Chapter 2
第二章
Liaisons
連讀
In American English, words are not pronounced one by one. When you do, you'll end up sounding mechanical and foreign. A phrase that is broken apart in an apparently non-sensible way makes good English when run together. Liaison is a big part of what makes English sounds English. This chapter is going to introduce you to the idea of liaisons, the connections between words.
說(shuō)美式英語(yǔ)時(shí),并不是把單詞一個(gè)一個(gè)地念出來(lái)的。如果這樣的話,你說(shuō)話就會(huì)顯得呆板,別人也會(huì)聽得出你是外來(lái)人。一個(gè)詞組被一種看起來(lái)不太合理的方法拆開,在念的時(shí)候又連在一起,這正是地道的美式英語(yǔ)。連讀是美式英語(yǔ)中一個(gè)很重要的部分。這一章將向你介紹單詞與單詞之間的連接,也就是連讀。
Listen to the following sentence as it is spoken in different ways.
請(qǐng)聽下一句。這句將念兩次,但每次都不一樣。
Pick me up this afternoon in front of the bus station.
Did you notice how stiff and chopped up the first sentence sounds? In the second sentence, notice the y sound between me and up. Also notice how the s on this is attached to the word afternoon. And the s on the end of bus blends right into the s on station. All of these elements work together to demonstrate linking in this sentence.
你注意到了嗎?第一個(gè)句子聽起來(lái)顯得生硬,而且不連貫。請(qǐng)注意在第二個(gè)句子中,在me和up之間有一個(gè)y音。this后面的s音與afternoon連在一起。而在bus中后面的s則與station的s連成一體。所有這些因素一起展示了句子中的連讀。
Savvy 1第一招
Consonant and Vowel 輔音與元音
When one word ends with a consonant and the next word begins with a vowel sound, take the final consonant off the first word and attach it to the following vowel sound
如果一個(gè)單詞以一個(gè)輔音結(jié)尾,緊跟的下一個(gè)單詞的詞首是元音的話,把第一個(gè)單詞詞尾的輔音從第一個(gè)單詞脫離,使它與緊跟著的元音連在一起。
had it-->[] open up-->[] turn over-->[]
come in, help out, give up, get up, give in, grab it, hold on, wipe up, map out, take out
I've had it with this business.
Mike is ready now.
Don't give up your job yet.
Do you think you can grab it?
Please wrap it in blue paper.
Please come in.
Let's put the rug over there.
We need some time out tonight.
How much money do you need to live on?
How long is the sale on?
When does the new store open up?
You need to wipe up the milk.
What time do you get up?
I'm glad I could help out tonight.