纠音课分享（1）

上周三第一堂课，收获不是很大，可能是因为在坛子里收获已经很大的缘故。

老师给的一个tip，每天早上读一两个工作上的email，我觉得主意不错。

上周因为有自我介绍什么的，只进行了一个音：I

发音要点：

 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/.

上周五给布置的作业，让读下面一段话，我周一周二忙活，没怎么练昨天晚上交上了，发现我有时候发I的时候位置偏高，在别的context里还好，主要是in，老师给我的反馈： in (the short ‘i’ sound was little high - keep remembering to push your tongue down before transitioning to the /n/) 。是不是in不该象“音”，而应该偏“恩”一点儿？

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愚教授贡献的：The sound of /I/