时间:2018-12-16 作者:英语课 分类:标准美语发音的13个秘诀 CD3


英语课

 



Exercise 3-6: Reading the [ə] Sound      CD 3 Track 11 


When you read the following schwa paragraph, try clenching 1 your teeth the first time. It won't sound completely natural, but it will get rid of all of the excess lip and jaw 2 movement and force your tongue to work harder than usual. Remember that in speaking American English we don't move our lips much, and we talk though our teeth from far back in our throats. I'm going to read with my teeth clenched 3 together and you follow along, holding your teeth together.


What Must theSun Above Wonder About? 


Some pundits 4 proposed that thesun wonders unnecessarily about sundry 5 and assorted 6 conundrums 7. One cannot but speculate what can come of their proposal. It wasn't enough to trouble us,* but it was done so underhandedly that hundreds of sun lovers rushed tothe defense 8 of their beloved sun. None of this was relevant on Monday, however, when thesun burned up the entire country. *[ət wəzənənəf tətrəbələs]


* Pause the CD and read What Must the Sun Above Wonder About? twice. Try it once with your teeth clenched the first time and normally the second time.




1 clenching
v.紧握,抓紧,咬紧( clench的现在分词 )
  • I'll never get used to them, she thought, clenching her fists. 我永远也看不惯这些家伙,她握紧双拳,心里想。 来自飘(部分)
  • Clenching her lips, she nodded. 她紧闭着嘴唇,点点头。 来自辞典例句
2 jaw
n.颚,颌,说教,流言蜚语;v.喋喋不休,教训
  • He delivered a right hook to his opponent's jaw.他给了对方下巴一记右钩拳。
  • A strong square jaw is a sign of firm character.强健的方下巴是刚毅性格的标志。
3 clenched
v.紧握,抓紧,咬紧( clench的过去式和过去分词 )
  • He clenched his fists in anger. 他愤怒地攥紧了拳头。
  • She clenched her hands in her lap to hide their trembling. 她攥紧双手放在腿上,以掩饰其颤抖。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 pundits
n.某一学科的权威,专家( pundit的名词复数 )
  • The pundits disagree on the best way of dealing with the problem. 如何妥善处理这一问题,专家众说纷纭。 来自辞典例句
  • That did not stop Chinese pundits from making a fuss over it. 这并没有阻止中国的博学之士对此大惊小怪。 来自互联网
5 sundry
adj.各式各样的,种种的
  • This cream can be used to treat sundry minor injuries.这种药膏可用来治各种轻伤。
  • We can see the rich man on sundry occasions.我们能在各种场合见到那个富豪。
6 assorted
adj.各种各样的,各色俱备的
  • There's a bag of assorted sweets on the table.桌子上有一袋什锦糖果。
  • He has always assorted with men of his age.他总是与和他年令相仿的人交往。
7 conundrums
n.谜,猜不透的难题,难答的问题( conundrum的名词复数 )
  • After all the conundrums of Hungary, the second Turkish Grand Prix promises much. 继匈牙利站所有猜不透的事之后,第二届土耳其大奖赛许诺了太多。 来自互联网
  • I see conundrums, dilemmas, quandaries, impasses, gnarly thickets of fateful possibility with no obvious way out. 眼看问题经纬万端,进退两难、入困境,死路一条,盘根错节的命定可能性,但找不到明显的出路。 来自互联网
8 defense
n.防御,保卫;[pl.]防务工事;辩护,答辩
  • The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
  • The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
学英语单词
acelious monstrosity
acre
Adams Fjord
anchor and collar
anti-felting agent
approximate derivative
aprice
as bare as the palm of one's hand
assay laboratory
autodialed
bicchulite
boarding machine
bridge layer
bromdimethoxyamphetamine
business-travel
camac crate-controller
caption-
carbohydrate broth
Chymotrysin
Company Bankruptcy
control-rod drive mechanism
copyright symbol
crista cerebelli
decile
delphinapterus leucass
differential scanning calorimetry
diffraction-limited diameter
dioscorein
disglorify
DNA damage
emboloid
endogenetic subsidence
event interval
excisor
flameless burner
foreign incursion
fossil fuel
fully connected single primary satellite system
gravity anchor
gynecoid type
Haste trips over its own heels.
hexacosahexaenoic acid
hydrorbiculus
hyponatraemia
Ibertioga
international rules of the road
intestinal juice
isopycnic level
lateral accelerograph
lead inductance
lightning arrester current rating
Machacamarca
Marapi, Gunung
maximum beta particle energy
meet-cute
milk extract
mind-pain
modernization drive
Moosburg an der Isar
nameli
nondeterministic computation
number of oscillations
Nānsri
off-line batch processing
open - end funds
orthocheilia
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Pekul'ney, Khrebet
perilla-seed oil
phenosulfonphthalein
pickfords
piezoelectric ceramics
polyelectrolytecomplex resin
poorly-differentiated
potstone
proctencleisis
protec
put a sham upon
recessed bead
red biddy
retinalite
scapiform
semisenior
semithreshold logic
sleeplike
slide feed screw
speed-change box
stored program
stuf
surgical contraceptions
take the piss out of
tourmaline granite
Trobriand Islands
uncremated
undermeasure
uninseminated
unpannels
vacuum gauge pipe
Visscher-Bowman test
whoman
withdraw a case
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