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English Highway Podcast: Intonation: Making Pauses (#0298)
English Highway Podcast: Intonation: Making Pauses (#0298)
English Highway Podcast: Intonation: Making Pauses (#0298)
Announcer:
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That's it. We're making a pause. Here's another example. Listen and
repeat after me:
I called Melissa / to her office.
And again:
I called Melissa / to her office.
That's right. Here's a longer sentence. We're going to make two pauses.
Listen carefully and repeat after me:
I would like to talk/ to David Smith/ at your legal department.
Let's try it again. Listen carefully and repeat after me:
I would like to talk/ to David Smith/ at your legal department.
That's it. As you can see, we're making pauses after talk and David
Smith. It would be a lot more complicated to say that entire sentence in
one breath. I would have to say:
I would like to talk to David Smith at your legal department.
And chances are I would make a mistake. So it's a lot better to make a
couple of pauses and take it easy, and emphasize the right pronunciation
for each word in the sentence. Let's keep going. Here's another long
sentence. Give it your best:
Toms cell phone / had no signal /and ran out of battery.
That's it. We have two pauses, after cell phone and signal. Let's try it
again. Repeat after me:
Toms cell phone / had no signal /and ran out of battery.
Good job. Here's another sentence with two pauses. Listen and repeat
after me:
Melissa / had a busy day / at the office.
That's right. We're making pauses after Melissa and busy day. Let's
try it again. Repeat after me:
Melissa / had a busy day / at the office.
Great job. It's incredible what pauses can do to your speech. You can
really focus on each of the phrases and words in the sentences instead of
trying to say the entire sentence in a single breath. So let's keep
practicing. Repeat after me:
Would you like me/ to take a message?
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