【英语时差8,16】赫尔

Hull¹ Jo:Now, today Jean, I thought I’d introduce my home town to everyone. Jean: Your home town? Where is that then? Jo: Well it’s a place called Hull. I spoke² to Karen, who has lived in the city on and off for a number of years. Where in Britain is Hull and how many people live there? Hull's on the east coast of Britain, it's on the edge of the river Humber, which leads out to the North Sea. It's about 200 miles north of London. Its full title is Kingston-Upon-Hull although most people refer to it as Hull or 'ull if you're local. We have phrases that are used here in Hull that probably travel 10-15 miles outside of the city and people wouldn't understand what you were actually talking about. For example, mafted, which means warm, or too warm. I think it's about the vowel³ sounds really: very long flat vowels⁴ like “er ner” that’s “oh no”. It's definitely a very distinct⁵ accent. Jo: Now, finally Hull is also a town known for its sport. Liam is also from Hull and he’s a big sports fan.How many famous teams are there in Hull? The famous teams in Hull: football you've got Hull City, they're a pretty decent⁶ team; and in ice hockey you've got Hull Stingrays; in rugby you've got Hull KR. Hull KR play in the Superleague, the Superleague's the best league in rugby; and Hull FC, they're Hull KR's arch-rivals, it means they hate each other.

1 hull   

n.船身；(果、实等的)外壳；vt.去(谷物等)壳

参考例句：

• The outer surface of ship's hull is very hard.船体的外表面非常坚硬。
• The boat's hull has been staved in by the tremendous seas.小船壳让巨浪打穿了。

2 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

3 vowel   

n.元音；元音字母

参考例句：

• A long vowel is a long sound as in the word"shoe ".长元音即如“shoe” 一词中的长音。
• The vowel in words like 'my' and 'thigh' is not very difficult.单词my和thigh中的元音并不难发。

4 vowels   

n.元音，元音字母( vowel的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Vowels possess greater sonority than consonants. 元音比辅音响亮。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Note the various sounds of vowels followed by r. 注意r跟随的各种元音的发音。 来自超越目标英语 第3册

5 distinct   

adj.种类不同的，有区别的，清楚的，明显的

参考例句：

• I had the distinct impression that I was being followed.我清楚地感觉到有人跟踪我。
• The party split into two distinct groups.该党分裂成两个截然不同的团体。

6 decent   

adj.象样的，不错的，体面的，正派的，恰当的

参考例句：

• We want to raise our children to be decent men and women.我们盼望把孩子们培养成优秀人才。
• There isn't even a decent table in this room.这屋里连张像样的桌子也没有。