标准美语发音的13个秘诀 CD 3 Track 48

 

Exercise 6-6; The Mirror Store       CD 3 Track 48 

Repeat after me.

The Hurly Burly MirrorStore at Vermont and Beverly featured hundreds of first-rate minors¹. There were several mirrors on the chest of drawers, and the largest one was turned toward the doorin orderto make the room look bigger. One of the girls who worked there was concerned that a bird might get hurt by hurtling into its own reflection. She learned by trial and errorhow to preserve both the mirrors and the birds. Herearnings were proportionately increased at the mirrorstore to reflect hercontribution to the greatergood.

× Pause the CD to practice reading out loud three times on your own.

1 minors   

n.未成年人( minor的名词复数 )；副修科目；小公司；[逻辑学]小前提v.[主美国英语]副修，选修，兼修( minor的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The law forbids shops to sell alcohol to minors. 法律禁止商店向未成年者出售含酒精的饮料。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He had three minors this semester. 这学期他有三门副修科目。 来自《简明英汉词典》