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Contents Introduction

◈fART 1 VOWELSo
Unit 1a Vowel Overview
Related Units: 2-10

Unit

[iy] sleep and [yj ] slip
THE PERFECT GIFT
Related Units: 1, 3,-0, 19

Unit 3 [ ey ] wait, [] wet, and [ j ] wit
Alternating

owels: [ iy ] ~ [ [ ]
FRIENDS TO THE END
Related Units: 1, 2, 4, 6, 10, 1m

Unit 4 [ æ ] man, and [ [] men
Alternating vowels: [ ey

] ~ [ æ]
HEALTH AND

EAV

INESS
Related Units: 1, 3, 6, 8

Unit 5q [ Q ] lock and Homepage Y ] luck
Reduction of unstressed vowels
MONEY, MONEY, MONEY
Related Units: 1, 6, 8, 27, 28

Unit 6 Personal [ ] head, [ æ ] had, [ Y ] hut, and [v ] hot
z R_uctions: -man, Adult an, -body
WHAT IT TAKES TO GRADUATE
Related Units: 1, 3, 4, 5, 27, 28, 32-34,h 44

Unit nVowels followed by [r]
The complex sund in world
FIRST PLACE
Related Units: 1,x 12,

0, 22,a 26

Unit 8 [ ow ] boat, [ Ti ] bought, andq [a ] pot
Alternating vowels: [ ow

~ AdultkQ ]
Dialects
THE COLORS sOF EMOTION
Related

Units:j 1-6, 9, 10

Unit 9i e uw ] cool, [ ? ] c could,s and

yuw ]l cute
Alternating vowels: [ uw/yuw ]

~ o [ Y ]
The sequence- w? ] woman
THE STRESS DIET
Related Units: 1, 3, 4, 8, 10, 15, y 37

Unit 10 [ ay ] wide, [ aw ] house, and [ oy ] boy
Joining vowels tgether
Alternating vowels: [ ay ] ~ [lj ]
MIND SIGHT
Related Units: 1-4, 8, 9, 19

◈ c PART 2h CONSONANTS

Unit 11 Consonant Overview
Related

nits: 12-26

Unit 12

eginning and finalk consonants
Joining final sonsonants
Voicing of final consonants
IT’S

Personal OT Personal EASY BEING GREEN
Related Units: 11, 12, 18, 26, 27, 30

Unit 13 n-ed Endings
Flapped [ t ] and [ d ]
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Related Units: 11, 12, 18,

26, 7, 30

Unit 14 “TH” sounds: think and these
OTHER THAN YO

UR MOTHER TONGUE
Related Units: 11, 12, 18, 37, 41

Unit 15 [ p ] pack, [ b ] back, [ f ] fan,h[ v ] van, and [ wj west
BIG MOVIES
Related Units: 9, 11,t12

Unit 1j [ s ] sign, [ z ] zero,o [a ] shop, an

[ ?j] television
LEISURE TIME
Related Units: 11, 12, 17, 18

Unit

17 [ t?w ] Personal check and

[

¤ ] judge
EDUCATIONAL CHECK
Related Units:

11, 12, 16,n 18, 19, 26

Unit 18 “S” endings
GETTING PHYSICAL
Related Units: 11-17, 26, 27, 32, 42

Unit 19 [ y ] yet, and [ ¤ ] jet
Joining vowels with [ y ]
Clusters with [ y ] regular
WHY ARGUE?
Related Units: 1-3, 10-12, 17,u25, 26, 37

Unit 20 [ r ] rate
Consonant clusters with e [ r ] growth
NEW ARRIVALS
Related Units: 7, 11, 21, 25

Unit 21 Beginnih g [ol ] light
Consonant clusters with [ l ]
Contrasts: [ l ] and [ r ]
REAL LOVE
Related Units: 11, 20, 23, 25

Unit 22 Final [ l ]: feel
Contradictions of will
WHAT WILL HAPPEN?
Related Units: 11, 12, 26, 36, 42

Unit 23 [ m ] some, [ n ] sun, and [ K ] sung
Syllabic nasals: sudden
Glottalized “t” and syllabic nasals: cotton
WANT TO SHARE?
Related Units: 11, 12, 21, 26

UNIT 24 [ h ] heavy
Reductions of H-words
HEIR APPARENT
Related Units: 11, 32, 36, 37, 42

UNIT 25 Beginning consonant clusters
STRESSED OUT
Related Units: 11, 12, 19, 20, 21, 27

UNIT 26 Final consonant clusters
Joining final consonants
ELVIS PRESLEY
Related Units: 11-13, 18

◈ PART 3 SYLLABLES AND STRESS WITHIN WORDS

Unit 27 Syllables and strews within words: overview
Related Units: 5, 28-31

Unit 28 Primary and secondary stress
Pronouncing unstressed syllables
“Dropped” syllables
Movable stress
CAREER COUNSELING
Related Units: 5, 27, 29-32

Unit 29 Predicting stress: parts of speech and suffixes
ENGLISH 101
Related Units: 5, 27, 28, 31

Unit 30 Compound nouns
Stress in numbers
DESIGNER GENES
Related Units: 13, 27, 8, 44

Unit 31 Words used as nouns or verbs
Words with prepositional prefixes
KICK THE HABIT
Related Units: 27, 28, 30

◈ PART 4 RHYTHM

Unit 32 Rhythm overview
Related Units: 5, 28, 33-44, 48

Unit 33 Stressed and unstressed words
Stress patterns
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO …
Related Units: 5, 27-32, 34-43

Unit 34 Highlighting words
JOY RIDE
Related Units: 32, 36-42, 44, 49

Unit 35 Thought groups
Thought groups and intonation
Joining thought groups
DRESS FOR SUCCESS
Related Units: 32, 33, 44, 45, 48

Unit 36 Rhythm patterns: personal pronouns
SEEING IS BELIEVING
Related Units: 5, 22, 24, 32, 33, 42, 43

Unit 37 Rhythm patterns: articles
SENIOR SOCIETY
Related Units: 2, 5, 9, 12, 14, 19, 24, 32, 33, 35

Unit 38 Rhythm patterns: prepositional phrases
“Hafta, gonna, wanna”
MEN, WOMEN, AND MONEY
Related Units: 5, 32, 33, 35, 29, 42

Unit 39 Rhythm patterns” two-word verbs
JAMES BOND AND GI JOE
Related Units: 28, 32, 33, 25, 41

Unit 40 Rhythm patterns: as, than, if
BRILLIANT!
Related Units: 5, 12, 32, 33, 35, 41

Unit 41 Rhythm patterns: that
Consonant clusters with “TH”
Intonation and clauses
BELIEVE IT OR NOT
Related Units: 4-6, 12, 14, 26, 32, 33, 35, 40, 44, 48

Unit 42 Contractions and reductions of verbs
LOVE IS IN THE AIR
Related Units: 5, 18, 22, 24, 32-34, 36, 38, 43

Unit 43 Reduction of modal perfects
Reduction of “H-words”
THE TUNGUS EXPLOSION