Review Exercise 2: To have a friend, be a friend. CD 3 Track 52 录音下载
Pause the CD and go through each step using the following explanation as a guide.
T Practice the sequence of steps a couple of times and then record yourself again; place your second recording right after the first one on your tape. Play them both back and see if you hear a strong difference.
1. Intonation
You want to figure out where the intonation belongs when you first encounter a phrase. In this example friend is repeated, so a good reason for intonation would be the contrast that lies in the verbs have and be: To have a friend, be a friend.
2. Word groups
The pause in this case is easy because it's a short sentence with a comma, so we put one there. With your own phrases, look for a logical break, or other hints, as when you have the verb to be, you usually pause very slightly just before it, because it means that you're introducing a definition:
A (pause) is B. Cows(pause) are ruminants.
To have a friend,(pause) be a friend.
3. Liaisons
Figure out which words you want to run together. Look for words that start with vowels and connect them to the previous word: To hava friend, be(y)a friend.
4. , ,
Label these common sounds in the sentence: T hv friend, be friend.
5. The American T
Work with it, making it into a D or CH, holding it back or getting rid of it altogether, as
appropriate. In this phrase, there are no Ts, but the D is held: To have a frien(d), be a frien(d).
6. The American R
Mark all the Rs. To have a friend, be a friend.
7. Combination of concepts 1-6
T hv frεn(d),(pause) be(y) frεnd(d).
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