American English Pronunciation Workbook

declarative intonation: example


1.   now that's not necessarily his opinion

2.   i'd say he knows more than most kindergarteners

3.   we're more populated now than we ever have been

4.   ones that just everyone of them's different

5.   i can never even come close to having

6.   his problem's staying focused on things

7.   I was bored in high school and I wasn't all that bright

8.   he was the roommate of a guy she was seeing

9.   probably about a good twenty mile walk

10.   she was married too for quite some time

11.   because they weren't being paid attention to

12.   they'll pay you to go to websites

13.   they still need to do a lot of growing up

14.   they have to all form together as a group

15.   you should never defeat a school levy

16.   out rates in schools they're not doing well

17.   and that was strictly no no

18.   uh but you can tell that he's thought about it

19.   i think it was forty dollars a month

20.   i hafta use all the other guys' computers in my house

21.   where he could look down and see the whole thing

22.   a big hood and exhaust system

23.   and it's just like it's not really real

24.   we just don't wanna be bothered with a lot of questions

25.   let me know i'll go talk to your science teacher

26.   democracy could go down the drain

27.   after a year i'd be their boss

28.   she doesn't she's not a big fan of driving

29.   that's when you take him to grandma

30.   colored by the fact that i collected data

31.   it was just really childish

32.   sixth and seventh graders pretty much know everything

33.   it's not intentional it's just the way he is

34.   and up until then it's always been a woman

35.   the prompts are only given out that day

36.   and a baby exposed to lead poisoning

37.   but i'm not sure how it's gonna work

38.   we need to do a lot of evolving

39.   i can skate all over the place

40.   I had three spiritual leaders

41.   so what hang up on her and call her back


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