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《美语发音秘诀》第161至第180页
通过之前的8天的学习，我们已经了解到了美语发音的所有技巧：重音、语调、断句、弱读和连读。
今天让我们一起分别复习、巩固这些技巧吧！
下面我们会从语调、断句和连读这三个方面介绍美语发音的理论。
在第二天的学习中我们介绍了美语的语调英语学习 | 美式语调 American Intonation原来是这个样子的！
需要改变单词语调的原因有四个：
为了引入新的信息（一般是名词）为了提出观点为了对比两个或者更多的事物在使用can"t作否定语气的时候
改变语调的方法有三种：提高音量，拖长单词的发音，提高声音的音高（频率）。
在第五天的学习中我们了解了断句这个技巧英语学习 | 当断不断，必受其乱——断句 Phrasing。
断句表示了说话人表达完了一个相关的意思、概念，还表明了说话人是否说完一句话。断句将一个长句子拆分成数个单词串组成的“长单词”（词群 word group），每个“长单词”表示着一个意思。
在第七天和第八天的学习中，我们认识了连读与弱读的概念。
当相邻的两个单词满足下面四种情况中的一个时，它们就需要使用连读了：
第一个单词的词尾发音是辅音，第二个单词的词首发音是元音；第一个单词的词尾发音是辅音，第二个单词的词首发音是与前面的词尾辅音发音动作相似或相同的辅音；第一个单词的词尾发音是半元音(j, w)，第二个单词的词首发音是元音；第一个单词的词尾发音是辅音T/D/S/Z，第二个单词的词首发音是半元音 j.
在英语中，冠词（a/an，the）、介词（at, in, on, of, for, from, to）、代词（it, you, your, it, some）、关系代词（what ）、连词（and, but, yet）、助动词（am, is, are, was, were）、情态动词（can, could, should, would, will, may, might）等不是特别重要的单词在发音时轻轻略过。它们的元音要么被弱读（比如some /sm/ 会被弱读为 /sm/），要么干脆被忽略不读（比如 from 会被弱读为 frm）。
语调练习
描述性短语VS固定短语
描述性短语重读第二个单词，而固定短语重读第一个单词。
阅读下面的段落。段落中标为蓝色的三个单词组成了三词短语，加粗的单词需要重读。
The Three Little Pigs
Once upon a time, there were three little pigs. They lived with their kind old mother near a large, dark forest. One day, they decided to build their own houses. The first little pig used straw. He took his straw-cutting tools and his new lawn mower and built a little straw house. The second little pig used sticks. He took his woodcutting tools and some old paintbrushes and built a small wooden house. The third little pig, who was a very hard worker, used bricks. He took his bricklaying tools, an expensive mortarboard, and built a large brick house.
断句练习。阅读下面一段文字，在适当的地方进行停顿使得句子语义清晰。
Russian Rebellion
Russia"s offensive against rebels in the breakaway region of Chechnya is entering a new phase. On the one hand, Russian forces are taking full control of Grozny, and Moscow says the war seems to be turing in its favor. On the other hand, the rebels could be retreating Grozny just to fight another day -- ensuring a long guerilla war. The four-month confilict topped the agenda today during Secretary of State Madeline Albright"s talks with acting Russian president Vladimir Putin. Albright then left for Crotia, about which we"ll hear more shortly.
连读弱读练习。阅读下面一段文字，运用连读和弱读的技巧使得朗读流畅通顺。连读的部分用红色标识，而弱读的部分则用灰色标识。
You say you don"t know a proton from a crouton? Well, you"re not the only one. A recent nationwide survey funded by the National Science Foundation shows that fewer than 6 percent of American adults can be called scientifically literate. The rest think that DNA is a food additive, Chernobyl is a ski resort, and radioactive milk can be made safe by boiling.
今天我们复习了美语发音的几个技巧，并且在更多的练习中有意识地使用这些技巧。
明天是美语发音学习的最后一天了，我们会一起探讨汉语发音与美式发音的异同。知彼知己百战不殆。
我们明天见~
