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Hello! I’m John Russell.
We will continue our science and technology theme by listening to a VOA Learning English Science and Technology report from Bryan Lynn:
The American space agency NASA explains the moon’s atmosphere is “very thin and weak.”
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I’d like to draw your attention to a few words: the moon’s atmosphere.
We have an article, the word “the,” the possessive noun “moon’s,” and the noun “atmosphere.”
We have these individual words that together form a piece of language known as a noun phrase.
This noun phrase can teach you an important idea about pronunciation.
In English, we spell the possessive form with an “’s.” In our example, it is at the end of the word “moon.”
But even though we spell the possessive form with an “’s,” we pronounce it in this case with a sound that is like this:
Z
Moon
Moon’s
What would our noun phrase sound like if we did not pronounce it like a native speaker? What if we used a different sound?
It might sound like this:
The moon’s atmosphere
Our goal is to sound more like a native speaker. So, we need to be able to produce the distinction between these two sounds:
S
Z
The difference is this:
S is voiceless
Z is voiced
But we want to sound more like native speakers. So let’s work together to pronounce this noun phrase.
We will go slowly and then more quickly.
The moon’s atmosphere
The moon’s atmosphere
The moon’s atmosphere
That’s all for today! Keep up the good work.

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