标准美语发音的13个秘诀 CD 3 Track 37

 

Exercise 5-12: Thirty Little Turtles In a Bottle of Bottled Water CD 3 Track 37 

Repeat the following paragraph, focusing on the consonant¹ + ə l combinations.

Thrdee Liddəl Terdəl ZinəBäddələBäddə l Dwäder

A bottle of bottled water held 30 little turtles. It didn't matter that each turtle had to rattle² a metal ladle in order to get a little bit of noodles, a totalturtle delicacy³. The problem was that there were many turtle battles for the less than oodles of noodles. The littlest turtles always lost, because every time they thought about grappling with the haggler⁴ turtles, their little turtle minds boggled and they only caught a little bit of noodles.

1 consonant   

n.辅音；adj.[音]符合的

参考例句：

• The quality of this suit isn't quite consonant with its price.这套衣服的质量和价钱不相称。
• These are common consonant clusters at the beginning of words.这些单词的开头有相同辅音组合。

2 rattle   

v.飞奔，碰响；激怒；n.碰撞声；拨浪鼓

参考例句：

• The baby only shook the rattle and laughed and crowed.孩子只是摇着拨浪鼓，笑着叫着。
• She could hear the rattle of the teacups.她听见茶具叮当响。

3 delicacy   

n.精致，细微，微妙，精良；美味，佳肴

参考例句：

• We admired the delicacy of the craftsmanship.我们佩服工艺师精巧的手艺。
• He sensed the delicacy of the situation.他感觉到了形势的微妙。

4 haggler   

n.很会砍价的人

参考例句：