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(2007-04-19 10:06:53) 下一个

. . , . perfection, . : - Never too late.

, .  “Staff meeting”, . , . . , Senior faculty, Director, “Nice talk!”  

Office, Dr. Lau, Professor, , : “Dr. Wang, you need to improve your pronunciation a lot. Then, others could understand you better.” Ph.D, Post-Doc, Seminar , ?  “Nice talk”, , ! Dr. Lau , .

, Seminar. , , Dr. Lau ,  “Your English is bad! No body understands you!”  , ”Is it that bad?” 

. , technicians complain. , . .

, Dr. Lau’s office, . : “It is a habit for so many years. It might be too late to correct it. ” Dr. Lau : “No, absolutely not! Even those American movie stars ask specialists to correct their pronunciation”. , “speech pathologist”.

School of Public Health, , “Speech Pathology”.  Instructor , Master degree . , . , , , $380, ! , Faculty, !

.  , () , very nice. , . face to face, , .

, onionsandwich, .

, . , . . , 便. “There are several major problems. We have to solve them one by one. You will be there.”  

“R” “L” . ”Road” “Load”. ”R” , “L” . “L” ,  touch , . ”R” . , 使, “U” , .

, ”L” “R” list, , . , . , “, !”

“Th” “S” . ”mouth”   “mouse”. , “S” , , smile, , touch , . “S” , smile . “Th”.  , . , , 齿. , ”. “Th” “S” “R” “L” . “Th” , ”S” : ”S” “Th!”  , “This is very normal at beginning, you will be fine”. “Mouth, mouse”, “Mouse, mouth”  ! !

“A” “E” . ”Bad”    “Bed”. , “A” , . , . .

, : “We are ugly when we talk because we open our mouth widely; but Asians don’t”.  “Don’t be shy when you speak English”.  , .  ! , , !  ,   “Bad Apple” ? . , , , .

, , , .  . , ! , . ”Hate” (a: ) “Hit” (i: ), , ?”.  Hate Hit , , .

, !

clearly :

“Road”   vs.  “Load”
“Mouth”  vs.  “Mouse”
“Bad”  vs.  “Bed”
“Girl”  vs.  “Go”
“Hate” vs. “Hit”     “Say” vs. “See”   

, , “Speech pathologist” .

QinHwang

04/19/07

 

 

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