英语听力精选进阶版 14097

Spell as¹ you pronounce²?

Vocabulary

vowels

sounds represented by the letters a, e, i, o, u and sometimes y in English

pronounced

said out loud

literacy

the ability to read and write

phonetic

said the way it is written

Esperanto

a universal language that was created to make it easy for everyone to learn to speak in the same way

linguists

people who study language

frowning at

expressing their disapproval about

undermine

destroy or weaken

playfulness

sense of fun

so inclined

keen to do something

1 as   

conj.按照；如同

参考例句：

• He got work in a hotel as a waiter.他在一家旅馆找到了当服务生的工作。
• In the hotel,the old men were drinking away as usual.在旅馆里，这些老人和往常一样喝个不停。

2 pronounce   

v.发…音；正确、清晰地吐(字、音等)

参考例句：

• Please pronounce after me.请跟我发音。
• How do you pronounce c-l-e-r-k?你怎么念c-l-e-r-k这词？