CONTENTS 1
Unit 1．Characteristics of English Sounds 1
1.1 The Articulatory Characteristics of Vowels 1
1.2 The Articulatory Characterislics of Consonants 3
1.3 List of Phonetic Symbols 5
1.4 Positions of the English Speech Organs 6
1.5 Positions of the English Vowels 8
1.6 Chart of the English Consonants 10
Unit 2．The Vowel Sounds 11
2.1 Comparison of Vowels 30
Unit 3．The Consonant Sounds 41
Unit 4．Length，Sound Linking Assimilationi and Weakening of the English Sounds in Practical Usage 65
4.1 Length 65
4.2 Sound Liuking 66
4.3 Assimilation 66
4.4 Weakening 68
4.5 Exercise 69
Unit 5．Stress and Rhythm 71
5.1 Words Stress 74
5.2 Sentence Stress 77
5.3 Cases with No Stress 83
5.4 The Rhythm of Sentences 84
5.5 Exercises 86
Unit 6．Intonation 91
6.1 A Brief Analysis of English Intonation 93
6.2 Falling Tune 95
6.3 Risirrg Tune 99
6.4 The Treatment of Parentheises 104
6.5 Emphatic Sentences 107
7.1 Sentences of Different Types 112
Unit 7．Practice Materials 112
7.2 Practice Dialogue 123
Caroline Arrives 123
The Folk Music Concert 126
An Outing to Brighton 131
Out Shopping 135
On the Telephone 138
Doctor Metcalfe 143
Trouble For Michael at University 147
A Rehearsal of Oscar Wilde's “The Importance of Bei g Earnest” 152