4+1听力口语MP3-语音 03

听辨及跟读练习
Read the following words, while paying to the pronunciation of the ????.
1. far car large charge smart
2. dear clear fear cheer here
3. air dare pear their where
4. for more door pour before
5. sure poor tour cure fewer
6. her turn learn word first
7. fire tired higher liar¹ buyer
8. hour flour shower power tower
9. destroyer employer
1. half ??
2. bath
3. pass
4. sample ?
5. dance
6. calm
7. palm

听辨及跟读练习
A. Passage
After Charles had left the country, he started to farm in Derbyshire. This was different from marching past a sergeant².
“I can’t play cards now,” thought Charles.“ I can’t go to dances, nor laugh with my comrades-in-arms. But I shan’t break my heart,” he laughed. “ I have a car, and life is sweet and calm.”
B. Dialogue
At a Party
Margaret: Where’s your glass, Barbara?
Barbara: It’s on the bar.
Martin: Barbara, Margaret! Come into the garden! Martha and Charles are dancing on the grass!
Margaret: In the garden? What a laugh!
Barbara: So they are!
Margaret: They are dancing under the stars!
Martin: And Arnold’s playing his guitar.
Barbara: Doesn’t Martha look smart?
Margaret: Look at Charles! What a marvelous dancer!
Barbara: Ah! Let’s take a photograph of Martha and Charles.
Martin: We can’t. It’s too dark.


1. bought ?
2. talk ?
3. ball ?
4. caught ?
5. saw
6. applaud
听辨及跟读练习
A. Read the following words, paying attention to the pronunciation of ?(?.
coffee water caught law
bought boss tall talk
lawyer fought walk ball
cause draw daughter August
saw ought
B. Passage
One morning in August, at dawn, he rode his horse past the lawn, along the wall to the orchard³. “How awful not to have been born,” he called to his daughter. “You fought a war for this,” she thought. Then they walked in the cornfields, and thanked the Lord for their good fortune.
C. Dialogue
A Football Game Sports Report on Channel 4
Announcer: This morning the Horses returned from their game in Boston. Paul
Short, our sports reporter, was at the airport to meet them.
Paul Short: Good morning. I’m Paul Short. All the football players are walking toward me. Here’s George Small, the halfback. Good morning, George.
George Small: Good morning. Are you a reporter?
Paul Short: Yes. I’m from Channel 4. Please tell our audience what you thought about the game in Boston.
George Small: Well, it was just awful. We lost. The score was 4 to 44. But it wasn’t my fault.
Paul Short: Whose fault was it?
George Small: The forwards.
Paul Short: The forwards?
George Small: Yes, the forwards. They were always falling down or dropping the ball! I think the other team bought them some beer before the match!
D. Little poem
Good morning to all.
Good morning to all who walk,
Good morning to all who crawl,
Good morning to all who soar,
Or swim, good morning I call.
To broad and to small, to short and to tall,
Good morning, good morning to all.
1. cot
2. clock
3. shop
4. box
5. not
6. hot

听辨及跟读练习
A. Read the following words, while paying attention to the different pronunciation of ???.
what want wash watch
bottle romise shop job
hot top college pot
B. Passage
“ I want an Orange Squash. I’m hot. And tell me the time, because my watch has stopped,” John said while wiggling his wrist.
“ It’s one o’clock,” replied Tom. “And there’s no Orange Squash. All we have in the cupboard is a cough drop.” “ I suppose they’re quality cough drops, then?”
“ What a lot of rot you talk!”
C. Dialogue
Voice A: What’s the matter, Mr. Block?
Mr. Block: What’s the matter? I want a break from this horrible job of washing socks!
Voice B: Buy a bottle of Starwash, Mr. Block.
Voice C: Starwash does the job.
Voice D: But it’s not a hard job with Starwash.
Voice A: You don’t need lots of hot water with Starwash.
Voice B: Star washing the modern way―with Starwash.
Voice C: Starwash is marvelous for all your washable clothes.
Everybody: Starwash is so popular!
Voice C: Next time you shop, pick up a bottle of Starwash.
D. Little poem
Froggy-boggy sat on a rock.
Froggy-boggy had a great shock.
Froggy-boggy fell off the top.
Into the pond he fell with a plop.
1. Hold the front part of your tongue low in your mouth.
2. Touch the lower front teeth lightly with the tip of your tongue.
3. Lower your jaw⁴ and open your lips slightly.
4. Raise the center part of your tongue toward the roof (hard palate)of your mouth (but not touch it).
5. Native speakers often use this sound when they are hesitating. It is usually written “uh”.
1. but
2. touch
3. love
4. blood

听辨及跟读练习
Now practice the sound in words. Listen and repeat each word twice.
1. up up
2. love love
3. cut cut
4. another ? another
5. above ?????? above
6. bus ? bus
7. nut nut
8. sun sun
9. bun bun
10. cup cup

1. many 2. bet 3. guest 4. bread 5. said 6. friend
The main features in pronouncing the sound /?/:
1. Hold your tongue in the same position as for /ei/, but a little lower in your mouth.
2. Place the sides of your tongue against the upper back teeth, but do not press. The muscles of your tongue should be lax.
3. Open your lips slightly more than for /ei/.
4. Your jaw and tongue do not move as you make this short vowel⁵ sound.
5. Place your thumb underneath⁶ your chin. You should feel no tense muscles; the muscles
are relaxed.

