Week 1 Introduction to Some Concepts of phonetics and This course These two periods will firstly make a brief introduction to the design of this course, including th goal, the schedule of the course, methods adopted, and course requirements. By doing so, the students will be aware of what they will deal with and how to cooperate with the teacher in and after class. Then a description of phonetics concepts follows, covering standards of good English pronunciation, the organs of speech, the classification of speech sounds, and lastly, differences between pronunciation and intonation of Ga(general American)and GB(general British) English Difference in pronunciation la :-[a] before [f, 0,s], and [m, n,n] 2.[a vowel+[r] when r occurs 3. t-similar [d when unstress and between vowels 4.网w]→[hwyl Difference in intonation Generally speaking, GB intonation has wider voice range and more varieties than Ga intonation语音 99 Week 1 Introduction to Some Concepts of Phonetics and This Course These two periods will firstly make a brief introduction to the design of this course, including the goal, the schedule of the course, methods adopted, and course requirements. By doing so, the students will be aware of what they will deal with and how to cooperate with the teacher in and after class. Then a description of phonetics concepts follows, covering standards of good English pronunciation, the organs of speech, the classification of speech sounds, and lastly, differences between pronunciation and intonation of GA (general American) and GB (general British) English. For example, Difference in pronunciation 1． [ɑ ː] →[æ] before [f, θ , s ] ,and [m,n,ŋ] 2． [ɑ ː, ɔ ː, ɜ ː ə ] →vowel+[r] when r occurs 3． [t] →similar [d] when unstress and between vowels 4． [w] →[hw] Difference in intonation Generally speaking, GB intonation has wider voice range and more varieties than GA intonation. GB GA