Speaking clearly. Improving voice and articulation: Фонетический практикум. Фомиченко Л.Г. - 12 стр.

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       Joe and Ed are afflicted with a tiresome and commonplace ver-
bal disease: sloppy, indistinct, garbled, and mushy speech. It’s re-
ferred to as poor articulation.
       Remember that good articulation requires precision, but a preci-
sion that isn’t excessive. Natural articulation avoids either of two ex-
tremes: sloppiness and artificiality. It’s simply speech that is as clear
and sharp-edged as it is apparently easy and unforced. It doesn’t dis-
tract the listener.
       Always bear in mind that you speak most often in phrases and
sentences and not in disconnected words. Your language tends to flow
along smoothly. It’s fluid and supple. Words seemingly melt or blend
into one another.
       Many Broadway actors warm up before going on stage with: «Twixt
Trent and Tweed.Gig-whi p.Gig-whip.Gig-whip». Simple? Try it.

                           SECTION I
                           (British notation)


                ENGLISH VOWELS IN PHRASES
      Practice the reading of the following sentences. Pay attention to
the phonetic phenomena: assimilation, adaptation, and liason.
      Exercise 1. Vowel 1 [i:].
      1. There are three green trees in the street.
      2. A cool breeze began to blow from the east.
      3. In the green fields wheat is grown.
      4. Teach me how to heat the tea.
      5. Each week we had a new teacher.
      6. It’s easier to speak than to read.
      7. I feel it my duty to speak to his teachers.
      Exercise 2. Vowel 2 [I].
      1. The riddle is simple.
      2. This is an interesting system.
      3. The house is situated on the top of the hill.
      4. Chicago is a big city in Illinois.
      5. I’m itching from sitting in poison ivy.
      6. The building is situated near a big cliff.
      7. Jim seems ignorant of even the simplest facts of English history.