Exercise 1-56; Reading Reduced Sounds CD 2 Track 29
Repeat the paragraph after me. Although you're getting rid of the vowel sounds, you want to maintain a strong intonation and let the sounds flow together. For the first reading of this paragraph, it is helpful to keep your teeth clenched together to reduce excess jaw and lip movement. Let's begin.
Hello, myname'z_____________. I'm taking 'mer'k'n Acc'nt Train'ng. Therez'lotťlearn, b't I hope ťmake 'ťz 'njoy'bl'z poss'bl. I sh'd p'ck 'pon the 'mer'k'n 'nťnash'n pattern pretty eas'ly, although the only way ťget 't 'z ťpracťs all 'v th' time. I use the 'p'n down, or peaks 'n valleys, 'nťnash'n more th'n I usedto. Ive b'n pay'ng 'ttensh'n ťp'ch, too. 'Ts like walk'ng down' staircase. Ive b'n talk'ng to' lot 'v'mer'k'ns lately, 'n they tell me th't Im easier to 'nderstand. Anyway, I k'd go on'n on, b't the 'mporťnt th'ng 'z ťl's'n wel'n sound g'd. W'll, wh' d'y' th'nk? DoI?
