Mike - The Sample
Dear Antimooners,
I recorded a small sample of my speech (317 KB/ WMA). I'm from Russia. I study languages (English and German). I studied British English for 4-5 years. Now I'm in American :))) There are a lot of points to love it (my friends speak it, i'm planning to go to the USA, etc.) So, would you mind to listen to my sample, it's too important to me, tnx!!!
Here is a link
http://www. sample9.narod.ru/Sample9.wma (I'm reading this text!)
Mike,
See ya!
Something is wrong!
Try this:
ftp://sample9:Q!w2@ftp.narod.ru/
sorry for the these probs!!!
Please, comment on this tape! The link I gave you is working!
It sounds good,you do have a slavic accent though.But everything was clear and understandable.
Tnx, Sander!!! I was waiting so long for an answer! So, you detected a Slavic, what does make it?
is intonation and rhyme OK?
Sorry, I just listened to your sample and suddenly I have to get back to work! But I noticed that the way you pronounce the "e" in "she" could be better -- try to say it as if you're saying the name of that well-known Russian cabbage soup (I don't know how to get cyrillic letters here). I'll try to listen again later.
Sorry -- that was me posting above. Mike, generally your intonation and rhythm are good. The area that could use some work is some of the final letters of words. You can apply the advice I gave about the word "she" to these words: story, Perry, veterinary. There may be more -- just check for other words that end in "Y" (except any in which "Y" is part of a diphthong).
"Even so" -- your "so" wil sound more American if you remember to add the "u" sound after the "o".
"had a plate of porridge" -- don't let the final consonants in "had" and "plate" disappear.
Other than that, it sounds very good. It's clear and easy to understand.
Thank you, Deborah!
I spoke pretty fast, and my final consonants in "had" and "plate" disappeared. The same with "so", i didn't add the u-sound!
"she", "perry", etc. Yeah, i noticed it too. Now I'm working on it!
Ok, let me ask you, Deborah, is my speech close to American (not counting the mistakes I did)?