美式英语正音训练第73期:练习5(6-7)

 　　Exercise 5-6:

　　Finding¹ L Sounds

　　Pause the CD, and find and mark all the L sounds in the familiar paragraph below;

　　the first one is marked for you. There are seventeen of them;

　　five are silent.

　　Afterwards, check Answer Key, beginning on page 193.

　　Exercise 5-7:

　　Silent Ls

　　Once you've found all the L sounds, the good news is that very often you don't even have to pronounce them.

　　Read the following list of words after me.

　　1. would could should

　　2. chalk talk walk

　　3. calm palm psalm²

　　4. already alright almond

　　5. although almost always

　　6. salmon³ alms Albany

　　7. folk caulk polka

1 finding   

n.发现，发现物；调查的结果

参考例句：

• The finding makes some sense.该发现具有一定的意义。
• That's an encouraging finding.这是一个鼓舞人心的发现。

2 psalm   

n.赞美诗，圣诗

参考例句：

• The clergyman began droning the psalm.牧师开始以单调而低沈的语调吟诵赞美诗。
• The minister droned out the psalm.牧师喃喃地念赞美诗。

3 salmon   

n.鲑，大马哈鱼，橙红色的

参考例句：

• We saw a salmon jumping in the waterfall there.我们看见一条大马哈鱼在那边瀑布中跳跃。
• Do you have any fresh salmon in at the moment?现在有新鲜大马哈鱼卖吗？