Lesson 4  An exciting trip

I have just received a letter from my brother, Tim. He is in Australia. He has been there for six months. Tim is an engineer. He is working for a big firm and he has already visited a great number of different places in Australia. He has just bought an Australian car and has gone to Alice Springs, a small town in the centre of Australia. He will soon visit Darwin. From there, he will fly to Perth. My brother has never been abroad before, so he is finding this trip very exciting.

[aɪ] [həv] [ʤəst] [rəˈsivd] [ə] [ˈlɛtər] [frəm] [maɪ] [ˈbrʌðər], [tɪm]. [hi] [əz] [ɪn] [ɔˈstreɪljə]. [hi] [həz] [bɪn] [ðɛr] [fər] [sɪks] [mʌnθs]. [tɪm] [əz] [ən] [ˈɛnʤəˈnɪr]. [hi] [əz] [ˈwɜrkɪŋ] [fər] [ə] [bɪg] [fɜrm] [ənd] [hi] [həz] [ɔlˈrɛdi] [ˈvɪzətəd] [ə] [greɪt] [ˈnʌmbər] [əv] [ˈdɪfərənt] [ˈpleɪsəz] [ɪn] [ɔˈstreɪljə]. [hi] [həz] [ʤəst] [bɑt] [ən] [ɔˈstreɪljən] [kɑr] [ənd] [həz] [gɔn] [tʊ] [ˈæləs] [sprɪŋz], [ə] [smɔl] [taʊn] [ɪn] [ðə] [ˈsɛntər] [əv] [ɔˈstreɪljə]. [hi] [wɪl] [sun] [ˈvɪzət] [ˈdɑrwɪn]. [frəm] [ðɛr], [hi] [wɪl] [flaɪ] [tə] [pɜrθ]. [maɪ] [ˈbrʌðər] [həz] [ˈnɛvər] [bɪn] [əˈbrɔd] [bɪˈfɔr], [soʊ] [hi] [əz] [ˈfaɪndɪŋ] [ðɪs] [trɪp] [ˈvɛri] [ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ].

1）学习该音发音方法请先学习/ɑː/和/ɪ/这两个单元音。

2）双唇张开，开始发/ɑː/音。

3）舌部肌肉放松，然后颚部慢慢抬起滑向/ɪ/音，嘴唇慢慢合上。

注意：/aɪ/是个"开合双元音"，即牙床由半开到接近半合，口形由大到小。发音时舌位由低到高，音量由强到弱，由长到短，由清晰到含糊。

这一课只有I读/ai/

my,why,bike,bright,try,side,fly,die,light,china,mind,high,dry,silent,smile,fine,pride,blind,like,kind,shine,right,line,style,pie,variety,spice,retire,rise,island,fry.

任务配置：L0+L1+L4

练习感悟：这一课还挺简单的。坚持下去✊