第400多遍跟讀"The happy door--穀興", 多謝指教!

我之所以反複讀這篇文章,最初是因為我想改善前元音的發音問題.這篇文章中前元音單詞比較多.h(a)ppy, p(e)bble, (i)nto, s(e)t, (e)ver, s(ai)d, b(e)ing, (i)s, th(e)re, ex(a)ct,……….

一個多月前,在我跟讀100多遍後,我在這裏貼過這篇文章的跟讀錄音.再次感謝billnet等指點.意識到drop發音不對,以及KAY，KEY；SEE，SAY；FEEL，FAIL；HE，HAY等發音不能很好區分。又讀了100多遍。

在這個論壇裏有人問L發音問題，看了一些錄象資料，我意識到，當L處於詞中和詞尾時，我的L發音也不正確，一直是用變形的O代替半元音L。繼續矯正跟讀。

又看到一個資料，發現HAPPY中P發音應該是B， 又矯正很多遍。

到目前為止，我跟讀這篇文章超了400多遍.現在再次貼出來,希望得到一些改進口音方麵的建議.

對於我來說,在別人明確指出確切發音問題以前,自己很難發現自己的發音問題.這也是我在這裏發帖的原因. 我知道，這裏有很多高手，希望得到一些指教。有些人即使和我一樣，發音中也有問題，但由於生活學習際遇不同，對某一類發音也會有獨到的體會和敏感。希望大家能夠互相幫助，不斷進步。

知道自己嗓音不好，嚐試用軟件進行了一些後處理，並加入了背景音樂。希望不要太汙染了大家的耳朵。

NTOTL—Never Too Old To Learn


The Happy Door

Happiness is like a pebble dropped into a pool to set in motion an ever-widening circle of ripples. As Stevenson has said, being happy is a duty.
There is no exact definition of the word happiness. Happy people are happy for all sorts of reasons. The key is not wealth or physical well-being, since we find beggars, invalids and so-called failures, who are extremely happy.

Being happy is a sort of unexpected dividend. But staying happy is an accomplishment, a triumph of soul and character. It is not selfish to strive for it. It is, indeed, a duty to ourselves and others.

Being unhappy is like an infectious disease. It causes people to shrink away from the sufferer. He soon finds himself alone, miserable and embittered. There is, however, a cure so simple as to seem, at first glance, ridiculous; if you don’t feel happy, pretend to be!

It works. Before long you will find that instead of repelling people, you attract them. You discover how deeply rewarding it is to be the center of wider and wider circles of good will.

Then the make-believe becomes a reality. You possess the secret of peace of mind, and can forget yourself in being of service to others.
Being happy, once it is realized as a duty and established as a habit, opens doors into unimaginable gardens thronged with grateful friends.