英语听力精选进阶版 6723

William: Hello! Hi! My name's William. I'm six years old and this is my best friend, Wang Fei.

Wang Fei: Er... 大家好。

William: (Yawn). I feel sleepy! It's almost time for beddy-byes!

Wang Fei: Er... William. Why are you speaking so strangely?

William: I'm pretending that I'm six years old.

Wang Fei: 你在假装自己只有6岁！怪不得你听起来比平时聪明了不少。

William: Ha ha, very funny. Well, the reason I'm talking like a six-year-old is that last Sunday, 15 May, was International Day of the Family. So I thought it might be nice to look at some language which is used by children and with children.

Wang Fei: 所以今天我们的《地道英语》说一说儿童用语。儿童用语有什么特点呢？

William: Yes, I think in English, like in any language, you wouldn't use difficult words when you are talking to young children. And probably like in any language, there are some special words that we tend to use only with children.

Wang Fei: Special words... such as?

William: Such as the phrase I used a moment ago, beddy-byes.

Wang Fei: Beddy-byes?

William: If I say, "beddy-byes!" that means, "time for bed". Let's listen to this clip¹ of a father talking to his little boy. As you listen, see if you can hear some other examples of baby talk.

Example

Father: Come on Alex! Beddy-byes! Have you got your teddy? Put on your jim-jams. That's it! On they go. Jump into bed then. Sleepy time!

Shall we sing you a song? "Twinkle², twinkle little star. How I wonder what you are?" Nighty-night.

Wang Fei: 在刚才的例句中，我们听到了一位父亲说 'jim-jams'.

William: Yes, he said "put on your jim-jams". Jim-jams is a baby phrase for pyjamas³.

Wang Fei: Pyjamas 睡衣。

William: And the father also made sure his little boy had his teddy.

Wang Fei: His teddy 他的毛绒玩具。And then at the end, he didn't say goodnight to his little boy.

William: No, he said "nighty-night". There was a lot of language in that clip, so let's hear it again:

Example

Father: Come on Alex! Beddy-byes! Have you got your teddy? Put on your jim-jams. That's it! On they go. Jump into bed then. Sleepy time!

Shall we sing you a song? "Twinkle, twinkle little star. How I wonder what you are?" Nighty-night.

William: (as a six-year-old) Wang Fei, do you want to see my teddy?

Wang Fei: Er... not really.

William: Here he is!

Wang Fei: What's this?

William: He's called Badger⁴.

Wang Fei: Wow! 它看上去很老… 也很旧！它的眼睛呢？

William: Well, he's been cuddled a lot. Do you want to see my jim-jams?

Wang Fei: No… not exactly. I think we should end today's programme there, because I can tell that William is getting ready for beddy-byes.

William: Look Wang Fei, they're blue and they've got racing⁵ cars on!

Wang Fei: 算了，算了，我不想看! 各位再见！

1 clip   

n.夹子，别针，弹夹，片断；vt.夹住，修剪

参考例句：

• May I clip out the report on my performance?我能把报道我的文章剪下来吗？
• She fastened the papers together with a paper clip.她用曲别针把文件别在一起。

2 twinkle   

n.闪烁，闪耀，眨眼，瞬息；v.闪烁，使...闪耀，眨眼，迅速移动

参考例句：

• The twinkle of distant town lights was very beautiful.远处城镇灯火闪烁，煞是好看。
• At night,lights twinkle in distant villages across the valleys.夜间，山谷那头的遥远村落里灯光闪闪。

3 pyjamas   

n.（宽大的）睡衣裤

参考例句：

• This pyjamas has many repairs.这件睡衣有许多修补过的地方。
• Martin was in his pyjamas.马丁穿着睡衣。

4 badger   

v.一再烦扰，一再要求，纠缠

参考例句：

• Now that our debts are squared.Don't badger me with them any more.我们的债务两清了。从此以后不要再纠缠我了。
• If you badger him long enough,I'm sure he'll agree.只要你天天纠缠他，我相信他会同意。

5 racing   

n.竞赛，赛马；adj.竞赛用的，赛马用的

参考例句：

• I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
• The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。