情境導讀
Lucy給在美國的親戚朋友帶了禮物,她正在機場接受海關的檢查。
英語情景會話
(以L代表Lucy,A代表Attendant)
A: Please show me your passport and other documents.
L: Here you are.
A: What's your purpose of coming to the United States?
L: For study.
A: How long will you stay here?
L: I'II be studying here for a full year.
A: May I see you customs declaration form and please put your things on the counter here. Do you have anything to declare?
L: I have nothing to declare.
A: What's in your trunk?
L: I've put inside my books, my clothes and personal stuffs.
A: Could you please open your bag?
L: Yes.
A: Anything prohibited, such as alcoholic drinks and tobacco products? What are these?
L: This is a gift for my friend and these are souvenirs for my relatives.
A: Do you have any Chinese herbal medicine inside?
L: Definitely not.
A: Enjoy your stay in America.
L: Thank you.
英語筆記
1.May 是情態(tài)動詞,放在句首需重讀。
2.personal stuffs 意為“個人用品”。
3.gift 中的/t/遇到for中的爆破音/f/失去爆破,/t/不發(fā)音。
4.Chinese herbal medicine 意為中草藥。
英語語音語調
雙輔音結尾的單詞中/t/和/d/的消失
"This is a gift for my friend"一句中"gift"的/t/不發(fā)音,這是因為前一個詞以/st//?t/, /ft/, /nd/,/Id/, /zd/,/ðd/,/vd/,等結尾,后一詞以輔音開始,則其中的/t/、/d/不發(fā)音。如 :
last day /lɑ:s de?/
最后一天
send round /sen raund/
發(fā)送
left behind /lef b??ha?nd/
落后
pushed them /p?? ð?m/
推它們
另一種情況是當前一詞以/pt/, /kt/, /t?t/, /bd/, /gd/, /d?d/結尾,后一個詞以輔音開始,則其中的/t/,/d/不發(fā)音,如:
kept quiet /kep 'kwa??t/
保持安靜
changed color /t?e?nd? ?k?l?/
改變了的顏色
looked fine /l?k fa?n/
看上去不錯
reached Paris /ri:t? 'pær?s/
到達巴黎