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Links to Phonetics: the sound of American English (発音の仕方をこちらのリンクから確認)

Let's practice

Words

owl

mouse

house

mouth

plow

Other word examples

Directions: Read the following words, phrases, sentences and tongue twisters correctly saying the low

front vowel _[au]_accurately and distinctly.

Initial

our, ours, hour, owl, outcast, ouch, ourselves, outfit, outer

Medial

bounce, bound, found, round, sound, mouth, house, mouse, crowd, thousand, announce, cloud, drown,count

Final

cow, how, vow, now, bow, bough, anyhow, wow, plow, somehow,eyebrow,aw,

Phrases

loud sound large crowd

our townhouse dark cloud

stout clown bower of flowers

Sentences

1. The children found a mound of sand in the ground.

2. Round up the cows and cowboys at the mountainside.

3. The cowboys held a powwow around the bonfire.

4. He crouched and cowered in fear behind the couch.

5. They waited for hours at the lounge.

Tongue Twisters

1.Sounding by sound is a sound method of sounding sounds.

2.Round and round the rugged rock the ragged rascal ran.

Exercise 1: Pictures

Instructions: Identify the following pictures with the / au / sound.

EXERCISE 2: VOCABULARY TEST

Test I

Instructions: Underline the correct word that corresponds to the sentence.

1. She took a _______ (bow, boa, boo) after her outstanding performance.

2. Of all the subjects present, he alone was given the _______ (pawer, power, peer) to rule over the others.

3. My grandmother thought the music was too _______ (laud, loud, lewd) for her.

4. Due to his overeating, he grew _______ (stat, stout, stot).

5. I was _______ (abbot, abut, about) to quit my job when Charles advised me not to.

Test II

Match the words in column A with the meanings in column B.

A B

1. proud a. showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth

2. shout b. displeasing to the senses

3. pout c. informal term for the nose

4. snout d. utter in a loud voice; talk in a loud voice

5. profound e. having or displaying great dignity or nobility

f. make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip

g. having an abundant supply of desirable qualities or substances

Test III

Listening Test

Instructions: Listen carefully` as the teacher reads series of sentences.

Fill in the blanks the appropriate word to complete the sentence.

1. She _______ (pouted, potted) when she realized that she took the wrong _______ (root, route).

2. It was _______ (announced, annons) that the results of the exams were already _______ (out, ought).

3. The little bushes outside our house are _______ (sprouting, spotting), soon enough I'll be able to see beautiful _______ (flowers, flows).

4. I _______ (fond, found) my missing money, _______ (no, now) I can buy pizza!

5. _______ (How, Haw) do we make a _______ (cran, crown) like that?

EXERCISE 3: POEM READING

Instructions: Read the poem correctly.

THE PASSIONATE SHEPHERD TO HIS LOVE

by: Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593)

OME live with me, and be my love;
And we will all the pleasures prove
That hills and valleys, dales and fields,
Woods or steepy mountain yields.
And we will sit upon the rocks,
Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks
By shallow rivers, to whose falls
Melodious birds sing madrigals.
And I will make thee beds of roses,
And a thousand fragrant posies;
A cap of flowers, and a kirtle
Embroider'd all with leaves of myrtle;
A gown made of the finest wool
Which from our pretty lambs we pull;
Fair-lined slippers for the cold,
With buckles of the purest gold;
A belt of straw and ivy-buds,
With coral clasps and amber studs:
An if these pleasures may thee move,
Come live with me, and be my love.
The shepherd-swains shall dance and sing
For they delight each May morning:
If these delights thy mind may move,
Then live with me, and be my love.

"The Passionate Shepherd to his Love" is reprinted from Poetica Erotica. Ed. T.R. Smith. New York: Crown Publishers, 1921.

EXERCISE 4

Instructions: Sing/read the song aloud giving emphasis to words with / au / sound.

GOODBYE

I can honestly say you've been on my mind

Since I woke up today, up today

I look at your photograph all the time

These memories come back to life

And I don't mind

I remember when we kissed

I still feel it on my lips

The time that you danced with me

With no music playing

But I remember those simple things

I remember 'til I cry

But the one thing I wish I'd forget

The memory I wanna forget

Is goodbye

I woke up this morning and played are song

And throwing my tears, I sang along

I picked up the phone and then put it down

'Cause I know I'm wasting my time

And I don't mind

I remember when we kissed

I still feel it on my lips

The time that you danced with me

With no music playing

But I remember the simple things

I remember 'til I cry

But the one thing I wish I'd forget

The memory I wanna forget

Suddenly my cell phone's blowing up

With your ringtone

I hesitate but answer it anyway

You sound so alone

And I'm surprised to hear you say

You remember when we kissed

You still feel it on your lips

The time that you danced with me

With no music playing

You remember the simple things

We talked 'til we cried

You said that your biggest regret

The one thing you wish I'd forget

Is saying goodbye, saying goodbye

Ooh, goodbye

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