本教材充分考虑了我国英语专业教育的特点和大学生语音训练的难点，依托**英文诗歌的名句、名篇、**诗人等材料，有针对性地开展语音训练。全书共分六个部分。**部分简要介绍了基本的英语语音知识。第二部分**关注了英语元音和双元音训练。第三部分聚焦英语辅音的训练。第四部分和第五部分特别关注了英语的重音、节奏、语调、意群、连读、失爆等语言现象。第六部分关注了英语的语调。核心部分的单元里每一节都首先讲解了单音的发音方法，此后设计了词中练、语中练、句中练、用中练等几个板块，针对英语的语音问题逐一进行专门的训练。本书中各个部分的练习素材均出自**的英语诗歌。

前辅文 PART ONE Phonetic Symbols PART TWO Vowels and Diphthongs Section 1 Vowels UNIT 01 The Front Vowels: /i:/, /?/, /i/, /e/ and /æ/ UNIT 02 The Back Vowels: /u:/, /?/, /u/, /?:/, /?/ and /ɑ?/ UNIT 03 The Central Vowels: /??/, /?/ and /?/ Section 2 Diphthongs UNIT 04 The Closing Diphthongs: /e?/, /a?/, /??/, /??/ and /a?/ UNIT 05 The Centering Diphthongs: /??/, /e?/, and /??/ PART THREE Consonants UNIT 06 The Plosive Consonants: /p/, /b/, /t/, /d/, /k/ and /g/ UNIT 07 The Fricative Consonants: /f/, /v/, /s/, /z/, /?/, /?/, /θ/, /ð/, /h/ and /r/ UNIT 08 The Affricative Consonants: /t?/, /d?/, /tr/, /dr/, /ts/ and /dz/ UNIT 09 The Nasal Consonants: /m/, /n/ and /?/ UNIT 10 The Lateral Consonant: /l/ UNIT 11 The Semi-Vowels: /j/ and /w/ PART FOUR Sequence of Sounds UNIT 12 Liaisons UNIT 13 Consonant Clusters UNIT 14 Incomplete Plosion PART FIVE Stress and Rhythm UNIT 15 Syllable and Stress UNIT 16 Thought Group and Focus Word UNIT 17 Rhythm and Rhyme PART SIX Intonation UNIT 18 Intonation APPENDIX Chinese Poetry