.Thewordsaren’tpronouncedstopPeter.Topronouncetwoidenticalsoundsoneafteranother,wouldsoundlikesomeonestuttering.Englishwordsarealwayslinkedsmoothly.Similarbutnotidenticalsoundssuchasvoicedandvoicelesspairsofconsonantsarealsolinkedinthisway.Forexample,it’sabigcake.“big”beginsinthesound“g”,cakebeginswiththesound“k”.“k”and“g”differonlyinthat“k”isvoicelessand“g”isvoiced.Whentheyarenexttoeachotherinaphrasethey’relinkedsmoothlybynotaspiratingorpronouncingfullythefirstofthe2sounds.ListencarefullyasIreadtheexampleagain.It’sabigcake.Noticehowthefirstsound“g”isnotreleased.Ifthepairofsoundsisreversed,likein“Ilikegoats.”itisthe“k”soundwhichisnotpronounced.Listenclosely.Ilikegoats.Ilikegoats.

There’re8pairsofconsonantsthatdifferonlyinthepresenceorlackofvocalcordvibration.ListenasIgiveoneexampleofsoundlinkingforeachpair.

v,f:IloveFrance.

δ,θ:Let’sbathethreetimes.

z,s:SheisSusan.

з,∫:Thegarageshouldbecleaned.

dз,t∫:Hehasahugechin.

b,p:Putthecapbackon.

d,t:Dadtoldme.

k,g:IlikeGavin.(?)

Itisimportanttoincludethistypeofsoundlinkinginyourspeechifyouwanttoachievefluency.ItisalsoimportanttobeawareofhowthislinkingaffectshowspokenEnglishsounds.Otherwiseyoumaynotunderstandnativespeaker’sspeech.Thishasbeentoday’sdailytip.TuneintomorrowforanotheronlearningEnglish.【美音听力与发音小技巧】第七期（冠词"a"）

WelcometoDailyTipsonLearningEnglish.Today’stipisonusingoromittingtheEnglisharticle“a”correctly.

There’snosinglerulethatexplainshowtochoosewhetheryoushoulduse“a”,use“the”ornotuseanyarticleatall.Sometimesthere’sonlyonecorrectchoice,andinothercases,differentchoiceschangethemeaningofthesentence.Todaylet’sdiscussthemostfrequentlyoccurringdifferencesbetweenusingthearticle“a”andusingnoarticle.AllEnglishnounscanbedividedinto2classes:thosethatarecountableandthosethatareuncountable.

Itisthemeaningofanounasitisusedinasentencewhichdetermineswhetheritiscountableoruncountable.Forinstance,inthesentence“Shehaslonghair.”,“hair”isuncountable.Butinthesentence“There’sahairinmysoup.”,”hair”iscountable.Thiscancreatesomeinterestingmistakes.Forexample,“Ilikeadog”doesnotmean我喜欢狗,thatshouldbe“Ilikedogs.”Ifyousay“Ilikedog”,thatmeansyouliketoeatdogmeat.Ifyousay“Iateahamburger”,thatmeans我吃了一个汉堡,butifyousay“Iatehamburger”,thatmeansyouaterawgroundbeef.Ifyousay“Iateacake’,thatmeansyouateawholecake,whichisveryunlikely.Youshouldhavesaid,“Iatecake”,thenitmeansyouatesomecake.

Noticehowtheuseofthearticle“a”meansthatthenounitprecedesiscountable,andthereforeyou’retalkingaboutawholeone,anentireone.Ifyouomitthearticle“a”,thenitmeansthatyoucan’tcountthenounitprecedes,andthereforeyouaretalkingaboutapieceoraquantityorsomething.Soremembertopaycarefulattentiontowhethernounsarebeingusedtoacountableoruncountablemeaning,andbesuretouseoromitthearticle“a”accordingly.Thishasbeentoday’sdailytip.TuneintomorrowforanothertiponlearningEnglish.【美音听力与发音小技巧】第八期（冠词的用法与读音）

WelcometoDailyTipsonLearningEnglish.Today’stipisonusingthearticles“a”,“an”and“the”correctly.

