标准美语发音的13个秘诀 CD 3 Track 15
时间：2018-12-16 作者：英语课 分类：标准美语发音的13个秘诀 CD3
Exercise 4-3: Rute 1—Top of the Staircase CD 3 Track 15
When a T is at the top of a staircase, in a stressed position, it should be a clear popped sound.
1. In the beginning of a word, T is [t].
2. With a stressed T and ST, TS, TR, CT, LT, and sometimes NT combinations, T is [t].
He was contentwith the contract.
3. T replaces D in the past tense, after an unvoiced consonant 2 sound — f,k, p, s, ch, sh, th — (except T).
T: laughed [lœft], picked [pikt], hoped [houpt], raced [rast], watched [wächt], washed [wäsht], unearthed [uneartht]
D: halved 3 [hœvd], rigged [rigd], nabbed [næbd], raised [razd], judged [j'jd], garaged [garazhd], smoothed [smoothd]
Exceptions: wicked [wikəd], naked [nakəd], crooked 4 [krükəd], etc.
Read the following sentences out loud. Make sure that the underlined (stressed) Ts are sharp and clear.
1. It took Tim ten times to try the telephone.
2. Stop touching 5 Ted's toes.
3. Turn toward Stella and study her contract together.
4. Control your tears.
5. It's Tommy's turn to tell the teacher the truth.
- The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
- She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。
- The quality of this suit isn't quite consonant with its price.这套衣服的质量和价钱不相称。
- These are common consonant clusters at the beginning of words.这些单词的开头有相同辅音组合。
- The shares have halved in value . 股价已经跌了一半。
- Overall operating profits halved to $24 million. 总的营业利润减少了一半，降至2，400 万元。 来自《简明英汉词典》