Part One Rhythm

Unit 1 Word stress

Ⅰ. Kinds of Stress（重音的种类）

Ⅱ. Stress Placement（重音位置）

Ⅲ. Stress Influence on Meaning of Words

Unit 2 Sentence Stress

Ⅰ. Sense Stress

Ⅱ. Logical Stress

Ⅲ. Emotional Stress

Ⅰ. Rhythm（节奏）

Ⅱ. Rhythm Group（节奏）and Its Division

Unit 3 Rhythm and Its features

Ⅲ. Features of English Rhythm（英语节奏的特点）

Unit 4 Rhythm Patterns

Unit 5 Sense-groups and Pausing

Ⅰ. Sense-groups and Their Divisions

Ⅱ. Pausing

Part two Intonation

Unit 6 A Brief Introduction

Ⅰ. Definition

Ⅱ. Function

Ⅲ. Illustrating Intonation

Unit 7 Basic Tones and Their Training

Ⅰ. Basic Tones（基本声调）

Ⅱ. Basic Training of Tones

Unit 8 Tone-groups

Ⅰ. Tone-groups（声调组）

Ⅱ. Tone-group Division

Ⅲ. Structure of the Tone-group（or Tune）

Prehead

Head

Body

Nucleus

Tail

Ⅳ. Features of an English Tune

Unit 9 function Of Tunes and Their Uses

Ⅰ.Falling Tune

Ⅱ.Rising Tune

Ⅲ.Falling-rising Tune

Unit 10 Combined Tunes

Ⅰ.Fall＋Fall

Ⅱ.Fall＋Rise

Ⅲ.Rise＋Fall

Ⅳ.Fall＋Rise

Ⅴ.Fall-Fall-rise

Ⅵ.Fall-rise＋Fall

Ⅶ.fall-rise＋Rise

Unit 11 Reading of Long Sentences

Ⅰ.Tune Broken Upwards ( Broken Tune or Accidental Rise )

Ⅱ.Intonation of Vocatives

Ⅲ.Intonation of Parenthesis

Ⅳ.Intonation of Reporting Phrases

Unit 12 Organs of Speech

Unit 13 The Classification of Phonemes

Ⅰ.Phonemes（音位）and Allophones（音位变体）

Ⅱ.Classification of English Phonemes

Unit 14 The English Vowels-Pure Vowels

Ⅰ.Front Vowels /i:/ and /I/

Ⅱ.front Vowels /e/ and /ae/

Ⅲ.Central Vowels /э:/ , / e / and /∧ /

Ⅳ.Back Vowel / α: /

Ⅴ.Back Vowels /α:/

Ⅵ.Back Vowels /υ/ and /u: /

Ⅰ.Closing Diphthongs /eI / , / aI / , and / cI /

Unit 15 The English Vowels-Diphthongs

Ⅱ.Closing Diphthongs /eu /

Ⅲ.Centring Diphthongs / ie /,/ e / and / ue /

Unit 16 consonants

Ⅰ.Plosives / p / , / b / ; / t / , / d / ; / k / , / g /

Ⅱ.Fricatives / f / , /v / ; / ? / , / З /

Ⅲ.fricatives / s / , / z / ; /θ/ , / ò /

Ⅳ.Fricatives/ h / ; frictionless continuant / r / and the lateral /1/

Unit 17 consonants ( continued )

Ⅴ.Nasals / m / , / n / , and / η/

Ⅵ.Affricates / tj / and / dЗ/

Ⅶ.Semi-vowels / w / and / j /

Ⅰ.The Syllable Theories and Definition

Unit 18 Phonemes in combination

Ⅱ. Syllable Construction

Ⅲ.Open Syllables

Ⅳ.Closed Syllables

Unit 19 Consonant Clusters and Incomplete Plosion

Ⅰ.Consonant Clusters

Ⅱ.Incomplete plosion

Unit 20 Sound Changes in Connected Speech

Ⅰ.Liaison

Ⅱ.Strong Forms and Weak Forms

Ⅲ.Elision

Ⅳ.Assimilation

Ⅴ.Length of a sound

Additional Remarks: reading as an Exercise in Enunciation and delivery

1.some Basic Points

Breathing and resonance in the Mouth and Nose Cavities (呼吸与共鸣)

Sense-groups and Pausing

Pace ( or Tempo ), Intensity and Pitch（速度，音强或音重和音高）

Tone and Expression (语气和表情)

A Thorough Understanding of the Reading Material

2.Models for Appreciation and Imitation

AppendixⅠ.Rules of Reading

AppendixⅡ.British English and American English in Comparison

AppendixⅢ.Glossary

Main References