Exercise 2-12: Finding Liaisons and Glides CD 2Track 47 In the following paragraph connect as many of the words as possible. Mark your liaisons as we have done in the first two sentences. Add the (y) and (w) glides between vowels. Hello, my name is____ _ I’m taking American Accent Training. There’s a Jot to learn, but I hope to make it as enjoyable as possible. I should pick up on the Ameri- can intonation pattern pretty easily, although the’only way to get it is to practice all of the time. [ use the up and down, or peaks and valleys, intonation more than I used to. I've been paying attention to pitch, too. It’s like walking down a staircase. I've been talking toa lot of Americans lately, and they tell me that I’m easier to understand. Anyway, | could go on and on, but the important thing is to listen well and sound good. Well, what do you think? Do I? V Practice reading the paragraph three times, focusing on running your words together. % =Tur the CD back on and repeat after me as I read. I’m going to exaggerate the linking of the words, drawing it out much longer than would be natural. ‘cD 3 Track 1 Back up the CD to the last paragraph just read and repeat again. This time, however, read from the paragraph below. The intonation is marked for you in boldface. Use your rubber band on every stressed word. Hello, my nay miz. . I’m takinga merica nzeccent(t)raining. There zo latto learn, bo dai hope t’ ma ki desen joyablez passible. | shiid pi kapiin theomerica nintanash’n pedder pridyezily, although theeonly wayda geddidiz t’ prekti sillov th’ time. use thee“’up’n down, or peak s’n valley zintanashan more the nai used to. Ivbn payinga tenshon v pitch, too. Itslai kwalking dow no staircase. Ivbn talking to's liddava merican zla'ely, ’n they tell me the daimeezier to™understeend. Anyway, I could goa no nin, buthee™important thingiz ’ lisonwellen soun® good. Well, whaddyii think? Do™I?