美式英语正音训练第70期:练习5(2)-5(3)

 　　Exercise 5-2:

　　Sounds Comparing L with T, D, and N

　　Repeat after me,

　　first down and then across.

　　1. At the beginning of a word

　　law low lee

　　gnaw¹ know knee

　　taw toe tea

　　daw dough² D

　　law gnaw taw daw

　　low know toe dough

　　lee knee tea D

　　2. In the middle of a word

　　belly³ caller alley⁴

　　Benny Conner Annie's

　　Betty cotter at ease

　　belly Benny Betty

　　caller Conner cotter

　　alley Annie's at ease

　　3. At the end of a word

　　A hole hold hone hoed

　　call called con⁵ cod⁶

　　B fill full fool fail

　　fell feel fuel furl

　　Repeat the last group of words.

　　fill full fool fail

　　fell feel fuel furl

　　Once you are comfortable with your tongue in this position, let it just languish⁷ there while you continue vocalizing,

　　which is what a native speaker does.

　　Exercise 5-3:

　　none

1 gnaw   

v.不断地啃、咬；使苦恼，折磨

参考例句：

• Dogs like to gnaw on a bone.狗爱啃骨头。
• A rat can gnaw a hole through wood.老鼠能啃穿木头。

2 dough   

n.生面团；钱，现款

参考例句：

• She formed the dough into squares.她把生面团捏成四方块。
• The baker is kneading dough.那位面包师在揉面。

3 belly   

n.肚子，腹部；(像肚子一样)鼓起的部分，膛

参考例句：

• The boss has a large belly.老板大腹便便。
• His eyes are bigger than his belly.他眼馋肚饱。

4 alley   

n.小巷，胡同；小径，小路

参考例句：

• We live in the same alley.我们住在同一条小巷里。
• The blind alley ended in a brick wall.这条死胡同的尽头是砖墙。

5 con   

n.反对的观点，反对者，反对票，肺病；vt.精读，学习，默记；adv.反对地，从反面；adj.欺诈的

参考例句：

• We must be fair and consider the reason pro and con.我们必须公平考虑赞成和反对的理由。
• The motion is adopted non con.因无人投反对票，协议被通过。

6 cod   

n.鳕鱼；v.愚弄；哄骗

参考例句：

• They salt down cod for winter use.他们腌鳕鱼留着冬天吃。
• Cod are found in the North Atlantic and the North Sea.北大西洋和北海有鳕鱼。

7 languish   

vi.变得衰弱无力，失去活力，（植物等）凋萎

参考例句：

• Without the founder's drive and direction,the company gradually languished.没有了创始人的斗志与指引，公司逐渐走向没落。
• New products languish on the drawing board.新产品在计划阶段即告失败。