莉萨·莫吉辛编著的《巴朗美式英语语音语调速成》旨在帮助美语学习者快速掌握美式英语的语音、语调的秘诀。本书将发音练习重点放在元音、外国人发音容易出问题的辅音如V, W, B, TH和美式发音R, 强调正确的重音音节，等等。还会对一些英语作为第二语言学习者学习中容易混淆的问题进行说明和解释，包括正式英语和口语的用词区别、同音字词 (如 they're 和 there), 正确分辨有不发音字母的单词 (comb, receipt等), 避免令人尴尬的发音错误（party 和 potty发成一样的音）。

Introduction vi
Chapter 1: The Vowel Sounds
Production of Vowels
The Main Vowel Soundsof American English
/i/ as in meet /i/meet
// as in sit //sit
/e/ as in take /e/take
// as in get //get
/?/ as in fat /?/fat
// as in father //father
// as in fun //fun
//as in saw //saw
/o/ as in boat /o/boat
// as in good //good
/u/ as in too /u/too
/r/ as in bird /r/bird
/a/ as in time /a/time
/a/ as in house /a/house
// as in boy //boy
Chapter 2: Vowels in Detail
Review of // and /i/ Sounds///i/
Review of // and /?/ Sounds///?/
Review of //, //, //, and /o/ Sounds ///////o/
The Problematic o o
Three Different Waysto Pronounce the Letter o o
Review of /?/ versus // /?///
The American // Sound //
Review of //, /?/, //, //, //, and /o/ ///?////////o/
The Problematic // Sound //
Review of // and /u/ Sounds///u/
/u/ versus /ju/ /u//ju/
Review of the /r/ Sound /r/
Vowels Followed by the/r/ Sound /r/
Chapter 3: Consonants
Forming AmericanConsonants
Voiceless and VoicedConsonants
Vowel Length andVoiced and Voiceless Consonants
Stops and Continuants
Chapter 4: Problematic Consonants
The Various t Sounds of American English t
The “Fast d” Sound d
The /tr/ Sound: tr /tr/tr
The /dr/ Sound: dr /dr/dr
The /d/ Sound: du and d y /d/dud y
The /t/ Sound: tu and t y /t/tut y
Words Ending in -ed -ed
The th Sound th
The American /r/ /r/
The American /l/ /l/
Understanding /l/versus /r/ /l//r/
The /v/ Sound /v/
Understanding /b/versus /v/ /b//v/
The /w/ Sound /w/
Understanding /v/versus /w/ /v//w/
The /s/ and /z/ Sounds/s//z/
The // Sound: Pronouncing ng //ng
Consonant Clusters
Chapter 5: Syllable Stress
Stressed and ReducedVowels
Comparing Stressed andReduced Vowels
Dangers of Stressingthe Wrong Syllable
General Rules forStress Placement
Reduced Vowels forReview
Chapter 6: Word Stress
Compound Nouns
Proper Stress withAdjectives
Phrasal Verbs
Noun Forms of PhrasalVerbs
Abbreviations andNumbers
Names of Places andPeople
Word Stress Within aSentence
Which Words Should IStress
Reducing Vowels inUnstressed Words
Thought Groups andFocus Words
Contrastive Stress
Chapter 7: Intonation
Falling Intonation
Rising Intonation
Non-final Intonation
Wavering Intonation
Chapter 8: Sound Like a True Native Speaker
Linking: ConnectingWords for Smoother Speech Flow
Rules for Linking
Contractions
Conditional Tense andContractions
Casual versus FormalSpeech
Chapter 9: Memorizing the Exceptions
Same Spelling,Different Pronunciation
Two CorrectPronunciations
Words with DroppedSyllables
Words with SilentLetters
Homophones
Native Language Guide
Chinese
Index