WARMING-UP LESSON 1
Significance of the course 11
Requirements to be met for the course 11
Difference between English letters and phonemes 11
Relevant articulators that appear within this lesson 11
1．Lips 11
2．Teeth 11
3．Teeth ridges 11
4．Tongue 11
5．Vocal cords and Adam's apple 11
6．Nasal cavity 11
7．Mouth cavity 11
Voiced sound 11
Voiceless sound 11
Movie extracts 11
[Intensive]I KNOW WHAT YOU NEED 11
[Extensive]WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN 11
LESSON 1 11
Classification of phonemes in English 30
Plosives 30
Incomplete explosion(1) 30
Phonemes:[i:][∫][f][d][l] 30
Movie extracts: 30
[Intensive]LET's GO BACK TO CLASS 30
[Extensive]THEY WON'T SEND ME OTHERWISE 30
LESSON 2 30
Incomplete explosion(2) 49
Phonemes:[i][e][t][g] 49
Movie extracts: 49
[Intensive]DON'T BE MAD 49
[Extensive]I'M NOT TAKING ANY CRAFT FROM YOU,PAL 49
LESSON 3 49
Syllable 69
Common way to identify syllable boundaries 69
Phonemes:[？] 69
summary of front vowels:[i:][i][e][？][s][m] 69
Movie extracts: 69
[Intensive]JUST SQUIRRELS AND BIRDS 69
[Extensive]HURRY UP AND GO HOME 69
LESSON 4 69
Stressed & unstressed syllables 86
Way to deal with a stressed or an unstressed syllable 86
First and second stresses 86
Liaison between a consonant and a vowel within a sentence 86
Phoneme:[？] 86
Movie extracts: 86
[Intensive]BACK TO BED 86
[Extensive]A NICE LITTLE BED FOR YOU 86
LESSON 5 86
Closed syllable 103
Vowel letters' common pronunciations in a stressed closed syllable 103
Assimilation between vowels 103
Phonemes [？][？][？] 103
Movie extracts: 103
[Intensive]YOU HAD A BATH 103
[Extensive]JUST TIME KNEW THE TRUTH 103
LESSON 6 103
Function words 127
Weak form for function words with a monosyllable 127
Assimilation between two identical consonants 127
Phonemes:[a:] 127
Different pronunciations matching the letter combination "ar" between British and American accentsDifferent pronunciations matching the vowel letter "a" in a stressed closed syllable between British and American accents[k][n]Movie extracts:[Intensive]HE'S GOING TO GET THROUGH THIS[Extensive]PUT YOUR ADDRESS DOWN THERELESSON 7 127
A voiceless to a relevant voiced consonant in a stressed syllable 149
Sentence stress(1) 149
Phonemes:[u:][？][r][h] 149
Movie extracts for pronunciation practice: 149
[Intensive]WATCH THE BIRDIE 149
[Extensive]WE GOT TO THE RESEARCH HOSPITAL 149
Movie extract for listening comprehension practice:SOMEBODY HELP ME,PLEASE! 149
LESSON 8 149
Difference from both the phonetic and orthographic angles 169
Voiceless to voiced within unstressed syllable only for American accent 169
Open syllable 169
Phonemes:[ai][b][w] 169
Movie extracts for pronunciation practice: 169
[Intensive]WHAT DO YOU WISH 169
[Extensive]MY MOUTHWASH 169
Movie extract for listening comprehension practice:I DIDN'T MEAN TO HURT YOU 169
LESSON 9 169
Elision in pronouns 190
Phonemes:[au][ts][t∫][j] 190
Movie extracts for pronunciation practice: 190
[Intensive]FOUR SCORES AND SEVEN YEARS AGO 190
[Extensive]THEY ARE ALL YOURS 190
Movie extract for listening comprehension practice:HOW DI IT GO 190
LESSON 10 190
Sentence stress(2):logical stress 208
Syllable elision for function words 208
Phonemes:[？][ei][？] 208
Movie extracts for pronunciation practice: 208
[Intensive]YOU STOOD ME UP 208
[Extensive]IT'S ALWAYS A VERY MODERN TECHNIQUE 208
Movie extract for listening comprehension practice:DON'T PARK THAT CLOSE 208
LESSON 11 208
Palatalization between[s]and[j] 228
Elision in auxillary verbs 228
Phonemes:[u][P][v][z] 228
Movie extracts for pronunciation practice: 228
[Intensive]NICE SHOT 228
[Extensive]I'LL FIND A WAY TO INTRODUCE MYSELF 228
Movie extract for listening comprehension practice:THE JACKET IS REVERSIBLE 228
LESSON 12 228
Weak forms for pronouns 251
Syllabic and sonants 251
Phonemes:[？](GB) [？](US) [tr][dz] 251
Movie extracts for pronunciation practice: 251
[Intensive]OH,USUAL 251
[Extensive]AS USUAL 251
Movie extract for listening comprehension practice:TELL ME MORE 251
LESSON 13 251
Summary on back vowels 270
Back vowels' difference between British and American accents 270
Vowel elision within unstressed function words or pronouns 270
Vowels to somewhat a semi-vowels or vice versa 270
Phonemes:[？][？] 270
Movie extracts for pronunciation practice: 270
[Intensive]HE'S BIG FOR HIS AGE 270
[Extensive]WE SHOULD GET THE MANAGER 270
Movie extract for listening comprehension practice:LOVING,LOYAL,DEVOTED DOGS 270
LESSON 14 270
Liaison between two vowels 293
Velar to alveolar nasal 293
Palatalization: 293
[t]+[j]+v=[t∫]+v 293
[d]+[j]+v=[？]+v 293
[s]+[j]+v=[∫]+v 293
[z]+[j]+v=[？]+v 293
Phonemes:[？][？] 293
Movie extracts for pronunciation practice: 293
[Intensive]HEY,NEIGHBOR! 293
[Extensive]THAT'S MY SPEECH 293
Movie extract for listening comprehension practice:OSCAR'S 70-YEAR BIRTHDAY 293
LESSON 15 293
Assimilation between two similar consonants 315
Exception for incomplete explosion 315
Phonemes:[i？][？][dr] 315
Distinction between American and British accents on[？] 315
Distinction between American and British accents on[？] 315
Movie extracts for pronunciation practice: 315
[Intensive]MOTHER OF THE YEAR 315
[Extensive]HOW TOUCHING 315
Identifying sound changes through a selected VOA broadcasting program 315
LESSON 16 315
Phonetic symbols and background information about International Phonetic Alphabet 336
Broad and narrow transcriptions 336
Some related distinguished phoneticians and symbols used in some of the most popular American,British and English-Chinese DictionariesReview:A brief summary on sound changes in connective speechIdentifying sound changes through selected VOA broadcasting programsAPPENDIXESⅠ．Lyrics from movie songs and tapes 336
1．The sound of music 344
2．Climb every mountain 344
3．Love will find a way 344
4．Right here waiting for you 344
5．Silent night 344
6．Red river valley 344
7．Angel 344
Ⅱ．Technical terms 344
Ⅲ．Vocabulary 348