a.折线语调

　　现在教大家一种我自己发明的折线发音法来攻破语调。

　　我们中国人说汉语的时候有4个声调：阴平、阳平、上声、去声，但英文不同，用英语解释就是goes up greatly and goes down violently , just like a melody of the flow of the ocean.

　　发音要领：

　　(1) a点起音

　　(2) 气流把声音快速带到b点

　　(3) 然后从b点急速降到d点

　　注意：从a点至c点是水平线， 那么美国英语好听之所在就是比水平线在向下延伸的距离，也就是c点至d点的距离。

　　请大家用折线发音法练习以下的句子：(请听录音示范)

　　No.1：See you later.

　　No.2：It doesn't matter.

　　No.3：It was a miracle, but I made it.

　　No.4：Could you say that again?

　　No.5：I am very happy to be here.

　　b.曲线语调

　　当美语快读时，大家可使用超级曲线法，如下图：

　　发音要领：(请听录音示范)

　　(1)同学们语音的整个走向基本要符合上图，这个图是给你的一个抽象的灵感图。

　　(2)一定要用气来发音，这样声音不会显得很僵硬，这很像我们太极拳所练的“柔中带刚”。

　　大家学到这里，已经基本掌握了理论的东西，是不是迫不及待地要试一试啊？这里，我给大家准备了一篇文章，请大家用上述的方法来品味并且朗读这篇文章：

　　The Geography of Women

　　Between the ages of 15～18 a woman is like China or Iran. Developing at a sizzling rate with a lot of potential but as yet still not free or open.

　　Between the ages of 18～21 a woman is like Africa or Australia. She is half discovered, half wild and naturally beautiful with bush land around the fertile deltas.

　　Between the ages of 21～30 a woman is like America or Japan. Completely discovered, very well developed and open to trade specially with countries with cash or cars.

　　Between the ages of 30～35, she is like India or Spain. Very hot, relaxed and convinced of its own beauty.

　　Between the ages of 35～40 a woman is like France or Argentina. She may have been half destroyed during the war but can still be a warm and desirable place to visit.

　　Between the ages of 40～50 she is like Yugoslavia or Iraq. She lost the war and is haunted by past mistakes. Massive reconstruction is now necessary.

　　Between the ages of 50～60 she is like Russia or Canada. Very wide, quiet and the borders are practically unpatrolled but her frigid climate keeps people away.

　　Between the ages of 60～70 a woman is like England or Mongolia. With a glorious and all conquering past but alas no future.

　　After 70, they become like Afghanistan. Everyone knows where it is; no one wants to go there.

　　potential: adj. 可能存在或出现的; 可能的

　　fertile: adj. 肥沃的、富饶的

　　destroy: vt. 破坏, 毁坏 v. 消灭, 摧毁

　　desirable: adj. 称心的、合意的

　　Yugoslavia: n. 南斯拉夫

　　haunted: adj. 受到折磨的

　　unpatrol: patrol v. 巡逻、巡查 un-: 前缀，表示“不……、非……”

　　Mongolia: n. 蒙古

　　conquer: vt. 克服、征服、战胜

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