标准美语发音的13个秘诀 CD 2 Track 30

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Word Groups and Phrasing                                                                       CD 2 Track 30 

Pauses for Related¹ Thoughts, Ideas, or for Breathing 

By now you've begun developing a strong intonation², with clea r peaks and reduced valleys, so you're ready for the next step. Y ou may find yourself reading the paragraph in Exercise 1-15 like this:  HellomynameisSo-and-SoI'mtakingAmerican Accent Training. There 'salo t tolearnbutIho pe tomakeitasen jo y ableaspossible.  If so, your audience won't completely comprehend or enjoy your presentation.  

In addition to intonation, there  is another aspect of speech that indicates meaning. This can be called  phrasing  or tone³.  Have you ever caught just a snippet of a conversation in your own language, and somehow known how to piece together what came before  or after the part you heard? This has to do with phrasing. In a sentence, phrasing tells the listener where th e speaker is at the mome nt, where the speaker is going, and if the speaker is finished or not. No tice that the intonation stays on the nouns⁴.