美式英语正音训练第75期:练习5(9)

 　　Exercise 5-9:

　　Little Lola

　　Now that we've done this, instead of L being a hard letter to pronounce,

　　it's the easiest one because the tongue is stuck in that position.

　　Pause the CD to practice the reading on your own,

　　again, with your tongue stuck to the top of your mouth.

　　Read the following paragraph after me with your tongue in the normal position.

　　Use good, strong intonation¹.

　　Follow my lead as I start dropping h's here.

　　Little Lola

　　felt left out in life.

　　She told herself

　　that luck controlled her

　　and she truly believed

　　that only by loyally following

　　an exalted² leader

　　could she be delivered from her solitude³.

　　Unfortunately, she learned a little late

　　that her life was her own to deal with.

　　When she realized it,

　　she was already eligible⁴ for Social Security

　　and she had lent her lifelong earnings⁵

　　to a lowlife in Long Beach.

1 intonation   

n.语调，声调；发声

参考例句：

• The teacher checks for pronunciation and intonation.老师在检查发音和语调。
• Questions are spoken with a rising intonation.疑问句是以升调说出来的。

2 exalted   

adj.(地位等)高的，崇高的；尊贵的，高尚的

参考例句：

• Their loveliness and holiness in accordance with their exalted station.他们的美丽和圣洁也与他们的崇高地位相称。
• He received respect because he was a person of exalted rank.他因为是个地位崇高的人而受到尊敬。

3 solitude   

n. 孤独; 独居,荒僻之地,幽静的地方

参考例句：

• People need a chance to reflect on spiritual matters in solitude. 人们需要独处的机会来反思精神上的事情。
• They searched for a place where they could live in solitude. 他们寻找一个可以过隐居生活的地方。

4 eligible   

adj.有条件被选中的；(尤指婚姻等)合适(意)的

参考例句：

• He is an eligible young man.他是一个合格的年轻人。
• Helen married an eligible bachelor.海伦嫁给了一个中意的单身汉。

5 earnings   

n.工资收人；利润，利益，所得

参考例句：

• That old man lives on the earnings of his daughter.那个老人靠他女儿的收入维持生活。
• Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings.去年他的收入减少了20%。