English Tongue Twisters Can you can a can as a canner can can a can? How many cookies could a good cook cook if a good cook could cook cookies? A good cook could cook as many cookies as a good cook who could cook cookies.

Sense group A sentence can be divided into several parts according to it's meaning or grammatical stucture while you are reading. This part/these parts is/are called sense group(s).

. Can you can a can /as a canner can can a can? How many cookies /could a good cook cook/ if a good cook /could cook cookies? A good cook could cook/ as many cookies as a good cook/ who could cook cookies. .

English Pronunciation Practice

.Contents for practice long vowel and short vowel stress of words intonation and sense group liaison and explosion stressed words and unstressed words in a sentence

Long vowels and short vowels brother mother much money peaceful beneath eastern extreme what block knock hospital water father March forecast look book good pool reporter source short daughter

Stress of the words interesting relic satisfying influence pronounce identity official determine pronunciation disadvantage electricity congratulation organization

Intonation and sense group .

Have a try To climb the mountains was hard work but as we looked around us, we were surprised by the view. We seemed to be able to see for miles. At one point we were so high that we found ourselves cycling through clouds. Then we began going down the hills. It was great fun especially as it gradually became much warmer. In the valleys colorful butterflies flew around

. us and we saw many yaks and sheep eating green grass. At this point we had to change our caps, coats, gloves and trousers for T- shirts and shorts.

Imitation Listen to the recording of the native speaker and imitate.

. Liaison and explosion .

Have a try 1. I asked ͜͜ a man standing nex(t) to me wha(t) happened. 2. Some ͜ of them ha(d) broken their legs and͜ others were climbing upon͜ each͜ other to get͜ out.

Imitation T: Now, students, do you remember what we should do before an earthquake comes? S: We must make a list of things. It should tell us what to do, where to be safe and who to contact. T: Good, So first what should we do? S: We should "drop, cover and hold". T: Excellent. Now what does that mean?

. S: We must drop to the floor and cover our heads with our hands. T: Yes. S: We must cover ourselves by hiding under some furniture. T: Right. S: We must hold onto the furniture so it doesn't move away from us during the earthquake. T: Well done. So don't forget. It's always"drop, cover and hold". .

Stressed words and Unstressed words in a sentence

What to stress in a sentence? In an English conversation, stressed words give information to the listener and unstressed words join the information words together. Correct pronunciation of stressed and unstressed words is thus extremely important for effective communication in English.

Information words and function words Information words are usually nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs. They give information about who, what, when, where, why and how. They express the main idea or content of the phrase or sentence. They carry the message and therefore are stressed. Unstressed words are usually function words like articles, pronouns, prepositions, auxiliary(辅助的） verbs and conjunctions. These words connect the information words to form grammatical sentences.

. If you stress all the words in a sentence, you may sound unpleasant or even cause misunderstanding because you are giving too much information and English speakers usually stress all words only when they are impatient or angry.

Practice In the early evening we always stop to make camp. We put up our tent and then we eat. After supper Wangwei put her head down on her pillow and we went to sleep but I stayed awake. At midnight the sky became clearer and the stars grew brighter. It was so quiet. There was almost no wind -only the flames of our fire for company. As I lay beneath the stars I thought about how far we had already travelled.

Summary

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