Question

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Pinyin is a useful tool, which 1. (teach)in China to school kids. It is not merely used by westerners like us. It has proved to be a useful tool for Chinese people 2. (they)to learn standard pronunciation in their early education.

The first step is to learn how 3. (pronounce) each letter in pinyin correctly and the meaning of the tone markers. Then you have to do4. (drill) as many as you can. Turn that into a game. It can be5. (much) fun than you would expect. Start 6.single syllables and to that a lot and then syllable（音节）pairs. Slowly move on to larger groups. Understand the initial, final and the tones.

But most importantly, what you need is good feedback. You’d better have someone that can correct your mistakes immediately.

Find a native Chinese, 7. pronunciation is quite perfect to correct you. If you take Chinese classes, the teacher will8. (probable) have you do exercises every class. Do this very seriously.

If you are self-studying, try to meet native Chinese people and ask them to give you some feedback.

Otherwise, try to be self-critical and listen very carefully. Good9. (listen) is more than 50% of 10. it takes to pronounce correctly.

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