HannahLin的ScalersTalk第四轮新概念朗读持续力

Lesson 84 On strike

Busmen have decided to go on strike next week. The strike is due to begin on Tuesday. No one knows how long it will last. The busmen have stated that the strike will continue until general agreement is reached about pay and working conditions. Most people believe that the strike will last for at least a week. Many owners of private cars are going to offer 'free rides' to people on their way to work. This will relieve pressure on the trains to some extent. Meanwhile, a number of university students have volunteered to drive buses while the strike lasts. All the students are expert drivers, but before they drive any of the buses, they will have to pass a special test. The students are going to take the test in two days' time. Even so, people are going to find it difficult to get to work. But so far, the public has expressed its gratitude to the students in letters to the Press. Only one or two people have objected that the students will drive too fast!

任务配置：

L0+L4

语音笔记

Unvoiced T [t]---Only air passes through the mouth

Voiced D [d]---you make a sound with the vocal cords

这两个发音其实很难哟，不要被两家伙骗咯。

OK, 一步步来。

首先，是T跟D本来的发音，也就是你在字典里头查得到的发音。

这两家伙是stop consonants, 跟昨天复习得K跟G是一样的，发音步骤分两步走：

1. Stop in airflow ----closing the vocal cords,  lift the tongue so the flat, top part is at the roof of the mouth, it's far forward, almost touching the back of the top front teeth, the teeth come together, and then the next step:

2. Release: we release all three parts at once. The tongue comes down from the roof of the mouth, the teeth part, and we release the air from the throat

so, True T and D is like this: the teeth come together, and the top front of the tongue is at the roof of the mouth, the air stops in the throat, then the teeth part and the tongue pulls down to release.

发D音时，可以不用双齿合上，比如said。

但是发T时，上下牙齿合并~~~~~~ together or nearly together.  比如：set

其次，Stop T and D来啦~~什么情况下发stop的音呢？老规矩，在句末或者是后面跟着辅音开头的单词时。

就是你就发第一步，别发第二部哈，要把气流断了，让它别想从你嘴巴里逃出去。

摆好舌头的位置，lift the tongue into position, 然后把气流堵在喉咙处，断掉、断掉、断掉！！！！That's it~~

mad| 发D|这个音时，虽然stop了，但是声带还是有震动的~~就是发true D最开始的那个声音要出来。

not| for me

what|

上图发的是stop T， 下图发的是True T

我记得还有一个t在n前面，t不发声的，比如captain, curtain, button, mountain, certain, gotten, lighten, Britain，cotton等等。第一次读得时候，简直了，一年过去了，也觉得习以为常了。

Ok，接下来就是Flap T and D出场啦。

为什么要叫flap T and D呢？因为你的舌头，bouncing against the roof of the mouth, 所以就是上下拍打的感觉，弹舌头弹舌头多好玩。注意的是气流不被阻断。

matter  madder  这两发音都一样

最后，还有一个被遗弃的T and D，什么情况下它们会被丢掉呢？

练习感悟：

在复习T跟D的过程中，发现了自己发R的音时，嘴型没有到位，要不断提醒自己，试着将嘴型发到位，果然地道了许多。

任性地又跑回家了，虽然很累，但是到年末了，想家了，还有不到一个月放假，怎么安排学习真的是个大问题，希望能够撑过去。