糾音課分享（1）

上周三第一堂課，收獲不是很大，可能是因為在壇子裏收獲已經很大的緣故。

老師給的一個tip，每天早上讀一兩個工作上的email，我覺得主意不錯。

上周因為有自我介紹什麽的，隻進行了一個音：I

發音要點：

 Keep your mouth in a relaxed position.
 Don’t spread your lips.
 Keep your tongue slightly lower than when making the sound /i/.
 Think about this sound as the release of the rubber band created with /i/.

上周五給布置的作業，讓讀下麵一段話，我周一周二忙活，沒怎麽練昨天晚上交上了，發現我有時候發I的時候位置偏高，在別的context裏還好，主要是in，老師給我的反饋： in (the short ‘i’ sound was little high - keep remembering to push your tongue down before transitioning to the /n/) 。是不是in不該象“音”，而應該偏“恩”一點兒？

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愚教授貢獻的：The sound of /I/