美式英语正音训练第78期:练习5(12)

 　　Exercise 5-12:

　　Thirty Little Turtles In a Bottle of Bottled Water

　　Repeat the following paragraph, focusing on the consonant¹ + l combinations.

　　Thrdee Liddl Terdl Zin Bddl Bddl Dwder

　　A bottle of bottled water held 30 little turtles.

　　It didn't matter that each turtle had to rattle² a metal ladle

　　in order to get a little bit of noodles,

　　a total turtle delicacy³.

　　The problem was that there were many turtle battles

　　for the less than oodles of noodles.

　　The littlest turtles always lost,

　　because every time they thought about grappling with the haggler⁴ turtles,

　　their little turtle minds boggled

　　and they only caught a little bit of noodles.

1 consonant   

n.辅音；adj.[音]符合的

参考例句：

• The quality of this suit isn't quite consonant with its price.这套衣服的质量和价钱不相称。
• These are common consonant clusters at the beginning of words.这些单词的开头有相同辅音组合。

2 rattle   

v.飞奔，碰响；激怒；n.碰撞声；拨浪鼓

参考例句：

• The baby only shook the rattle and laughed and crowed.孩子只是摇着拨浪鼓，笑着叫着。
• She could hear the rattle of the teacups.她听见茶具叮当响。

3 delicacy   

n.精致，细微，微妙，精良；美味，佳肴

参考例句：

• We admired the delicacy of the craftsmanship.我们佩服工艺师精巧的手艺。
• He sensed the delicacy of the situation.他感觉到了形势的微妙。

4 haggler   

n.很会砍价的人

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