美式英语正音训练第85期:练习10

 　　Exercise 5-10:

　　Dull versus¹

　　Repeat after me.

　　laid

　　ladle

　　lay dull

　　To hear the difference between and,

　　contrast the sentences,

　　Don't lay dull tiles

　　and Don't ladle tiles.

　　lay dull

　　ladle

　　She lay on her linoleum²

　　and slid along the floor in anguish³.

　　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.

1 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。

2 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？

3 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。