OK, great.
So now we're going to focus on the American rhythm, which is vital in order to sound very fluid.
Now, if I were to speak with perfect targets and say a Latin rhythm, for example, a majority leader,
I'm very hungry.
I'm going to eat food.
Doesn't sound quite right.
They're perfect targets.
But I did it with a Latin rhythm.
Now, to really get a good grasp of this, let me just simplify this for you and break it down as easily
as I can.
It essentially goes like this.
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba.
Right with a nice break in the middle.
So, for example, I went to the store to buy some milk.
I saw Kathy at the restaurant.
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba.
It's that break in between that really solidifies.
So it's what I call the setup.
I went to the store.
And the resolve to buy some milk versus if I were to say that and let's say, for example, in a Latin
rhythm, we only so completely.
I went to the store to buy milk.
I went to the store to buy some milk.
And it's an everyday conversation like, hey, Bob, how are you doing?
Hey, listen, Samantha, I saw your friend last night that up.
But but but if you really start paying attention, you're going to start noticing that it's pretty much
everywhere, sort of like a underlining theme.
A lot of my accent reduction students dress out and say, right, but what words do I emphasize?
It's whatever word is important to you.
So, for example, using that went to the store to buy some milk, if my priority there is the store,
I went to the store to buy some milk for the milk.
I went to the store to buy some milk.
Or the fact that you went because your partner was sitting down on the couch all day.
I went to the store to buy some milk, so there's no right or wrong answer as to what were to emphasize.
It's whatever you as the person saying, it's whatever word is important to you.
It's very sort of based in these Shakespearean way of speaking.
Romeo, Romeo, where art thou Romeo to be or not to be?
That is the question.
The setup, the resolve.
A great way to practice this rhythm is by reading a lot of children's stories, because in children's
stories, it's it's broken down in such a way where we could really find those breaks to speak.
For example, let's read the famous Little Red Riding Hood.
I have it right here from a wonderful website called American Literature.
Dot com, American literature.
Dot com has pretty much anything we need from poetry to children's novels to to to short stories.
It's a wonderful free resource that I use myself with my students.
So let's find a random kid's story.
A little Red Riding Hood ready.
Here we go.
So now I'm going to do it in such a way where I separate the set up with the resolve once upon a time.
There was a dear little girl who was loved by everyone who looked at her.
You see how we break those doubts, the setup and the resolve once upon a time.
What about once upon a time?
What happened?
Once upon a time, there was a dear little girl.
OK, so what about the dear little girl?
But does she does she like eating chocolate?
No.
Now, who was loved by everyone?
Right.
Why is that?
Who looked at her right.
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba.
Poetry is also another way where you could really see him.
But for example, on the same website I was telling you about American literature dot com.
Let's go to poetry.
OK, I'm just picking a random poem here.
She walks in beauty.
OK, let's try to find the rhythm.
The thought that that that that that that she walks in beauty like the night of cloudless climes and
starry skies and all that's best of dark and bright meet in her aspect and her eyes.
You see how it sort of sounds familiar.
The more you do it, the more you really hear that.
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba.