【英语时差8,16】语言捷径

 A study at the University of Arizona looked at the speech of several undergraduates talking on the phone, reading a story, and reading word lists. They found that all the speakers dropped syllables¹ and even entire words. For example, the phrase “going to have to” was typically pronounced as “got da.” It went from four words to one. I guess we all do that.But maybe this research will lead to voice recognition technology that actually recognizes normal, everyday speech. The researchers also think the study could lead to better, more natural sounding speech generating devices for people who have trouble speaking.

1 syllables   

n.音节( syllable的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a word with two syllables 双音节单词
• 'No. But I'll swear it was a name of two syllables.' “想不起。不过我可以发誓，它有两个音节。” 来自英汉文学 - 双城记