Exercise 3-6: Reading the er Sound CD 3 Track 11 录音下载
When you read the following schwa paragraph, try clenching your teeth the first time. It won't sound completely natural, but it will get rid of all of the excess lip and jaw movement and force your tongue to work harder than usual. Remember that in speaking American English we don't move our lips much, and we talk though our teeth from far back in our throats. I'm going to read with my teeth clenched together and you follow along, holding your teeth together.
What Must the Sun Above Wonder About? Some pundits proposed that the sun wonders unnecessarily about sundry and assorted co- nundrums. One cannot but speculate what can come of their proposal. It wasn't enough to trouble us,* but it was done so underhandedly that hundreds of sun lovers rushed to the defense of their beloved sun. None of this was relevant on Monday, however, when the sun burned up the entire country.
* Pause the CD and read What Must the Sun Above Wonder About? twice. Try it once with your teeth clenched the first time and normally the second time.
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