EverystudentofEnglishhasmysympathyinhisstruggleswiththeEnglisharticles.TheyareoneofthemostdifficultpartsoflearningEnglish.Firstofall,Iurgeyoutodothis.Listentonativespeakers.Whenyoulisten,listencarefully,sincethearticles“the”and“a”arealmostneveremphasized,theydonotstandoutprominentlyinspeech,butthey’repronounced.Youwillhavetotrainyourearssothatyouwillrecognizethatthelittlesoundsbeforecertainwordsarearticles,andnotmeaninglessnoises.Also,getinthehabitofpronouncingthearticlesinthewaynativespeakersdo.Aslittlesoundsthatarepartofthewordtheyprecede.Forinstance,thinkofandsay“theboy”asoneword.Listentothisshortsentence.Theboylikesthegirl.Sayitnaturally,theboylikesthegirl.Didyounoticehowthearticlesarejustsmallsoundslinkedtothenouns?Listentoanotherexample.Thereisapenonadeskintheclassroom.Sayitnaturally,thereisapenonadeskintheclassroom.Didyounoticehowallthesounds,especiallyarticlesarelinkedtogether?Thearticle“an”isusedbeforenounsbeginningwithavowelsound,suchas“anapple”.Noticehowthe“n”soundislinkedtothewordwhichfollowsit.Alsonoticethatwordsthatspelledwiththeletter“h”inthebeginningsuchas“hour”alsousethearticle“an”becausethe“h”isn’tpronounced.Sowesay,“an-our”,not“ahour”.Andsomewordsspelledwiththeletter“u”inthebeginningsuchas“unicycle”usethearticle“a”becausethefirstsoundisthe“y”sound“j”.Sowesay,aunicycle,notanunicycle.

It’salsoimportanttonotethatthepronunciationofthearticle“the”changesto“δi:”beforewordsbeginningwithavowelsound.Sowesay“δi:”elevator,not“δэ”elevator.

Anothertipis,donotbemisledbynewspaperheadlines,advertisementsandtitlesofbookandsoforth.TheyfrequentlyomitarticleswhicharenecessaryincompletesentencesinbothspokenandwrittenEnglish.Knowingwhentouse“a”,whentouse“the”,andwhennottouseanyarticleatallisundoubtablyoneofthemostdifficultaspectsoflearningEnglish.Wewilltalkaboutthistopicmoreinanupcomingdailytip.TuneintomorrowforanothertiponlearningEnglish.【美音听力与发音小技巧】第九期（句子中的重音）

WelcometoDailyTipsonLearningEnglish.Today’stipisonwordstressonsentences.

Ingeneral,itistruethatcontentwordsarestressedwhereasfunctionwordsarenotstressed.Contentwordsusuallyconveythemeaningofthesentence.Functionwordsmakethesentencegrammaticallycorrect.Contentwordsare:nouns,mainverbs,adjectives,adverbs,this,that,these,those,and“wh-“words,who,what,when,why,how,which.Functionwordsare:articles,suchas“a”and“the”;possessiveadjectives,suchas“his”,“my”,“your”;prepositions,suchas“in”,“on”,“of”;conjunctions,suchas“and”,“but”;personalpronouns,suchas“I”,“he”,“she”;the“be”verb,“am”,“is”,“are”,“was”,“were”;andauxiliaries,suchas“do”,“does”,“did”.

Takeforexamplethesentence“Andrewbrusheshisteetheverymorning.”Thecontentwordalonecanconveythemeaningofthesentence,namely“Andrewbrushesteetheverymorning.”Thefunctionalword“his”onlymakesthesentencegrammaticallycorrect.So“his”isunstressed,theotherwordsarestressed.Whyisn’t“his”stressed?Becauseofcoursehebrusheshisteeth,notyourteeth,ormyteeth.Thiswewouldnaturallyassume.If,however,Andrewbrushessomeoneelse’steethbesidehisown,thenitwouldbeveryimportanttoletyourlistenerknowthatbystressingwhoseteethhebrushes.

So,whatwordsshouldbestressed?Thesimpleansweriswhateverwordsareimportanttothemeaningyouaretryingtoconvey.ifsomeonewritethesentenceontheboardoutofcontextandasks,“Whichwordsareimportant?Whichwordsshouldyoustress?”Youshouldanswer,“Thatdependsonthecontext.”Stressisusedtoletyourlistenerknowwhatisimportanttoyourmessage.Ifyoustresswordsproperly,yourlistenerwillhaveaneasytimeunderstandingyourmessage.Ifyoustresseverywordequally,thenyourlistenerwillhavetolistenverycarefullyandtrytoguessthemainpointofyourmessage.Ifyourstressthewrongwords,thelistenerwillmisunderstandyourmessageorjustfeelveryconfused.Soremembertostresstheimportantwordstoyourmassage.

