38\ Americans end their words with vowel sounds and start them with consonants, just as in Chinese! It's really a question of rewriting the English script in your head that you read from when you speak.
39\ conversely [ˈkɔnvə:sli]ad.相反(地)
40\ Because of spelling, the ä sound can easily be misplaced. The ä sound exists in Chinese, but when you see an o, you might want to say [o], so hot sounds like hoht instead of haht. Remember, most of the time, the letter o is pronounced ah. This will give you a good reference point for whenever you want to say ä instead of [o]; astronomy, cäll, läng, prägress, etc.
41\ tense vowels indicate that you tense your lips
or tongue, while lax vowels mean that your lips and tongue are relaxed and the sound is produced in your throat. Unvoiced final consonants (t, s, k, p, ch, f) mean that the vowel is short and sharp; voiced final consonants (d, z, g, b, j, v) mean that the vowel is doubled
42\ Some people pronounce the sh in a particularly Chinese-sounding way. It seems that the tongue is too curled back, which changes the sound. Make sure that the tongue is flat, the tongue tip is just at the ridge behind the top teeth, and that only a thin stream of air is allowed to escape.
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