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One of the truly indicative aspects of the American sound is the rapid American English. Rapid English is a combination of liaison, contraction and reduction.??Since you probably first became acquainted with English through the printed word, you may find it uncomfortable, and you may even hesitate to use these reductions in your speech. However, it is important that you recognize reductions when you hear them, so that you can understand better what native speakers are saying. Speakers of standard American English use reduced English much of the time.??The correct use of reduction in appropriate reduced English would make you sound very American.美式英语语速快是美国口语的显著特征之一。快速美式英语是连读、缩读和弱读的联合体。一开始，你很可能是通过文字和书本认识英语的，你会对快速口语感到不太自在，而且你在讲话时也不太敢使用弱读。不过，你能否听出弱读是很重要的，只有这样，你才能更好地听懂英语为母语的人说的话。使用标准美语的人都会常常使用英语弱音。如果你能在合适的时候正确地使用弱音，听起来你就很像地道的美国人了。 Reduction 弱读 Listen to the word photograph and pay close attention as it is read in two different ways.留心听一下photograph这个单词。这个单词会用不同的方式念两遍。 photograph This type of reduction makes English flow more smoothly and rapidly. Learning how to use vowel reductions is an important tool in making your English sound natural and easy. There are two areas where vowels are reduced. One is inside words that have two or more syllables. The other area is in the use of the little words that hold your sentence together to make grammatical sense.正是这种弱读使英语听起来更为流畅快速。要想使你的英语口语听起来自然流畅，就必须学会如何运用元音弱读。元音弱读有两方面内容：一是有两个或两个以上音节的单词；二是如何念一些把句子连在一起、使之合乎语法的短词。1.? ?? ? Two-syllable Words 双音节单词The typical pattern is to reduce the second syllable.双音节单词中弱化的一般是第二个音节。April [5eiprEl] n. 四月(略作Apr)enter [5entE] vt. 进入、加入、参加、登录、开始restful [5restful] adj. 宁静的escape [is5keip] n. 逃、逃亡、溢出设备、出口、逃跑、[植]野生release [ri5li:s] n. 释放、让渡、豁免、发行的书、释放证书deny [di5nai] v. 否认、拒绝My birthdays in April.Where do we enter?Press this button to release the door.His guilt was hard to deny.2.? ?? ? Multiple-syllable Words 多音节单词In multiple-syllable words, one syllable will be stressed. One or