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QUESTIONS TO : Henryinchina@126.com
Hi Henry，
So glad to write to you again！During my daily learning，I came across a great many pronunciation questions. With your help, I solved most of them. However there's still some questions I'd like to ask you. Please give me a hand, thanks a lot!
A:Weak form:
1. In American English，sometimes I heard the unimportant [i] was pronounced [?]. Like him, business, homeless and so on. Does it work for 'it'?
2. Also, I found Americans pronounce [?] as [?] in some cases.Like worry, love, hurry and etc.
3. And in the same way, [a?] was pronounced [??]，like out， about and stuff.
I guess this is so-called weak form, right? And I think mastering it is quite important for speaking native English. Do you think so?
B.Linking:
1. We often run into some words like: going on，thinking about，ring up，bring into and something like that. We usually pronunce it ['g??? ?ɑn]，while I heard some Americans pronounce them as ['g??? nɑn]. Could u show us the right way to link them?
I totally agree what you said in your VIP class, speaking English is pretty like singing songs. It's full of rhythms. Thank you!
Sincerely，
JackyWu
课堂内容：
What am I saying? (Warmup)
So we’re going to play a game. I’m going to say something very slowly, syllable by syllable. You guys can say it with me. And I want you to listen and try to figure out what I’m saying.
1. g? v? m? k?l we nju ge do?m.
2. te l? mɑ? mɑn mɑ? we?.
3. te l?r rɑ? to?l d?m t? go? ho?m.
So what do you think? What am I saying? =\
The Golden Rules
[Golden Rule #1] Every syllable begins with a consonant
[Golden Rule #2] Maintain the correct number of syllables.
The 5 kinds of Linking Techniques
A. Vowel to Consonant
1. There’s a book on the table.
B. Geminates
1. Same: It takes two to tango.
2. Similar: I made Tim do it.
C. Omission
1. T dropping: What? / I wasn’t sent here as a punishment
2. D dropping:
3. H Silencing: He’s in his office
D. Transformation
1. Don’t you
2. Didn’t you
3. Want to
4. Going to
5. Got to
E. Insertion (Watch video online)
1. Idea
2. Situation
Today’s Focus
1. Omission: Some sounds give us trouble. They slow us down when we pronounce them and they make it difficult to increase our speed. So we just drop the sound. These sounds are called omission.
2. T-dropping: This is the most common form of omission. We drop the T sound when it’s the end of a syllable and the next syllable begins with a consonant.
A. What do you think about this?
B. I just want to go home.
C. I wasn’t going to eat today.
D. I don’t care.
E. I can’t do it tonight, how about tomorrow?
2. D-dropping: We drop the D sound when it’s the end of a syllable and the next syllable begins with a consonant.
A. I had to go to Taiwan for Chinese New year.
B. I need to buy some Chinese children’s books to read.
3. H Silencing: We drop the H sound when it’s the beginning of a syllable and the syllable before it ends in a consonant.
A. She handed in her assignment to the teacher.
B. I asked him to do it tomorrow.
C. Caller?! I barely know her!
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