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Lesson 1: The [a:] sound as in "car" “g verses

Speech orqans position: 区妇1 and copy the intonation and voice modulation on the CD.
Open jaw, relaxed lips,

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flat tongue pulled back a little. Barbara's car is a Jaguar
And Barbara drives rather fast.

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The sound made in the back
of the mouth. castles, farms and draughty barns,

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She goes charging past.
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When I, good friends, was called to the bar,
Al I'd an appetite fresh and hearty,
" Words But I was, as many barristers are,
An impecunious party.
给ten and repeat. Look at the mouth diagram to help you pos心n your lips, tongue and
jaw for the target sound.
Additional exercises:
Spelling varl扣ons for Highlighted bold letters pronounced as [a;)
the [o:J sound
A: Wn'te down 4 words with the targetsound that you often use when speaking
ar C'r" is silent) art, arms, bar, mark, arch, bark, dark Engli.劝. p,戊ct.ice these words, thinking about your lips, tongue and丿'aw po却'ons for the
ear, er, al, au heart, sergeant, clerk, Derby, psalm, laugh 比rgetsound.
a before s, n and bath, castle, fast, glass, disaster, rather,

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" Sentences B: Write down 4 words with the targetsound that you often hear on rv, radio or from
your friends/colleagues. Practice these words, thinking about your lips, tongue and丿aw
listen and repeat Read each sentence aloud slowly at first, then as if you were telling ,t posi助ns for the target sound.
to someone in a natural way.

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1. The marble bird-bath was hidden in the tall
grasses near the path.
2. Let's park our car at Barbara's as the car park is
rather far from the theatre.
3. At last Margaret's anxiety passed and she chanced
a disastrous dance with a laughing sergeant.
4. I'd rather take a chance and let my father drive
me to the garage in his fast car.
5. Hard-hearted Margaret was reading psalms in the
dark.
6. As an office boy I made such a mark that I was
given the post of a junior clerk.

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