标准美语发音的13个秘诀 CD 1 Track 17

（单词翻译）

Exercise 1-10; Individual Practice                                                           CD 1 Track 17

Now, let's see what you can do with the same  sentence, just by c hanging the stress around to different words. I'll tell you which meaning to express. When you hear the tone¹  +, say the sentence as quickly as you can, then I'll say th e sentence for you. To test your  ear, I'm going to repeat the sentences in random² order. Try to determine  which word I'm stressing. The answers are given in parentheses, but don't look unless you really have to. Here we go.  

1. Indicate that he borrowed the  money and didn't steal it. (5) + 

2. Indicate that you are denying havi ng said that he stole it. (2) + 

3. Indicate that you think he stol e something besides money. (7) +  

4. Indicate that you were not  the person to say it. (1) + 

5. Indicate that you don't think that he was the person who stole it. (4) +  

6. Indicate that you didn't say it outright³,  but did suggest it in some way. (3) +  

7. Indicate that he many have stolen a different amount of money. (6) + 

Overdo⁴ It 

Practice these sentences on your own, really  exaggerating the word that you think should be stressed. In the beginning,  you're going to feel that  this is ridiculous.  (Nobody stresses this hard! Nobody talks like this! People  are going to laugh at me!)  Yet as much as you may stress, you're probably only going to be stressing ab out half as much as you should.  

+     Pause the CD and practice the sentences in random order ten times.  

Another reason you must overexaggerate is becaus e when you get tired, emotional, or relaxed, you will stop paying attention. When  this happens, like a rubber band, you're going to snap⁵ back to the way you originally were sounding (10 percent). So, if you just stretch yourself to the exact position where you ideally want to be, you'll go back almost comp letely to the old way when yourelax. For practice, the n, stretch yourself far  beyond the normal range of  intonation (150 percent), so when you relax, you relax back to a standard  American sound (100 percent). 

We All Do It 

Possibly about this time you're thinking,  Well, maybe you do this  in English, but in  my language,  I  just really don't think that we do this.  I'd like you to try a little exercise.