本书旨在帮助美语学习者快速掌握美式英语的语音、语调的秘诀。本书将发音练习重点放在元音、外国人发音容易出问题的辅音如V, W, B, TH和美式发音R, 强调正确的重音音节，正式英语和口语的用词区别、同音字词 (如 they're 和 there), 正确分辨有不发音字母的单词 (comb, receipt等), 避免令人尴尬的发音错误（party 和 potty发成一样的音），等等。作者教学经验丰富，全书配有作者亲自录製的教学音频，发音纯正地道，技巧易学易懂。书中还专门针对中国学习者的发音特点就大家在学习美音中容易混淆的问题进行说明和解释。
Contents目录
Introduction引言vi
Chapter 1: The Vowel Sounds元音1
Production of Vowels元音的发音1
The Main Vowel Sounds of American English美式英语中的主要元音3
/i/ as inmeet/i/的发音（meet）4
/?/ as insit/?/的发音（sit）4
/e?/ as intake/e?/的发音（take）6
/?/ as inget/?/的发音（get）7
/æ/ as infat/æ/的发音（fat）8
/ɑ/ as infather/ɑ/的发音（father）9
/?/ as infun/?/的发音（fun）10
/?/as insaw/?/的发音（saw）11
/o?/ as inboat/o?/的发音（boat）13
/?/ as ingood/?/的发音（good）14
/u/ as intoo/u/的发音（too）14
/?r/ as inbird/?r/的发音（bird）16
/a?/ as intime/a?/的发音（time）16
/a?/ as inhouse/a?/的发音（house）17
/??/ as inboy/??/的发音（boy）18
Chapter 2: Vowels in Detail元音的细节19
Review of /?/ and /i/ Sounds複习/?/和/i/ 19
Review of /?/ and /æ/ Sounds複习/?/和/æ/ 20
Review of /?/, /ɑ/, /?/, and /o?/ Sounds複习/?/、/ɑ/、/?/和/o?/ 21
The Problematico容易出现问题的o 22
Three Different Ways to Pronounce the Lettero字母o的三种不同发音方法25
Review of /æ/ versus /?/複习/æ/和/?/的区别25
The American /?/ Sound /?/的美式发音26
Review of /?/, /æ/, /ɑ/, /?/, /?/, and /o?/複习/?/、/æ/、/ɑ/、/?/、/?/和/o?/ 28
The Problematic /?/ Sound容易出现问题的/?/ 29
Review of /?/ and /u/ Sounds複习/?/和/u/ 30
/u/ versus /ju/ /u/和/ju/比较30
Review of the /?r/ Sound複习/?r/ 31
Vowels Followed by the /r/ Sound元音后接/r/时的发音方法32
Chapter 3: Consonants辅音33
Forming American Consonants发出美式的辅音33
Voiceless and Voiced Consonants清辅音和浊辅音34
Vowel Length and Voiced and Voiceless Consonants元音长度与浊辅音和清辅音35
Stops and Continuants塞音和连续音37
Chapter 4: Problematic Consonants容易出现问题的辅音39
The VarioustSounds of American English美式英语中t的各种发音39
The “Fastd” Sound“快速d”的发音43
The /t?r/ Sound:tr/t?r/的发音：tr 44
The /d?r/ Sound:dr/d?r/的发音：dr 44
The /d?/ Sound:duanddy/d?/的发音：du和d y 45
The /t?/ Sound:tuandty/t?/的发音：tu和t y 45
Words Ending in-ed以-ed结尾的单词46
ThethSound th的发音49
The American /r/美式的/r/ 53
The American /l/美式的/l/ 56
Understanding /l/ versus /r/区分/l/和/r/的发音58
The /v/ Sound /v/的发音61
Understanding /b/ versus /v/区分/b/和/v/的发音62
The /w/ Sound /w/的发音63
Understanding /v/ versus /w/区分/v/和/w/的发音64
The /s/ and /z/ Sounds /s/和/z/的发音65
The /?/ Sound: Pronouncingng/?/的发音：发ng音68
Consonant Clusters辅音连缀70
Chapter 5: Syllable Stress音节重音73
Stressed and Reduced Vowels元音的重读和弱读73
Comparing Stressed and Reduced Vowels比较元音重读和弱读76
Dangers of Stressing the Wrong Syllable音节重读错误的危害78
General Rules for Stress Placement音节重读的一般规则79
Reduced Vowels for Review複习元音弱读86
Chapter 6: Word Stress单词重音89
Compound Nouns複合名词89
Proper Stress with Adjectives形容词的适当重读91
Phrasal Verbs短语动词93
Noun Forms of Phrasal Verbs短语动词的名词形式94
Abbreviations and Numbers缩写词和数字95
Names of Places and People地名和人名96
Word Stress Within a Sentence句子中的单词重音96
Which Words Should I Stress?应该重读哪个单词？98
Reducing Vowels in Unstressed Words非重读单词中的元音弱读101
Thought Groups and Focus Words意群和焦点词106
Contrastive Stress对比重音107
Chapter 7: Intonation语调109
Falling Intonation降调109
Rising Intonation升调110
Non-final Intonation非最终语调111
Wavering Intonation摇摆语调113
Chapter 8: Sound Like a True Native Speaker
像母语者一样发音115
Linking: Connecting Words for Smoother Speech Flow连读：使语流更平滑115
Rules for Linking连读的规则116
Contractions缩读125
Conditional Tense and Contractions条件时态与缩读130
Casual versus Formal Speech随意讲话与正式讲话132
Chapter 9: Memorizing the Exceptions记住特例135
Same Spelling, Different Pronunciation拼写相同，发音不同136
Two Correct Pronunciations两种正确发音137
Words with Dropped Syllables省略音节的单词137
Words with Silent Letters带有不发音字母的单词138
Homophones同音异义词139
Native Language Guide母语指南141
Chinese中国学习者141
Index索引149
