美式发音教程--THE-SOUND-AND-STYLE-OF-AMERICAN-ENGLISH(Dr.David-Alan-Stern).doc

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美式发音教程--THE-SOUND-AND-STYLE-OF-AMERICAN-ENGLISH(Dr.David-Alan-Stern).doc

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THESOUNDANDSTYLEOFAMERICANENGLISH

ACourseinForeignAccentReduction

INTRODUCTION

Dr.DavidAlanStern

IWANTTOREDUCEMYACCENT.

WHATDOIHAVETODOFIRST?

TherearetwobasicskillsyoumustlearnrightawayifyouwantyourspeechtosoundmoreAmerican.First,youmustlearnthecorrectINTONATION.Intonationmeansthepitchchangesandrhythmsofalanguageordialect.OnceyoubeginAmericanizingyourintonation,nativespeakerswillalmostimmediatlelybecomemorecomfortablewithyourspeechandbeginfollowingyourideasmuchmoreeasily.Second,youmustchangethewayyoumoveyourmothmusclesduringthespeech.Everylanguageordialecthsauniquewayitsspeakersmovetheirmouths.Thisleadstothelanguagesspecialsound--itsveryownresonanceorvoicetone.Toreduceyouraccent,youmuststopusingthemusclesasyoudidwithyourfirstlanguageandsubstitutemovementsthatproducethisuniquelyAmericantone.Thefirsttwo-thirdsofthisaudiocontainsexercisesthatteachyoutoproduceAmericanintonationandvoicetone.

Course#1

LESSON1:THEMUSICOFAMERICANSPEECH

INTHISLESSONTHETAPETEACHESYOUTHEINTONATION(PITCHCHANGE)PATHERNWHICHISCHARACTERISTICOFWELLSPOKEN,STANDARDAMERICANENGLISH

Whenitisspokenwell,AmericanspeechhaswhatIcallaJUMPUPandSTEPDOWNpatternofpitchchange.thatmeansthat,insideeachphraseorunitofthought,thepitchjumpsuptoahighernoteonanearly,importantword.Then,itstepsdownalittlebitoneachsyllablethatfollowswithinthatunit.MostspeakersofEnglishasasecondlanguagedonotusethisJUMPUPandSTEPDOWNpattern.Peoplefromsomelanguagesuselittleornopitchchange.Inotherlanguages,speakersuseupwardglidesinpitchtoemphasizeideas.WithitsJUMPUP/STEPDOWNpattern,AmericanEnglishdoesneitherofthesethings.

Listentotheinstructionsandexamplesonthetape.TheyshowyouexactlyhowtodothesimplestformoftheJUMP