[美语发音视频教程].ProNunciation.Workshop.Training.doc

Session One
1. Consonant R
2. Consonant W

R Tips
Your mouth and lips come forward, like you are going to kiss.
Your tongue moves back in your mouth, NOT forward.

R at the beginning of words
Rock
Rip
Reach
Road
Rain
Rich
Rome
Raise
Robe
Rice

R at the end of words or after a vowel
Car
Far
Star
Door
Bear
Four
Air
Year
Turn
Poor

R in the middle of words
Very
Direction
Arrange
Erase
Correct
Marry
Garage
Original
Hurry
Zero
Marine
Berry
Operation
Caring
Arrive
Everyone

R sentence
The round rooster rushed into the wrong road.

R Blends
R is the strongest sound of the blend.
When the blend is at the beginning of a word, your mouth prepares for the R, by coming forward before you even say the word.

R blends at the beginning of words
Training
Trust
Trip
Great
Tropical
Bring
Print
President
Product
Cracker
Crawl
Break

R blends in the middle of words
Subtract
Waitress
Nutrition
Australia
Introduce
Compress
Oppression
Betray

R practice sentences
The story he read on the radio was incorrect.
Her career in the law firm is permanent.
Richard and Brooke took a ride in their brand new Range Rover truck.
Everyone will respect the Royal Family when they arrive at the airport.
The trip to the Rocky Mountains will be rescheduled on Friday.

W Tips
Practice first with OO.
Then go into OOOOOWAWAWA.
Remember, A W is always makes a W sound. It NEVER makes a V sound.

W Sentence
What will we do?

Comparing R and W
Rick – Wick
Right – White

Remember, the W sound is also at the beginning of the words One and Once.

W at the beginning of words
Why
Which
When
What
Wipe
Wish
Weight
Wing

W in the middle of words
Always
Away
Beware
Rewind
Awake
Someone
Halloween
Hollywood

W practice sentences
The wind from the west was very wet. (Notice very has a /v/ sound)
We woke up and washed the white washcloth.
We waited for the waitress to give us water.
We had a wonderful time in Washington and Wisconsin.

Q words (produced as a KW sound)
Question
Quiet
Queen
Qualify
Quit
Quebec
Quilt
Choir

Paragraph Practice
Ray was born in Russia. He dreamed of building the perfect roller coaster at the Grand Canyon in Arizona. He had a friend named Fred who lived in Norway. Fred’s profession was designing railroad tracks and his career involved traveling around the world. Ray thought it would be perfect if Fred designed his roller coaster ride. Fred was creative, brilliant and worked well with railroad tracks. He would be the perfect engineer for the project. The ride took two years to construct and was painted red and white. Everyone really wanted to ride the brand-new roller coaster.
Session Two
1. Voicing
2. Consonant pairs
3. Consonant S
4. Consonant Z Voicing

Voicing is when your vocal cords are vibrating in your throat, creating a buzzing sound. Say Ahhhh. Can you feel the vibrations in your neck? All vowels are voiced. Some consonants are voiced, some are not.

Paired Consonants:
P&B
T&D
F&V
SH&ZSH
K&G
S&Z

Three rules for S&Z endings
Rule 1
If a word ends in a sound that is unvoiced (such as P, T, K, F), you add an unvoiced /S/
Examples:
1 cup, 2 cups (the p in cup is unvoiced, so you just add an unvoiced s)
1 cat, 2 cats (the t in cat is unvoiced, so just add an unvoiced s)
I break, he breaks
I stop, he stops
Rule 2
If a word ends in any of these sounds: s, z, sh, ch, or dg (j), when adding an S ending, add IZZZZZZ
Examples:
1 Page 2 Pages
1 Bus 2 Buses
1 Lunch 2 Lunches
I Raise, He Raises
I Brush, He Brushes
I Push, He Pushes
Rule 3
If a word ends in a vowel sound (like the word Tree) or a voiced consonant (like the word Game), then when you add an S, continue the voicing throughout the entire word, and it should become a voiced ZZZZ.
Examples:
1 Tree, 2 Treezzzz (correctly spelled Trees)
1 Day, 2 Days
1 Shoe, 2 Shoes
I Fly, He Flies
1 Game, 2 Games
1 Head, 2 Heads
1 Train, 2 Trains
1 Song, 2 Songs

Some common words where S’s are pronounced as Z’s
IS
HIS
AS
WAS
THESE
THOSE
EASY
BECAUSE

Paragraph Practice
Notice that all voiced S/Z sounds are underlined.
Another zippy, zappy, crazy day comes to a close. As we zoom up to Joe’s snooze zone, Zoe Jones of Zodiac Zoo plays with her zipper.
Last week, Jim’s brothers were picked to represent their country in the Olympic Games. Two of the brothers were swimmers, while the other two were long distance runners. All of the brothers wore glasses. These athletes worked hard at qualifying for the games and were hoping to come home with prizes. Since the brothers go to the same university, they often take the same courses. This makes studying easier and gives them more time to do other things.
On Thursday, I had a very lazy day. I woke up early and first squeezed oranges into juice. I then got dressed and watched the sunrise come up over the mountains. It was so beautiful that I took many pictures with my camera and I used three rolls of film. After drinking two cups of coffee, I got dressed, left the house, and walked three miles home.
Session Three
1. The Unvoiced TH Sound
2. The Voiced TH Sound
3. THR Blends
4. Voicing the T Sound