听辨及跟读练习
A. Now practice the sound in words.
1. egg egg
2. guess guess
3. neck neck
4. red red
5. let let

B. Now practice the sound in sentences . Listen and repeat .
1. edge Is it the edge of the chair?
2. Ed Can you find Ed in the office?
3. less Do you want less in the shirt?
4. bet Who’s taking the bet tomorrow?
5. debt We’re talking about my debt.
6. pest The pest is all over me.
7. test The test is pretty good.
8. sell I would like to sell my boat.
9. pen His pen is awful, isn’t it?
10. pepper The pepper was passed around to all of us.

辅音区别精讲Part One Flap?????听辨及跟读练习

A. Read the words, while paying attention to the pronunciation of???? (= ???).
city forty butter
water dirty matter
writer better Betty
/t/ /d/
Italian Italy
attack attic⁷
atomic atom
photography photograph
B. Tongue twisters
Betty bought a bit of butter, “But” said she “this butter is bitter.If I put it in my batter⁸,it will make my batter bitter” So, She bought some better butter, better than the bitter butter, and it made her bitter batter better.
C. Dialogue
A: I’m taking a course at a technical college.
B: Who’s your teacher?
A: Mr. Tom Atkings.
B: But I thought, Mr. Tom Atkings taught at Harvard.
A: He taught there last term.
B: I see.

A: I’m the daughter. And I have two brothers.
B: I’ll write it down.
A: And then there’s Dennis, Doctor.
B: Dennis?
A: Dennis is the dog.
B: Oh, the dog.
A: That’s D-E-N-N-I-S, Dennis, Doctor.
B: Dennis —Yes. I got it.

Part Two鼻腔爆破听辨及跟读练习

A. Now practice the sound in words. Notice the phonetic⁹ spelling. Listen and repeat each word twice .
1. mutton mutton
2. written written
3. curtain curtain
4. certain certain
5. eaten eaten
6. button button
B. Practice the sound in sentences.
1. bitten I was bitten by the dog.
2. mitten¹⁰ Where’s my mittens¹¹?
3. Latin It’s a Latin word.
4. gotten I have gotten it yesterday.
5. lighten The flowers will lighten the room.
6. rotten Throw the rotten fish away.
7. cotton The cloth is made of cotton.
A. Phrases and single sentences
a lovely girl All is well. Let her alone.
to tell a lie late at night Did he leave?
little by little to live well to talk loud
Is Della telling us a lie?
Laura left a little after eleven.
All love letters belong to loose Louise.
Would you like to look at the lake where Larry Lotter was eaten for lunch?
Where shall we meet for lunch?
A little boy just fell into the lake.
B. Sound drill
W: Please listen and repeat:
Fall—ill—milk—tell—call—cold—
He called the milkman.
Now listen. Don’t speak.
You quite like your food and drink cold but nobody else does.
W: Do you want this coffee? It’s cold.
M: Yes, I’ll have cold coffee.
W: Now you do the same: Yes, I’ll have cold coffee. Ready?
W: Do you want this coffee? It’s cold.
M: Yes, I’ll have cold coffee.
W: And does anybody want some cold tea?
M: Yes, I’ll have cold tea.
W: And I’ve got some cold soup. Cold soup, anybody?
M: Yes, I’ll have cold soup.
W: And would you like some cold milk?
M: Yes, I’ll have cold milk.
W: And I’ve got some cold meat here too. Anybody?
M: Yes, I’ll have cold meat.
W: And does anybody want some cold potatoes?
M: Yes, I’ll have cold potatoes.
C. Conversation
A: Oh, Lucy, you’re so lucky, you are the only one who got rise in pay!
B: Well, it’s not lucky, it’s my ability.
A: I like the way you’re talking, I hope the people who work for me are all like you.

Part Two Dark L听辨及跟读练习
Example:
⑴ all ⑵ bill ⑶ Carl ⑷ doll ⑸ else ⑹ feel ⑺ Gail ⑻ hell
A. Now practice the sound in words. Notice the phonetic spelling. Listen and repeat each word twice .
1. kill kill 4. pail pail
2. school school 5. boil boil
3. soul soul 6. tool tool
B. Tongue twisters
Bill had a billboard¹².
Bill also had a board bill.
The board bill bored Bill.
So Bill sold the billboard to pay his board bill.
And the board bill no longer bored Bill.

