Mini les 1
Mini-lesson 1
This mini-lesson is helpful for pronunciation and also illustrates the intonation needed to bring out the intended meaning.
Please practice these phrases and sentences. The words in bold get the emphasis. The / shows where the pauses are in the sentence.
(Remember that the ‘s’ in the word ‘is’ is pronounced as a ‘z’.)
What is the problem?
Charlie has chosen to choose what she / chooses, if / she chooses what she chose / yesterday.
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(Remember that the ‘v’ is like the Dutch ‘w’ and the ‘f’ is like the Dutch ‘v’)
I love to live my life / as I choose.
We made a live recording.
I have one loaf of bread to survive. The neighbours have three loaves of bread but no clothes.
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The famous ‘th’ (start with your tongue between your teeth!)
The problem is / that they thought / that they might think / that they were through / when they weren’t.
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(Practice putting the emphasis on a different word each time. Give the different meanings which arise from the different emphases.)
Why would you do such a thing? (Why didn't you do something else?)
Why would you do such a thing? (What was your motivation?)
and so on................