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How to pronounce The STOP consonant [n]
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
king
finger
hanger
ink
tank
Other word examples
Directions: Read the following words, phrases, sentences and tongue twisters correctly
saying the [η] accurately and distinctly.
Medial
ankle,uncle,anxiety,
length,strength,bankrupt,
tangle,single,younger,
monkey,bank,mingle,hunger,
Final
long,among,strong,
tongue,king,hang,
preparing,anything,young,
wrong,bring,testing,being
Phrases
sing a song anything wrong
hanging blanket sinking tank
being young linger on
longest fingers clinging in hunger
Sentences
1. The applicants are lining up for the language test.
2. The process of communication includes encoding
and decoding symbols from speaker to listener.
3. Her uncle went on a junket to the African jungle.
4. Every bank dreads to be bankrupt.
5. Have you seen the mango-eating monkey?
Tongue Twisters
1. A cunning young canner from Canning
Once observed to his granny,
"A canner can can
a lot of things gran,
But a canner can't can a can, can he?"
2. People pledging plenty of pennies.
3. While we were walking, we were watching
window washers wash Washington's windows
with warm washing water.
Article reading
Instructions: Read the article correctly saying the [η] sound accurately and underline
the words with the [η] sound. Then answer the following questions.
STORY OF STRANGER DRUNKEN
A man and his wife are awakened at 3 o'clock in the morning by a loud pounding on the door.
The man gets up and goes to the door where a drunken stranger standing in a pouring down rain
is asking for a push. "Not a chance" says the husband - "It's three o'clock in the morning!" He slams the door and returns to bed.
"Who was it?" asks his wife.
"Just a drunken stranger asking for a push" he answers.
"Did you help him?" she asks.
"No, I didn't - it's three in the morning and raining like hell out there!"
"Well you've got a short memory" says his wife. "Can't you remember about three months ago when we broke down
on the freeway and those two guys helped us? I think you should help him."
The man does as he is told and gets dressed and goes out into the pounding rain and calls out into the dark. "Hello - are you still there?"
"Yes," comes the answer.
"Do you still want a push?" calls out the husband.
"Yes, please!" comes the reply from the dark.
"Where are you?" asks the husband.
"Over here on the swing" the drunk replies.
Questions:
1. Describe the characteristics or attitude of the couple.
2. Why did the couple awaken at 3 o'clock in the morning?
3. What will be the reaction of the couple after the man answered them?
Exercise 4: Picture Descriptions
Instructions: Create a story out from these pictures.
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