美式英语正音训练第76期:练习5(10)

 　　Exercise 5-10:

　　She lay on her linoleum¹

　　and slid along the floor in anguish².

　　A little later,

　　she leapt up and laughed.

　　She no longer longed

　　for a leader

　　to tell her how to live her life.

　　Little Lola was finally all well.

　　Dull versus³ dle

　　Repeat after me.

　　laid

　　ladle

　　lay dull

　　To hear the difference between

　　contrast the sentences,

　　Don't lay dull tiles

　　and Don't ladle tiles.

　　lay dull

　　ladle

1 linoleum   

n.油布，油毯

参考例句：

• They mislaid the linoleum.他们把油毡放错了地方。
• Who will lay the linoleum?谁将铺设地板油毡？

2 anguish   

n.(尤指心灵上的)极度痛苦，烦恼

参考例句：

• She cried out for anguish at parting.分手时，她由于痛苦而失声大哭。
• The unspeakable anguish wrung his heart.难言的痛苦折磨着他的心。

3 versus   

prep.以…为对手，对；与…相比之下

参考例句：

• The big match tonight is England versus Spain.今晚的大赛是英格兰对西班牙。
• The most exciting game was Harvard versus Yale.最富紧张刺激的球赛是哈佛队对耶鲁队。