The Unvoiced TH Sound
Flat tongue protruding through your teeth. Maintain a steady air stream. Stretch out the TH sound.
Example:
Think of the word Thumb as having two beats
Th . umb
1 2

Unvoiced TH at the beginning of words
Thanks
Thick
Thunder
Thursday
Think

Unvoiced TH at the middle of words
Anything
Bathmat
Toothpick
Athletic
Mouthwash

Unvoiced TH at the end of words
Bath
North
Beneath
Fourth
South

The Voiced TH Sound
Voiced TH at the beginning of words
The (The book)
That (That house)
They (They came over)
Them (Give them water)
There (There it is)
This (This is my nose)
Those (Those boys are good)
These (These are my parents)

Voiced TH in the middle of words
Clothing
Leather
Mother
Another
Weather
Northern

Voiced TH at the end of words
Smooth
Bathe
Breathe

Practice Phrases
This and that
A tablecloth
Winter clothing
Athens, Greece
That’s the one
Her skin is smooth
Thirty Day’s notice
A famous author
Here and there
False teeth
Thread the needle
A thoughtful gift
Thunder and lightening
Thumbs up

Practice Sentences
Thelma arrived in town last Thursday.
I’m having trouble threading this needle.
I need 33 thick thermometers.
The thing they like best about Athens is the weather.
This thrilling novel was written by a famous author.
He will be through with his work at three-thirty.
Now and then, she likes to buy new clothing.
They thought they were going to Northern Spain.
Which tablecloth shall we use for the party?
That was the thirty-third theatre to open.

THR Blends
Thread (thread the needle)
Throw (throw the ball)
Throat (my throat is sore)
Thrill (a thrilling ride)
Three (three more days)
Threw (he threw the ball)
Throne (the king sits on a throne)

Paragraph Practice
Nurse Thatcher was thankful it was Thursday. She knew that on Thursday she had to deliver 33 boxes of thermometers to the North American Athletic Club. They thought that thermometers were necessary for testing the hydrotherapy baths. This was thought to benefit the athletes with arthritis. The athletic trainers required authorization to provide hydrotherapy to the youthful athletes on the three bulletin boards with thumbtacks throughout the athletic club. Rather than risk the health of the athletes, they thoroughly checked the thousands of thermometers to insure their worthiness; otherwise they needed to be thrown away.

TH Exceptions
Although the following words are spelled with a ‘TH’, they are pronounced as a T.
Thomas
Thompson
Theresa
Thailand
Thames
Esther
Thyme

Voicing the T Sound
If a T falls within two voiced sounds (usually vowels), the T becomes voiced like a D.
Examples:
Water Wader (the whole word is voiced)
Better Bedder
Butter Budder

Voiced T Practice
Betty bought a bit of better butter. But, said she, this butter’s bitter. If I put it in my batter, it’ll make my batter bitter.
Session Four
1. Consonant ‘F’
2. Consonant ‘V’
3. The Unvoiced ‘SH’ Sound
4. The Voiced ‘ZSH’ Sound

Consonants F and V are produced with contact of your upper teeth and lower lip. Think of it as biting your lower lip. Maintain a steady air stream.
They are both identical, except the F is unvoiced, and the V is voiced.

Practice Words with ‘F’
Foot
Find
Finally
Family
Freedom
Laugh
Telephone
Symphony
Rough

Practice Sentences
Do you feel like a physical wreck?
Are you fed up with your feeling of fatigue?
Have you had enough of feeling rough?
Why don’t you fight fever with
Pharaoh’s Friend.
A medicine that is tough on Flu.

Practice Words with ‘V’
Vote
Vine
Oven
Evaluate
Voice
Travel
River
Every
Glove
Alive
Leave

Comparing F and V
Feel – Veal
Safe – Save
Fat – Vat
Fine – Vine
Face – Vase
Fan – Van
Foul – Vowel
Proof – Prove

Practice Phrases
A famous athlete
A food vendor
The Foreign Service
Summer vacation
Vocabulary test
Over the rainbow
Our first victory
Harvard University
Husband and wife
Very well done

Practice Sentences
Her promotion in the firm was well deserved.
There was only one survivor on the island.
Steve noticed that the olive juice must have stained his sleeve.
The street vendor was selling souvenirs to tourists.
Dave gave me his car so that I could drive on New Year’s Eve.
There were several dents in the rear fender.
Tom placed several tomatoes from the vine into a basket.

NOT OF. BUT OV.

