Pronunciation 视听说 Book 4 Unit 7 No Place Like Home 演示教学.ppt

1 Count the number of different ways the speaker will pronounce the underlined letters. Letter “a”: three ways (flat, detached, thatched, can) (are, large, castle) (small) Letter “I”: three ways (live, in, Britain, different, is) (side, kind, find, time) (semi) Letter “o”: seven ways (do) (or) (long, population, lots, cottage) (town) (row) (together) (sometimes) Letters “ ou”: four ways (house) (country) (famous) (you) 4 Listen and notice how the speaker pronounces the underlined h letter. The stronger h sounds occur with: hurry up, he’ll catch you, tell him … he can … in his own … 5 Listen and notice how the speakers create connected speech by using weak forms, weak consonants, and linking sounds. ◇Choose one specific sentence to practice one focused point; ◇Show your perfect imitation of pronunciation to your partner; ◇Explain what point you are interested in. 1. Well, my landlord has given me four week’s notice to leave. 2. Well, I can’t spend more than 100 pounds per week. Pair work: Tongue Twister Read the following tongue twisters and focus on differences of the same vowels in each group. All I want is a proper cup of coffee made in a proper copper coffee pot, you can believe it or not, but I just want a cup of coffee in a proper coffee pot. Tin coffee pots or iron coffee pots are of no use to me. If I can’t have a proper cup of coffee in a proper coffee pot, I’ll have a cup of tea. Example Answer Home loans were at the heart of the financial crisis and the subsequent bailout of the banks. President Obamas government has already pushed through congress an overhaul of regulation, but one important item was left out; what to do about the two key agencies in the mortgage market, known informally as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. They underpin the business by providing insurance to lenders against borrowers failing to repay and they also