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Shadow Speech Assignment: Ka

Link:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=scientists
-to-bacteria-resistance-i-13-09-25
In this shadow speech assignment, I pay special attention to the
following aspects and challenges:
The first is pronunciation on several consonants and vowels.
For example:
1. v (evolution), (visit),
(survive)
2. w (wipe)
3. r (spread)
4. k (knockout blow)
The second is openness.
For Example, words like
Arms
Adapt
Antibiotic
often
The third is reading number:
23,
23,000
The fourth is tone and imitation:
Question tone:
But could we turn evolution against bacteria?
Intonation, linking, moving vowels
Lastly, I pay special attention to linking consonant sounds.
For example,
To test this idea
Benefits:

I benefit a lot from reading the article. Each areas of speaking as listed
above are improved. I also learn how to speak like Americans and the
style of Science speaking.

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