美式英語正音訓(xùn)練第2期:練習(xí)1

Exercise 1-1: Rubber Band Practice with Nonsense Syllables
    Take a rubber band and hold it with your two thumbs.
    Every time you want to stress a word by changing pitch, pull on the rubber band.
    Stretch it out gently, don't jerk it sharply.
    Make a looping ∞ figure with it and do the same with your voice.
    Use the rubber band and stretch it out every time you change pitch.
    Read first across, then down.
    1.
    duh duh duh
    la la la
    mee mee mee
    ho ho ho
    2.
    duh duh duh
    la la la
    mee mee mee
    ho ho ho .
    3.
    duh duh duh
    la la la
    mee mee mee
    ho ho ho
    4.
    duh duh duh
    la la la
    mee mee mee
    ho ho ho
    now down
    column A.
    duh duh duh
    duh duh duh
    duh duh duh
    duh duh duh
    B.
    la la la
    la la la
    la la la
    la la la
    C.
    mee mee mee
    mee mee mee
    mee mee mee
    mee mee mee
    D.
    ho ho ho
    ho ho ho
    ho ho ho
    ho ho ho
    Read each column down, keeping the same intonation pattern.
    A
    duh duh duh duh
    A B C
    1 2 3
    dogs eat bones
    next column B.
    duh duh duh
    imprecise
    a hot dog
    They eat bones
    C.
    duh duh duh
    condition
    a hot dog
    They eat them
    D.
    duh duh duh
    alphabet
    hot dog stand
    give me one