标准美语发音的13个秘诀 CD 4 Track 1

 

Review Exercise G: Three-Word PhraseStory—Three Little Pigs CD 4 Track 1 

Notice where there are patterns, where the words change, but the rhythm stays the same (strawcutting tools, woodcutting tools, bricklaying tools). Read the story aloud.

Once upon a time, there were threelittle pigs. They lived with their kindold mother near a large, dark forest. One day, they decided¹ to build theirown houses. The firstlittle pig used straw. He took his straw-cutting tools and his new lawnmower, and built a little straw house. The secondlittle pig used sticks. He took his woodcutting tools and some old paintbrushes and built a small woodenhouse. The thirdlittle pig, who was a veryhard worker, used bricks. He took his bricklaying tools, an expensive mortarboard, and built a large brickhouse. In the forest, lived a bigbad wolf. He wanted to eat the threelittle pigs, so he went to the flimsystraw abodeand tried to blow it down. "Not by the hair of my chinnychin chin !" cried the three little porkers. But the house was notvery strong, and the big bad beast blew it down. The three little pigs ran to the rickety wooden structure, but the bigbad wolf blew itdown, too. Quickly, the threelittle piggies ran to the sturdy brick dwelling² and hid inside. The bigbad wolf huffed and he puffed³, but he couldn't blow the strong brickhouse down. The threelittle pigs laughed and danced and sang.

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 dwelling   

n.住宅，住所，寓所

参考例句：

• Those two men are dwelling with us.那两个人跟我们住在一起。
• He occupies a three-story dwelling place on the Park Street.他在派克街上有一幢3层楼的寓所。

3 puffed   

adj.疏松的v.使喷出( puff的过去式和过去分词 )；喷着汽（或烟）移动；吹嘘；吹捧

参考例句：

• He lit a cigarette and puffed at it furiously. 他点燃了一支香烟，狂吸了几口。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He felt grown-up, puffed up with self-importance. 他觉得长大了，便自以为了不起。 来自《简明英汉词典》