Thishasbeentoday’sdailytip.TuneintomorrowforanothertiponlearningEnglish.【美音听力与发音小技巧】第十期（断句）

WelcometoDailyTipsonLearningEnglish.Today’stipisontheuseofpausesinEnglishspeech.

AlthoughwrittenEnglishhasspacesbetweeneveryword,spokenEnglishdoesn’thavepausesbetweeneachword,ratherwordsarelinkedtogether.However,peopledonotnormallyspeakwithoutpausingatall.Wedopauseinspeech.WhileinwrittenEnglish,thereareperiods,commas,semicolonsandquestionmarks.Butwealsopauseinlongsentenceswithoutpunctuationmarks.Let’slookatsomeexamples.Mymotherlistenstotheradiointheevening.Thissentencecanbesaidwithoutpausing,becauseitisn’tverylong.ButifIweretopause,Iwouldsay,“Mymother/listenstotheradio/intheevening.”Why?Becausepausescomebetweenthoughtgroups----groupsofwordsthatexpressonethought.

Forexample,“intheevening”isathoughtgroup.Let’smakethesentencelonger.Mymotherlistenstotheradiointheevening,playstennisintheafternoon,andcleansthehouseinthemorning.Nowitisnecessarytopausebecausethesentenceisverylong.Pausescomebetweenthoughtgroups,andhelpthelistenersorganizetheinformationtheyhear.Listentosentenceagain.Mymotherlistenstotheradiointheevening,playstennisintheafternoon,andcleansthehouseinthemorning.Ifyoupauseinthewrongplaces,listenerswillhaveahardertimeorganizingtheinformation.Listentothesentencereadagainwithimproperpausing.Mymotherlistenstotheradioin/theevening,playstennisin/theafternoon,andcleansthe/houseinthemorning.Nowthesentenceisalmostimpossibletounderstand,soremembertopausebetweenthoughtgroups,tohelpyourlistenerseasilyorganizewhattheyhear.

Thishasbeentoday'stiponlearningEnglish.TuneintomorrowforanothertiponlearningEnglish.【美音听力与发音小技巧】第十一期（定语从句前的停顿）

WelcometoDailyTipsonLearningEnglish.Today’stipisonwhentousepausesbeforeadjectiveclauses.

Let’stakeanexample.Inthesentence“MysisterwholivesinSanFranciscoisadoctor”,theadjectiveclauseis“wholivesinSanFrancisco”.Itdescribesmy“sister”.There’snopausebeforetheadjectiveclause.So,itmeansthatIhavemorethanonesister,andtheonewholivesinSanFranciscoisdoctor.There’sapauseafteranadjectiveclausebecauseitisalongsentence.Buttherecanbenopauseinthegroupofwords“mysisterwholivesinSanFrancisco”.Becausethisisoneideaorthoughtgroup.Listentothesentenceagain.“MysisterwholivesinSanFranciscoisadoctor.”Thesamewordsusedinthatsentencehaveadifferentmeaningifthere’sapausebeforetheadjectiveclause“wholivesinSanFrancisco”.Listentothenewsentence.“Mysister,wholivesinSanFrancisco,isadoctor.”Nowthere’sapausebefore,andapauseaftertheadjectiveclause,andinwriting,therenowisacommabeforeandacommaaftertheadjectiveclause.ThissentencemeansthatIhaveonlyonesister.Sheisadoctor,andbytheway,shelivesinSanFrancisco.TheinformationconveyedbywholivesinSanFranciscoisnotnecessarytounderstandwhomIamtalkingabout,asIonlyhaveonesister.Ijustaddeditinpassing.

Ifyousay,“MygirlfriendwhodrivesaBMWisagooddancer.”You’resayingthatyouhavemorethanonegirlfriend.“Mybosswhoisverygenerousgivesmearaiseeveryyear”meansIhavemorethanoneboss.“HawaiiwhichisanislandinthePacificisapoplartouristspot”meansthere’sanotherHawaiinotinthePacific.Soremembertopausebeforeandafteradjectiveclausesonlywhenitisreferringtosomethingorsomeoneofwhichthere’sonlyone.

