聽辨及跟讀練習
Now practice the sound in words. Listen and repeat each word twice.
1. up up
　　2. love love
3. cut cut
4. another ? another
5. above ?????? above
6. bus ? bus
7. nut nut
8. sun sun
9. bun bun
10. cup cup

1. many 2. bet 3. guest 4. bread 5. said 6. friend
　　The main features in pronouncing the sound /?/:
1. Hold your tongue in the same position as for /ei/, but a little lower in your mouth.
2. Place the sides of your tongue against the upper back teeth, but do not press. The muscles
　　of your tongue should be lax.
3. Open your lips slightly more than for /ei/.
4. Your jaw and tongue do not move as you make this short vowel sound.
5. Place your thumb underneath your chin. You should feel no tense muscles; the muscles
　　are relaxed.
　　
聽辨及跟讀練習
A. Now practice the sound in words.
1. egg egg
2. guess guess
3. neck neck
4. red red
5. let let

B. Now practice the sound in sentences . Listen and repeat .
1. edge Is it the edge of the chair?
2. Ed Can you find Ed in the office?
3. less Do you want less in the shirt?
4. bet Who’s taking the bet tomorrow?
5. debt We’re talking about my debt.
6. pest The pest is all over me.
7. test The test is pretty good.
8. sell I would like to sell my boat.
9. pen His pen is awful, isn’t it?
10. pepper The pepper was passed around to all of us.

輔音區別精講Part One Flap?????聽辨及跟讀練習
　　
A. Read the words, while paying attention to the pronunciation of???? (= ???).
city forty butter
water dirty matter
writer better Betty
　　/t/ /d/
Italian Italy
attack attic
atomic atom
　　photography photograph
B. Tongue twisters
　　Betty bought a bit of butter, “But” said she “this butter is bitter.If I put it in my batter,it will make my batter bitter” So, She bought some better butter, better than the bitter butter, and it made her bitter batter better.
C. Dialogue
A: I’m taking a course at a technical college.
B: Who’s your teacher?
A: Mr. Tom Atkings.
B: But I thought, Mr. Tom Atkings taught at Harvard.
A: He taught there last term.
B: I see.

A: I’m the daughter. And I have two brothers.
B: I’ll write it down.
A: And then there’s Dennis, Doctor.
B: Dennis?
A: Dennis is the dog.
B: Oh, the dog.
A: That’s D-E-N-N-I-S, Dennis, Doctor.
B: Dennis —Yes. I got it.

Part Two鼻腔爆破聽辨及跟讀練習
　　
A. Now practice the sound in words. Notice the phonetic spelling. Listen and repeat each word twice .
1. mutton mutton
2. written written
3. curtain curtain
4. certain certain
5. eaten eaten
6. button button
B. Practice the sound in sentences.
1. bitten I was bitten by the dog.
2. mitten Where’s my mittens?
3. Latin It’s a Latin word.
4. gotten I have gotten it yesterday.
5. lighten The flowers will lighten the room.
6. rotten Throw the rotten fish away.
7. cotton The cloth is made of cotton.
A. Phrases and single sentences
a lovely girl All is well. Let her alone.
to tell a lie late at night Did he leave?
little by little to live well to talk loud
Is Della telling us a lie?
Laura left a little after eleven.
All love letters belong to loose Louise.
Would you like to look at the lake where Larry Lotter was eaten for lunch?
Where shall we meet for lunch?
A little boy just fell into the lake.
B. Sound drill
W: Please listen and repeat:
　　Fall—ill—milk—tell—call—cold—
　　He called the milkman.
　　Now listen. Don’t speak.
　　You quite like your food and drink cold but nobody else does.
W: Do you want this coffee? It’s cold.
M: Yes, I’ll have cold coffee.
W: Now you do the same: Yes, I’ll have cold coffee. Ready?
W: Do you want this coffee? It’s cold.
M: Yes, I’ll have cold coffee.
W: And does anybody want some cold tea?
M: Yes, I’ll have cold tea.
W: And I’ve got some cold soup. Cold soup, anybody?
M: Yes, I’ll have cold soup.
W: And would you like some cold milk?
M: Yes, I’ll have cold milk.
W: And I’ve got some cold meat here too. Anybody?
M: Yes, I’ll have cold meat.
W: And does anybody want some cold potatoes?
M: Yes, I’ll have cold potatoes.
C. Conversation
A: Oh, Lucy, you’re so lucky, you are the only one who got rise in pay!
B: Well, it’s not lucky, it’s my ability.
A: I like the way you’re talking, I hope the people who work for me are all like you.

Part Two Dark L聽辨及跟讀練習
Example:
⑴ all ⑵ bill ⑶ Carl ⑷ doll ⑸ else ⑹ feel ⑺ Gail ⑻ hell
A. Now practice the sound in words. Notice the phonetic spelling. Listen and repeat each word twice .
1. kill kill 4. pail pail
2. school school 5. boil boil
3. soul soul 6. tool tool
B. Tongue twisters
Bill had a billboard.
Bill also had a board bill.
The board bill bored Bill.
So Bill sold the billboard to pay his board bill.
And the board bill no longer bored Bill.

Part Three 單詞中不同位置L的聽辨及跟讀練習
A. Practice the sound ??? as in “like” in several different positions. Listen and repeat these words.
??
1. look 4. lunch 7. laugh 10. loud
2. labor 5. legal 8. lecture 11. lover
3. license 6. lawyer 9. leader 12. literature

1. alive 4. alarm 7. believe 10. dollar
2. college 5. family 8. polite 11. toilet
3. realize 6. island 9. popular 12. intelligent

1. all 4. pool 7. small 10. well
2. heel 5. dial 8. female 11. April
3. annual 6. install 9. control 12. schedule

Now practice the sound of ???? in sentences .
The bobwhite whistled somewhere in the wheat.
He only heard a wheel creak and whine.
The man with the whip whistled through his whiskers.
The wheel came off somewhere with a whirling sound.
Why does he whine and whimper everywhere?
Who’s whipping the white horse? Chasing the white whale?