... their
naturalness, due to two main factors. First, the
system underwent further development after the
voice was built, leading to the addition of a va-
riety of new phrases to the system’s repertoire, as
well ... changes in speech rate, as well as F0 contours
that fail to exhibit the targeting accenting pattern.
Finally, we plan to examine whether gains in qual-
ity can be achieved with an off-the-shelf, general
purpose ... not
always) exhibit a considerable dropoff in synthe-
sis quality.
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And second, the boundaries of the au-
tomatically assigned unit labels were not always
accurate, leading to problems with unnatural...
... coach, I deal with language every day. My work revolves around what to say,
what not to say, and what to do or not do as you say it. I help TV personalities, authors, athletes, top
corporate executives, ... numbing it causes
listeners to tune out. When it comes to communicating well, you don’t want to blend into the crowd. I
want you to stand out.
executive clients.
WHAT SHE PLANNED TO SAY
“Good ... Brutal Editor You Know
Each time you tell the same story to a new audience, you create another opportunity to find places to
People are rarely born with this ability. Most, chefs included, need to...
... to practice with a
IT S THE WAY
YOU SAY IT
produce a correct /s/. Of course, it felt totally
foreign to him and required much practice,
reassurance, and monitoring on the recorder to
make him ... happen. When
it comes to selecting a seat I am torn between
the wish to sit well back in the tail (surely the
safest place to be when we crash) and the
feeling that it is my civic duty to take a ... prognosis. Kim was not able to
make a judgment about his speech adequacy, but he
Driving is far too dangerous an activity to
complicate with speech learning.
Try to make it fun, and give yourself...
...
also go to the Amazon.com website and try to outwit
the website’s obstacles to protest communications. o
What Can I Do?
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The ugly world of cockfighting, Texas 2007
United ... prosecutor and charges are pending. In addition,
KSU has offered to pay for an Animal Cruelty Officer
to be at all games from now on, along with regular secu-
rity.
Kansas State University has ... – to remove the eggs
from its products. Tell them many vegan consumers
– would-be customers – await this positive change!
Call the Kellogg customer feedback hotline at 1-
800-962-1413.
Write...
... pat
74. You certainly did itwell today.
75. Keep it up!
76. Congratulation. You got it right!
77. You did a lot of work today
78. Well look at you go
79. That's it
80. I am very proud of ... ways tosay " very good"
FOR THOSE DAYS WHEN U CAN'T THINK OF WHAT TO SAY! !!
My foreign teacher taught me how to express the congratulation. I think it is useful, so i post it
for ... been practicing
58. You did it very well
59. FINE
60. Nice going
61. You're really going to town
62. OUSTANDING!
63. FANTASTIC!
64. TREMEDOUS!
65. That's how to handle that
66. Now that's...
...
Students, next, are to find one person not in the class to read their story. The goal here is to
provide feedback on the clarity and affective impact of the text, as well as to educate others ... and are listed as
editors of their groupmates' essays. Individual accountability is fostered when students
work alone in the Write steps of Write-Pair-Share and Write-Pair-Square-Share, ...
1. Compared to a whole class format, in cooperative learning, students have more
opportunities to talk and to share ideas. This interaction with groupmates
encourages students to restructure...
... you use a CASE tool ?
Its goal is to ensure the production of
high-quality software, meeting the needs
of its end-users, within a predictable
schedule and budget.
Day 1 - Definitions & Overview
... strongly encouraged; it is
frequently beneficial
Reused designs and acquired
components will require little or no
effort to create
Day 2 - Software Design
The design activity includes an ... Definitions & Overview
Node A
Node B Node C
Node D
Node E
Node F
Node G
Node H Node I
G Development
is completed &
ready for deploy-
ment to validate
its full operational
capability....
... both IT and OD value
competence, and asking for help is analogous to admitting fault. IT and OD
practitioners are experts brought into an organization to solve the toughest
problems, not to introduce ... accepted in IT projects, OD
practitioners must respect the purpose and pace of IT, working with account-
ability toward its success. In return, IT professionals must be receptive to the
presence ... team
itself, and the interpersonal concerns in its work.
• Goals of the IT- focused OD practitioner: The mission of the OD
practitioner in an IT project — and that of the IT project team — is to
increase...
... writing assignments.
o you’ve been given a writing assignment, and you aren’t quite sure how to begin. First, you aren’t
sure what to say. And second, you don’t know how tosay it. Here’s how to ... writing assignment is to write a paragraph,
don’t choose a topic that requires 10 pages to introduce. Your topic should be narrow enough to fit into the
given length, yet broad enough for you to ... assignment? Is itto show that I learned the material for a partic-
ular class, to analyze a piece of literature or situation, or to showcase my writing ability?
Getting Started LESSON 1
BETTER WRITING...
... has a great deal to do
with how you understand what that person is saying. The same is true
of tone in writing; it s vital to pick up on clues to tone in order to under-
stand a written piece fully. ... involved.
–
STYLE: IT S NOT WHAT THEY SAY BUT HOW THEY SAY IT
–
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ay this word out loud: “Sure.”
How did you say it? Did you sayit with a smile, as in “Sure, anytime”? Or did you sayit flatly,
as ... writer’s rela-
tionship to the reader; it can distance us with its objec-
tivity or draw us in with its description and detail. As
readers, we tend to react strongly to style, often with-
out knowing...