unit 04.ppt

Better English Pronunciation for CommunicationA Practical Course for Students of EnglishWang GuizhenFaculty of English Language CultureGuangdong University of Foreign Studies Fricatives: /f/ /v/ /θ/ /e/ /s/ /z/ /?/ /?/ /h/ Affricates: /?/ /?/ Reading aloud – Identify words that are stressed first. Pay special attention to the pronunciation of fricatives affricates. 1. Italians know and love good food. 2. It’s at the heart of their culture. 3. They don’t like to rush through meals. 4. Something happened in Italy. 5. Many Italians were surprised and angry. 6. Petrini decided to fight back. 7. “Fast food is the enemy,” he said. 8. He started a group called Slow Food. 9. It began as a humorous but determined attempt. 10. They want to preserve Italian foods. 11. It has grown into an international movement. 12. They are trying to preserve local foods and culinary traditions. 13. They are trying to conserve agricultural biodiversity. 14. Fast food is reaching more and more parts of the world. 15. Slow Food is getting its message to more and more people. Unit 4 English Consonants Nasals, Lateral(s) Approximants On-line Exercises What did you hearSame or different?Listen chooseListen respond Listen for stress Listening Exercise –  Sound discrimination 1. thin thing 2. win wing 3. ton tongue 4. smack snack 5. bank bang 6. yoke joke 7. yacht jot 8. yet jet 9. west vest 10. worse verse 11. weal veal 12. weep reap 13. wing ring 14. twice trice 15. away array 16. leaf reef 17. blight bright 18. flesh fresh 19. line nine 20. light night Listening Exercise –  Sound discrimination 1. thin thing 2. win wing 3. ton tongue 4. smack snack 5. bank bang 6. yoke joke 7. yacht jot 8. yet jet 9. west vest 10. worse verse 11. weal veal 12. weep reap 13. wing ring 14. twice trice 15. away array 16. leaf reef 17. blight bright 18. flesh fresh 19. line nine 20. light night ? Listening Exercise – Sounds for in