美式英语发音教程中文字幕03

Paul S Gruber保罗.格罗博士是美国英语发音主教练，Pronunciation Workshop美国英语发音特训机构创办人，美国资深英语发音专家级最畅销美语发音课程研发设计者，全美包括常青藤联盟等46所一流大学的英语发音课程系列教材珠宝，曾受邀到52个国家讲学，近百万听众。

Session Three

1. The Unvoiced TH Sound

2. The Voiced TH Sound

3. THR Blends

4. Voicing the T Sound

The Unvoiced TH Sound

Flat tongue protruding through your teeth. Maintain a steadyair stream. Stretch out the TH sound.

Example:

Think of the word Thumb as having two beats

Th . umb

1 2

Unvoiced TH at the beginning of words

Thanks

Thick

Thunder

Thursday

Think

Unvoiced TH at the middle of words

Anything

Bathmat

Toothpick

Athletic

Mouthwash

Unvoiced TH at the end of words

Bath

North

Beneath

Fourth

South

The Voiced TH Sound

Voiced TH at the beginning of words

The (The book)

That (That house)

They (They came over)

Them (Give them water)

There (There it is)

This (This is my nose)

Those (Those boys are good)

These (These are my parents)

Voiced TH in the middle of words

Clothing

Leather

Mother

Another

Weather

Northern

Voiced TH at the end of words

Smooth

Bathe

Breathe

Practice Phrases

This and that

A tablecloth

Winter clothing

Athens, Greece

That’s the one

Her skin is smooth

Thirty Day’s notice

A famous author

Here and there

False teeth

Thread the needle

A thoughtful gift

Thunder and lightening

Thumbs up

Practice Sentences

Thelma arrived in town last Thursday.

I’m having trouble threading this needle.

I need 33 thick thermometers.

The thing they like best about Athens is the weather.

This thrilling novel was written by a famous author.

He will be through with his work at three-thirty.

Now and then, she likes to buy new clothing.

They thought they were going to Northern Spain.

Which tablecloth shall we use for the party?

That was the thirty-third theatre to open.

THR Blends

Thread (thread the needle)

Throw (throw the ball)

Throat (my throat is sore)

Thrill (a thrilling ride)

Three (three more days)

Threw (he threw the ball)

Throne (the king sits on a throne)

Paragraph Practice

Nurse Thatcherwas thankful it was Thursday. She knew that on Thursdayshe had to deliver 33 boxes of thermometers to theNorth American Athletic Club. They thought that thermometerswere necessary for testing the hydrotherapy baths. Thiswas thought to benefit the athletes with arthritis. Theathletic trainers required authorization to provide hydrotherapyto the youthful athletes on the threebulletin boards with thumbtacks throughout theathletic club. Rather than risk the health of theathletes, they thoroughly checked the thousandsof thermometers to insure their worthiness; otherwise theyneeded to be thrown away.

TH Exceptions

Although the following words are spelled with a ‘TH’, they arepronounced as a T.

Thomas

Thompson

Theresa

Thailand

Thames

Esther

Thyme

Voicing the T Sound

If a T falls within two voiced sounds (usually vowels), the Tbecomes voiced like a D.

Examples:

Water Wader (the whole word is voiced)

Better Bedder

Butter Budder

Voiced T Practice

Betty bought abit of better butter. But, said she, this butter’s bitter. If I put it in my batter,it’ll make my batter bitter.