Part Three 单词中不同位置L的听辨及跟读练习
A. Practice the sound ??? as in “like” in several different positions. Listen and repeat these words.
??
1. look 4. lunch 7. laugh 10. loud
2. labor¹³ 5. legal 8. lecture 11. lover
3. license¹⁴ 6. lawyer 9. leader 12. literature

1. alive 4. alarm 7. believe 10. dollar
2. college 5. family 8. polite 11. toilet
3. realize 6. island 9. popular 12. intelligent

1. all 4. pool 7. small 10. well
2. heel 5. dial 8. female 11. April
3. annual 6. install 9. control 12. schedule

Now practice the sound of ???? in sentences .
The bobwhite whistled somewhere in the wheat.
He only heard a wheel creak and whine¹⁵.
The man with the whip whistled through his whiskers.
The wheel came off somewhere with a whirling sound.
Why does he whine and whimper everywhere?
Who’s whipping the white horse? Chasing the white whale?

1 liar   

n.说谎的人

参考例句：

• I know you for a thief and a liar!我算认识你了，一个又偷又骗的家伙！
• She was wrongly labelled a liar.她被错误地扣上说谎者的帽子。

2 sergeant   

n.警官，中士

参考例句：

• His elder brother is a sergeant.他哥哥是个警官。
• How many stripes are there on the sleeve of a sergeant?陆军中士的袖子上有多少条纹？

3 orchard   

n.果园，果园里的全部果树，(美俚)棒球场

参考例句：

• My orchard is bearing well this year.今年我的果园果实累累。
• Each bamboo house was surrounded by a thriving orchard.每座竹楼周围都是茂密的果园。

4 jaw   

n.颚，颌，说教，流言蜚语；v.喋喋不休，教训

参考例句：

• He delivered a right hook to his opponent's jaw.他给了对方下巴一记右钩拳。
• A strong square jaw is a sign of firm character.强健的方下巴是刚毅性格的标志。

5 vowel   

n.元音；元音字母

参考例句：

• A long vowel is a long sound as in the word"shoe ".长元音即如“shoe” 一词中的长音。
• The vowel in words like 'my' and 'thigh' is not very difficult.单词my和thigh中的元音并不难发。

6 underneath   

adj.在...下面，在...底下；adv.在下面

参考例句：

• Working underneath the car is always a messy job.在汽车底下工作是件脏活。
• She wore a coat with a dress underneath.她穿着一件大衣，里面套着一条连衣裙。

7 attic   

n.顶楼，屋顶室

参考例句：

• Leakiness in the roof caused a damp attic.屋漏使顶楼潮湿。
• What's to be done with all this stuff in the attic?顶楼上的材料怎么处理？

8 batter   

v.接连重击；磨损；n.牛奶面糊；击球员

参考例句：

• The batter skied to the center fielder.击球手打出一个高飞球到中外野手。
• Put a small quantity of sugar into the batter.在面糊里放少量的糖。

9 phonetic   

adj.语言的，语言上的，表示语音的

参考例句：

• Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。
• English phonetic teaching is an important teaching step in elementary stages.语音教学是英语基础阶段重要的教学环节。

10 mitten   

n.连指手套，露指手套

参考例句：

• There is a hole in the thumb of his mitten.他的手套的姆指上有个洞。
• He took her money in one hand and with the other hand he grasped her mitten and said "Take me to where you live.I want to see your brother and meet your parents".他一手接过她的钱，一手抓起她的连指手套，“带我去你住的地方，我想见见你的弟弟和你的父母。

11 mittens   

不分指手套

参考例句：

• Cotton mittens will prevent the baby from scratching his own face. 棉的连指手套使婴儿不会抓伤自己的脸。
• I'd fisted my hands inside their mittens to keep the fingers warm. 我在手套中握拳头来保暖手指。

12 billboard   

n.布告板，揭示栏，广告牌

参考例句：

• He ploughed his energies into his father's billboard business.他把精力投入到父亲的广告牌业务中。
• Billboard spreads will be simpler and more eye-catching.广告牌广告会比较简单且更引人注目。

13 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

14 license   

n.执照，许可证，特许；v.许可，特许

参考例句：

• The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
• The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。

15 whine   

v.哀号，号哭；n.哀鸣

参考例句：

• You are getting paid to think,not to whine.支付给你工资是让你思考而不是哀怨的。
• The bullet hit a rock and rocketed with a sharp whine.子弹打在一块岩石上，一声尖厉的呼啸，跳飞开去。