聽懂老外聊生活英語對話 娛樂 68：“技”高一籌

　　Topic68 “技”高一籌

　　情境導(dǎo)讀

　　Dick一家一起看雜技，表演非常精彩，令他們嘆為觀止。

　　英語情景會話

　　(以下D代表Dick.N代表Nicole)

　　N: Get a load of that! The boy is doing tightrope walking and making faces.

　　D: Incredible! It's a feast for the eyes.

　　N: Yes, I hear of that the programs of Chinese Acrobatic Circus are marvelous, and some of them won gold medals in various well-known international acrobatic contests such as in France. Hungary, Russia and Italy.

　　D: Wonderful! Look at our boys. They love the circus performance!

　　N :What are they doing? They are scary. I'm afraid that the acrobats might fall down to the ground.

　　D: Oh, the fling trapeze acts. Don't worry about them. They are skillful acrobats, and what is more. they have safety ropes fastened on them.

　　N: How do they pull this together?

　　D: It will take a lot of skills. And practice makes perfect.

　　N: Yes, they are doing such a hard and dangerous job. It's really breathtaking.

　　英語筆記

　　1.get a load of 連讀作/?ɡe ?t? ?l?? ?d?f/。

　　2.此處發(fā)生弱讀和同化現(xiàn)象，what are they 讀作/?w?d?ðe?/。

　　3.the flying trapeze acts 意為“空中飛人表演”。

　　4.take a lot of 連讀為/?te? ?k? ?l? ?tf/。

　　英語語音語調(diào)

　　弱讀和同化

　　你聽到的what are they發(fā)生了弱讀和同化，所以讀作/?w?d?ðe?/，而不是/?w?t?:ðe?/。在特殊疑問句中，句首的特殊疑問詞一般要強讀。但在較快的語速中，也可以弱讀。弱讀時特殊疑問詞常與后面的詞一起互相影響而同化，從而發(fā)生音變。如：

　　What is he/?w?d?z?/doing?

　　他在干什么?

　　What is she/?w?d???/writing?

　　她在寫什么?

　　What am I/?w?d?ma?/singing?

　　我在唱什么?