Daniel: Dad, do you know which bus we should take?
Benjamin: Of course, er, let me check the bus schedule first.
Daniel: Be quick, please!
Benjamin: Why can't I find the bus your mother told me yesterday?
Daniel: Mom has told you about the direction 3 times yesterday.
Dad: But I was watching American Idol at that time.
Daniel: We need to ask someone.
(There comes Bus 29)
Benjamin: Excuse me? Does this bus go to Xidan Book Building?
Conductor: No, it doesn't. You need to take Bus 52.
Benjamin: Do I have to change to some other bus on the way?
Conductor: No.
Benjamin: I see, thanks. Oops! The Bus 52 is coming. Daniel, come on. Let's go.
聽看學(xué)
Top丹尼爾:你知道我們坐哪路車嗎?
本杰明:當(dāng)然啊,恩,讓我先看一下公車牌。
丹尼爾:快點吧!
本杰明:為什么我沒有看見你媽媽昨天跟我說的那路公車呢?
丹尼爾:媽媽昨天跟你說了三次公交路線。
爸爸:但是那個時候我在看《美國偶像》啊。
丹尼爾:我們要問問起他的人。
(來了一輛29路車)
本杰明:你好,請問一下這車到西單圖書大廈嗎?
售票員:不到。你應(yīng)該乘52路。
本杰明:那我還需要轉(zhuǎn)車嗎?
售票員:不需要。
本杰明:我知道了,謝謝。啊,52路來了,丹尼爾,快,我們走。
經(jīng)典背誦 Recitation
TopDad: I have no sense of directions at all. So many times when I go out to some place by bus I would have to ask the conductor how to get there. Thanks to them that they are always so helpful. But I don't know how they can remember so many places?
生詞小結(jié)
Toptake vt. 拿,取
schedule n. 時間表,一覽表
quick adj. 快的,迅速的
ask vt. 問,要求
excuse vt. 原諒
change vt. 改變
Pronunciation 語音小結(jié)——半元音1組
Top1./w / which we why when
發(fā)音小貼士:舌后部向軟腭抬起,雙唇收得圓而小,并向前突出,音一經(jīng)發(fā)出就立即向后面的元音滑動,聲帶振動。
2./j / yesterday yet yes yellow
發(fā)音小貼士:舌前部盡量向硬腭抬起,雙唇向兩邊伸展成扁平形。該音一經(jīng)發(fā)出立刻向后面元音滑動,聲帶振動。
特別提示:在美音輔音系統(tǒng)中比英音多了個清輔音/hw /,和濁輔音/w /相對,有不少美國人把wh開頭的單詞念成/hw /,如what /hwat /, why /hwai/
對比練習(xí) /w /和/j / west and your wet and you wise and young water and yard