美式英语正音训练第60期:练习4(4)
Exercise 4-4: Rule 2 Middle of the Staircase
An unstressed T in the middle of a staircase between two vowel sounds should be pronounced as a soft D.
Betty bought a bit of better butter.
Pat ought to sit on a lap.
Read the following sentences out loud.
Make sure that the underlined unstressed Ts sound like a soft D.
a good idea.
it in a bottle.
e it in a letter.
it on the metal gutter.
all the data in the computer.
rt a quarter in the meter.
a better water heater.
her put a sweater on.
y's at a meeting.
's getting hotter and hotter.
y ought to write a better letter.
da had a little metal bottle.