Thishasbeentoday’sdailytiponlearningEnglish.

【美音听力与发音小技巧】第十二期（问句的语调）

WelcometoDailyTipsonLearningEnglish.Today’stipisontheintonationofquestions.

Rememberthatintonationistherisingandfallingofthepitchofyourvoice.So“she’shere.”isastatement,but“she’shere?”isaquestion.Butitisn’ttruethatallquestionshavearisingintonation.Today,let’sjustlookattheintonationofthreetypesofquestions:“Yes/No”questions,“Wh-”questionsandchoicequestions.

“Yes/No”questionshavearisingintonation.“Wh-”qusetionshaveafallingintonation.Andchoicequestionshavearisingintonationforeverychoiceexceptthelastchoice,whichhasafallingintonation.

“Yes/No”questionssuchas“DoyoulikeTaiwan?”“CanyouspeakChinese?”havearisingintonation.Thelistenermustanswereither“yes”or“no”.“Wh-”questionsstartwiththewords“who”,“what”,“where”,“when”,”why”,“which”and“how”.“Wh-”questionshaveafallingtone.Forexample,“Whattimeisit?↘”“Wheredoyoulive?↘”Don’tsay“Whattimeisit?↗”“Wheredoyoulive?↗”Inchoicequestions,thelistenerisexpectedtochooseoneitemfromseveral.Forexample,“Wouldyoulikejuice,Coke,Teaorcoffee?”Arisingtoneisusedforeverychoiceexceptthelast,whichhasafallingtone.Listentoanotherexample.“Doyoulikebasketball,baseball,soccerorfootball?”.Sorememberthat“Yes/No”questions,“Wh-”questions,andchoicequestionhavedifferentintonationpatterns,andmakesuretointonethemproperly.

Thishasbeentoday’sdailytiponlearningEnglish.Tuneintomorrowforanothertip【美音听力与发音小技巧】第十三期（用Yes还是No）

WelcometoDailyTipsonLearningEnglish.Today’stipisonanswering“Yes/No”questionscorrectly.

InEnglish,“Yes”isalwaysfollowedbyaffirmativestatements.“No”isalwaysfollowedbynegativestatements.

Thismeansyoucan’tsay,“Yes,Ihaven’teatendinneryet.”Or“No,Ididmyhomework.”Chineseallowsthis,butEnglishdoesnot.There’redifferentkindsof“Yes/No”questions.Simple“Yes/No”questionssuchas“DoyouspeakEnglish?”“Areyouhungry?”posenoproblem.Butnegativequestionssuchas“Don’tyouspeakEnglish?”“Aren’tyouhungry?”requirethesameanswers.“Yes,Ido.”“No,Idon’t.”or“Yes,Iam.”“No,I’mnot.”ChineselearnersofEnglishareoftenmisledbynegativequestions,andanswer,“Yes,Idon’tspeakEnglish.”Or“Yes,I’mnothungry.”byaccident.Anothertypeof“Yes/No”questionsistousearisingintonationwithastatement.Forexample,youaskaChineseperson,“Didyoueatdinner?”andhesays,“No,Ididn’t.”You’resurprised,soyouask,“Youdidn’teatdinner?”andheanswers,“Yes.”insteadof“No”.Don’tuse“yes”tomean“是的”.Youshouldsay,“That’scorrect.”Intheexampleabove,“Yes”means“Yes,Iatedinner.”Not“Correct,Ididn’teatdinner.Let’slookatanotherexample.IthinkthatallChinesepeopleliketoeatrice.So,whenmyChinesefriendtellsmethathenevereatsrice,Iwasverysurprised,andIask,“Youdon’tliketoeatrice?”andheanswers,“Yes.”Thisiswrong.BecauseinEnglish,youcannotsay,“Yes,Idon’tliketoeatrice.”Heshouldanswer,“No.”or“That’scorrect.”Soremember,“Yes”mustbefollowedbyaffirmativestatements,and“No”mustbefollowedbynegativestatements.

Thishasbeentoday’sdailytiponlearningEnglish.Tuneintomorrowforanothertip.

