Pronunciation Workshop ----美式英语发音

Voicing---①Vocal chords are vibrating, praducing a sound.②All Vowels are Voiced.

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Paired Consonants:

P(no voicing)add voicing→B

P/B ; T/D ; F/V ;

#S/Z# :As word endings,3Rules:

①If the last sound in a word is unvoiced,and you are adding an S,then the S is unvoiced too.

②If a word ends with one of these sounds:"s z sh ch dg"→(add "izzz")

③If a word ENDS with a Vowel sound (add"zzz")

#S#sounds:"Z"

eg:is ,his ,as ,was ,these ,those ,easy ,because .

"S" sounds/Z/  Paragraph:

1.Another zippy,zappy,crazy day comes to a close as we zoom up to Joe's snooze zone,Zoe Jones of Zodiac Zoo plays with her zipper.

2.Last week,Jim's brothers were picked to represent their country in the Olympic Games.Two of the brothers were swimmers,while the other two were long distance runners.

   All of the brothers wore glasses.These athletes worked hard at qualify for the games and were hoping to come home with prizes.

   Since the brothers go to the same university,they often take the same courses.This makes studying easier and gives them more time to do other things.

3.On Thursday,I had a very lazy day.I woke up early, and first squeezed oranges into juice.I then got dressed,and watching the sunrise come up over the mountains.

   It was so beautiful that I took many pictures with my camera and I used thtree rolls of films.

    After drinking two cups of coffee, I got dressed, left the house ,and walked three miles home.