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
'Slight
air clearance
alkoxylates
alternative cultivation
amniotic fluid embolism of lung
Ampelopsis bodinieri
Amphicarpaea ferruginea
ankle circle dismount
anti-poison respirator
antihemorrhagic factor
bead sleeker
bourquin
brain tumor forceps
Brewster band
bull stag
cadent
carocainide
chuckings
church and state
circumduction tachycardia
class model
coinvestigates
connecting rod spurt hole
cookless
cottonseed cakes
cross-questioning
Cuadrada, Sa.
dardanus aspersus
dark orchid
democratic party
diode limiting
discharge off
dissolve into something
drink somebody's health
electric monopole
embryonic soil
erotogenic zone
ethmia maculata
ethoxyamine
existing carrying capacity
extracoelenteric
fat pad
flight director system
fluffies
forgiv'n
funding decision
gas-bearing stratum
general Cantor set
genus Sonchus
george h.w. bushes
global partner
golden agers
group of symmetries
Gwynnes
half note
ideascapes
intensity image
Lamina lateralis processus pterygoidei
literally
loan participant
location clause
logicianer
longitudinal profile leveling
Maban languages
mass rapid transit systems
meant business
merostotic
Merremia hainanensis
Morzhovets, Ostrov
multiplex data bus
neologizer
non-treaties
noninteractions
Nsakalano
out-in scatter refueling
Oxyglobia
phlebanesthesia
pico-pascals
preloading process
pseudobridge
recordable dvd
relationship-maintenance
remoulding degree
right of invention and discovery
rod handling equipment
sea grape
segmental truss
sinusioidal law
sorry anyway
stated variance date/time
Stemonitaceae
stoccado
suaveolant
support ring
Söråker
titrability
torsion testing machine
ultraviolet spectrums
vinegar pickled
welfare states
willmarth
Wolstenholme, C.