【美音听力与发音小技巧】第十四期（“t”的发音）

WelcometoDailyTipsonLearningEnglish.Today’stipisonthepronunciationoftheletter“t”.

Ofcoursetheletter“t”isusuallypounced“t”.Butyoumayhavenoticedthatinfluentspeech,nativespeakerssometimespronouncedthe“t”as“d”.Thathappenswhenthe“t”comesbetweentwovoicedsounds.

DoyouknowwhatsoundsinEnglisharevoiced?Well,there’re15voicedconsonantsoundsinEnglish.b,d,g,m,n,ɡ,z,δ,l,r,dз,з,j,w.Also,allvowelanddiphthongsoundsinEnglisharevoiced.Solet’slookatsomeexamplesofwordsinwhichthe“t”maybepronounced“d”.

No.1“matter”.“matter”isoftenpronounced“mader”asin“What’sthematter?”

No.2“atom”.“atom”isoftenpronounced“adom”asin“ThefirstatombombwasdroppedonHiroshima.”

No.3“twenty”.“twenty”isoftenpronounced“twendi”asin“Thatwillbetwentydollars,please.”

No.4“little”.“little”isoftenpronounced“liddle”asin“Hegotalittleangry.”

No.5“city”.“city”isoftenpronounced“cidi”asin“Didyougrowupinthecityorthecountry?”

No.6“butter”.“butter”isoftenpronounced“buder”asin“Passthebutter,please.”

Whenpeoplespeakslowlyoremphatically,however,theyusuallypronouncethe“t”like“t”,notlike“d”.Also,a“t”doesnotsoundlike“d”whenitcomesbeforeastressedvowelasin“return”.

Thishasbeentoday’sdailytiponlearningEnglish.Tuneintomorrowforanothertip.

【美音听力与发音小技巧】第十五期（助动词的强调）

WelcometoDailyTipsonLearningEnglish.Today’stipisonwhentostressauxiliaryverbs.

Althoughauxiliaryverbsarenotusuallystressed,whenwewanttostronglyemphasizeaverb,westresstheauxiliaryverb.Andifthere’snoauxiliaryverb,weaddone.Thesesentencesarecalledemphaticsentences.Forexample,comparethesentences“He’sdonehishomework”and“Hehasdonehishomework.”Usuallywewouldsay,“He’sdonehishomework.”Andtheauxiliaryverb“has”wouldnotbestressed.Butifwewanttoemphasizethemeaningof“hasdone”,westresstheauxiliaryverb“Hehasdonehishomework.”Thisisanemphaticsentence.Sentenceswhichdon’tusuallycontainanauxiliaryverbhasanauxiliaryverbinemphaticsentences,anditisalwaysstressed.Emphaticsentencesareusuallyusedaftersomeonehasexpressedtheoppositemeaning.Forexample,“-Youdidn’tfinishyourhomework.”“-Ididfinishmyhomework.”“-Maybeshedoesn’tknowhowtodrive.”“-Onthecontrary,hedoesknowhowtodrive.”“-Youdon’tspeakChinese,doyou?”“IdospeakChinese.IjustwantedtogiveyousomepracticespeakingEnglish.”

DidyounoticehowIsaid“Ididfinish”insteadof“Ifinished”,and“shedoesknow”insteadof“sheknows”,“Idospeak”insteadof“Ispeak”.Theauxiliaryverbs“did”,“does”and“do”wereaddedtomakethesentencemoreemphatic

Becarefulthoughnottouseemphaticsentencesunlessyouhaveareason.Don’tthinkthatyoucannotlearnthepasttenseofeveryverbandjustsay“Idideat”,“Ididgo”insteadof“Iate”and“Iwent”.Ifyoudothis,yourlistenerswillbeconfused.Yourlistenerswillbethinking,“Whyisthatsoimportant?”“Whyishestressingthatsomuch?”Thisisnotjustanotherwayofsaying“Iate”and“Iwent”.Youcanonlysay“Idideat”and“Ididgo”whenthere’sareasonforstressingthis.

Sorememberthatalthoughauxiliaryverbsarenotusuallystressed,inemphaticsentencestheyare.Thishasbeentoday’sdailytiponlearningEnglish.Tuneintomorrowforanothertip.

【美音听力与发音小技巧】第十六期（附加问句的语调）

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