How to improve your pronuciation and intonation.
TAG: intonation How improve pronuciation 2009-05-08 14:33提高语音语调的几个方法
1. Listen to spoken English as often as possible. 多听别人说，自己做有心人。
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Listen to how speakers pronounce various words and phrases and "model" your pronunciation on what you hear., P7 G* \& a* [ y
2. Learn the phonetic alphabet. 学习音标。 |* N {) K
Use the phonetic alphabet page (at the beginning of most good dictionaries)as a guide to pronouncing new words./ U# ~' |; j; F
3. Don't forget to learn the word stress of a new word. 注意单词重音。 k, [) z4 k M! z
Every English word has its own stress, or intonation. For example, the word "believe" has two syllables (be and lieve), but only the secondsyllable is stressed. We say be'lieve and not 'be lieve. Your dictionary will show the syllable stress by an apostrophe (') before the syllable to be stressed.5 J0 k5 G8 S- m; x; D8 N
Word stress is important. In fact, it is more likely that someone misunderstands you because of wrong word stress than because of thewrong pronunciation of a sound.5 r9 g$ V9 P' A, |3 C
4. Work out which sounds cause you most problems in English. 找出自己的弱点，专门解决。
Depending on what your first language is, you may have problems with certainsounds. For example, French speakers have difficulties with "th";speakers of Mandarin have difficulties with "r" or "l", and Arabic speakers have difficulties with "p" and "b", For example, "pair" and "bear"; "pond" and"bond"; "pie" and "buy" etc.
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5. Be aware of intonation and sentence stress. 注意句子的重读。
Not all words in a sentence have equal stress, and generally only the "information" words (nouns and verbs) are stressed.
'Where's the 'pen I 'gave you?
'Where's the 'red 'pen I 'gave you?$ v7 l Y: e; E( {) O, B( ]' q" I
Where's the 'red and 'blue 'pen I 'gave you 'yesterday?
The unstressed words (such as "the", "I","you" and "and") don't carry as much "weight" as the stressed words. They become much smaller in length, and are almost abbreviated. For example, "and" becomes "un".
Changing stress 根据意思改变重读 2 _- b+ u( q) y' e% p
Sentence stress isn't "fixed" like word stress. In fact, you can stress words that are normally unstressed in order to highlight different meanings.
For example:4 q- m$ V! J; ~* l7 @) s: v. u, T& {
I 'love you. (Love, rather than just like.)7 T' H# V+ h% A3 V5 {
'I love you. (With the stress on I to highlight that it's me rather than another person who loves you.)
I love 'you. (And nobody else.)
Intonation 不同情境不同语调
There are a couple of easy to remember rules about intonation. Usually our voices go up at the end of the sentence to show a question, and down at the end to show a statement.! n: a% Z5 w; K$ |
Intonation is also important in "tag questions":
You know him, don't you? (With rising intonation on "don't you?"to show it's a question), y: p3 y% g2 H+ k+ ~6 n3 M6 U1 j" M1 H M
You know him, don't you. (With falling intonation on "don't you" to show it's a statement you expect the other person to agree with.)
6. Learn to recognize spelling patterns. 根据拼写规则发音。* N q8 \: p/ n* W/ c" v
For example, "tion" on the end of a word is pronounced "shun", while "sion" can be pronounced "zhun".There are often many ways to pronounce a particular spelling pattern, but itcertainly helps to know what the variations are. For example, the pattern"ough" can be pronounced "uff" as in "enough" and "tough", or "or" as in "ought" and"bought" or "oh" as in "although" and"dough".
7. Don't rush. 不要比速度，合适语速比清晰。 u% q7 B# g; F' `1 \
If you speak too fast, the danger is that you could skip over some words,fail to pronounce them completely, or mix them up. If you speak too slowly, you might end up sounding unnatural. But it's better to speak slowly and clearly than too quickly.
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Listen to how speakers pronounce various words and phrases and "model" your pronunciation on what you hear., P7 G* \& a* [ y
2. Learn the phonetic alphabet. 学习音标。 |* N {) K
Use the phonetic alphabet page (at the beginning of most good dictionaries)as a guide to pronouncing new words./ U# ~' |; j; F
3. Don't forget to learn the word stress of a new word. 注意单词重音。 k, [) z4 k M! z
Every English word has its own stress, or intonation. For example, the word "believe" has two syllables (be and lieve), but only the secondsyllable is stressed. We say be'lieve and not 'be lieve. Your dictionary will show the syllable stress by an apostrophe (') before the syllable to be stressed.5 J0 k5 G8 S- m; x; D8 N
Word stress is important. In fact, it is more likely that someone misunderstands you because of wrong word stress than because of thewrong pronunciation of a sound.5 r9 g$ V9 P' A, |3 C
4. Work out which sounds cause you most problems in English. 找出自己的弱点，专门解决。
Depending on what your first language is, you may have problems with certainsounds. For example, French speakers have difficulties with "th";speakers of Mandarin have difficulties with "r" or "l", and Arabic speakers have difficulties with "p" and "b", For example, "pair" and "bear"; "pond" and"bond"; "pie" and "buy" etc.
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5. Be aware of intonation and sentence stress. 注意句子的重读。
Not all words in a sentence have equal stress, and generally only the "information" words (nouns and verbs) are stressed.
'Where's the 'pen I 'gave you?
'Where's the 'red 'pen I 'gave you?$ v7 l Y: e; E( {) O, B( ]' q" I
Where's the 'red and 'blue 'pen I 'gave you 'yesterday?
The unstressed words (such as "the", "I","you" and "and") don't carry as much "weight" as the stressed words. They become much smaller in length, and are almost abbreviated. For example, "and" becomes "un".
Changing stress 根据意思改变重读 2 _- b+ u( q) y' e% p
Sentence stress isn't "fixed" like word stress. In fact, you can stress words that are normally unstressed in order to highlight different meanings.
For example:4 q- m$ V! J; ~* l7 @) s: v. u, T& {
I 'love you. (Love, rather than just like.)7 T' H# V+ h% A3 V5 {
'I love you. (With the stress on I to highlight that it's me rather than another person who loves you.)
I love 'you. (And nobody else.)
Intonation 不同情境不同语调
There are a couple of easy to remember rules about intonation. Usually our voices go up at the end of the sentence to show a question, and down at the end to show a statement.! n: a% Z5 w; K$ |
Intonation is also important in "tag questions":
You know him, don't you? (With rising intonation on "don't you?"to show it's a question), y: p3 y% g2 H+ k+ ~6 n3 M6 U1 j" M1 H M
You know him, don't you. (With falling intonation on "don't you" to show it's a statement you expect the other person to agree with.)
6. Learn to recognize spelling patterns. 根据拼写规则发音。* N q8 \: p/ n* W/ c" v
For example, "tion" on the end of a word is pronounced "shun", while "sion" can be pronounced "zhun".There are often many ways to pronounce a particular spelling pattern, but itcertainly helps to know what the variations are. For example, the pattern"ough" can be pronounced "uff" as in "enough" and "tough", or "or" as in "ought" and"bought" or "oh" as in "although" and"dough".
7. Don't rush. 不要比速度，合适语速比清晰。 u% q7 B# g; F' `1 \
If you speak too fast, the danger is that you could skip over some words,fail to pronounce them completely, or mix them up. If you speak too slowly, you might end up sounding unnatural. But it's better to speak slowly and clearly than too quickly.
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