The Unvoiced SH Sound
To make the Unvoiced SH sound, bring your mouth and lips forward, teeth should be slightly apart. Produce air stream. Words beginning with SH begin with this sound. (So are the words Sugar, Sure, Chef and Chicago.)

SH practice words
Beginning
She
Sugar
Sure
Shadow
Sheep
Shirt
Shoe
Shape
Chicago
Chef
Middle
Nation
Motion
Mission
Special
Reputation
Official
Machine
Fishing
Insurance
Sunshine
Ocean
Tissue
Addition
Subtraction
End
Rush
Dish
Establish
Splash
Irish
Fresh
Finish

SH Sentences
The fishing trip was planned and we left to go to the ocean.
Was the chef ashamed to use the precious sugar?
Sharon gave a special performance.
He will be stationed in Washington, D.C, the nation’s capital.
She went to a fashion show after taking a shower.
She sells seashells by the seashore.
The social club was praised for their cooperation.

SH Practice
Joe’s weather machine shows a sharp drop in air pressure, especially offshore.
Ships in motion on the ocean should be sure to use caution.

The Voiced ZSH Sound
The Voiced ZSH sound is exactly like the SH except voicing is added.
Usual(Uzshual)
ZSH practice words
Middle
Usual
Unusual
Usually
Vision
Visual
Conclusion
Asia
Version
Division
Casual
Television
End
Beige
Massage
Prestige

Practice Sentences
It’s not unusual for people to study division in Asia.
I usually use a measuring cup to measure erosion.
The beige walls were the usual color in the treasury building.

List things that are appropriate for each column. Then say them out loud in full sentences for practice.
Example: It’s usually hot in the summer.
It’s unusual for me to be late for an appointment.
Usually
Unusual
Hot in the summer
Late for appointments
Session Five
1. Consonant L

L Tips:
Your bottom jaw should be as wide open as possible.
Your tongue should RISE UP (independently of your jaw) and touch right behind your top teeth.
Produce the ‘L’ sound by dropping and relaxing your tongue.
Practice “LA, LA, LA”, keeping your bottom jaw lowered and open while only raising your tongue.

L at the beginning of words
Lunch
Local
London
Learn
Large
Life
Lobby
Library
Lucky
Lift
Laugh
Long

L in the middle of words
Inflation
Believe
Volume
Glue
Elevator
Solve
Pulling
Flood
Delete
Elect
Alive
Color

L at the end of a word
To produce an L at the end of a word, remember to slowly raise your tongue upward, towards your upper teeth, while keeping your bottom jaw as open as possible. The L sound comes from the tongue movement, not from the placement.
(Using your finger to push down on your bottom teeth to keep your jaw open, may be helpful for practicing.)

Practice words
Will
Ball
Tall
Call
Small
Control
Bowl
Apple
Miracle
Powerful
Control
Financial
People

L Sentences
The lollipop fell into the cool water.
Her driver’s license was pulled out of the blue golf bag.
Blake’s bowling ball fell under his tools.
Carl could not locate the lemons or the limes.
The school was a mile away from the hill.
The golf club was made of steel.
Al’s goal was to play baseball with Carol.
A certified letter was delivered for the enrollment list.
It was revealing to look at the smiling lawyer.

FL Blend Poem
A flea and a fly, flew up in a flue.
Said the flea, “Let us fly!”
Said the fly, “Let us flee!”
So they flew through a flaw in the flue.

Practice using Will
Will you empty the garbage?
Will you ask her to clean the kitchen?
Will you prepare a meal for the children?
When will you begin your studies at college?
When will she purchase the dress for her wedding?
Why will he ask them to stay late at work?
Why will she bring her baby to the meeting?
How will they know if our flight is delayed?
Where will the child be going next year?
Where will they put all of the pillows?
What will she do with the millions of dollars she won?

Comparing R and L
Red - Led
Rick - Lick
Reef - Leaf
Rear - Lear
Rest - Less
Grass - Glass
Crime - Climb
Free - Flee

L and R Combinations
Seal ring
Toll road
Already
Civil rights
Railroad
Rivalry
Coral reef
Jewelry
Schoolroom
Gravel road
Session Six
1.Word Endings

Make sure that the final sounds in your words come through clearly and fully. Don’t drop off or shorten the endings!

P endings
I hope the group will sleep on the ship.
The soda pop spilled out of the cup, over the map and onto her lap.
Was the Egg Drop Soup cheap?

B endings
We cleaned the cobweb from the doorknob in the bathtub.
Rob broke his golf club when he slipped on the ice cube.
The crab was under the cement slab at the yacht club.
The ticket stub was found in the taxicab.

T endings
Kate left her cat on the mat as she flew a kite.
The sailboat came into the port to join the fleet.
What bait will make the fish bite? A cricket or a piece of meat?

D endings
Fred will decide which sled should be painted red.
David tried to send a refund back to England.
He could not hide his report card behind the chalk board.

Three rules for ED endings
Many verbs that are in the past tense end in ED. (Example: Today I walk, yesterday I walked)
Rule 1
If a word ends in an unvoiced consonant, when adding ED, jus