掌握英语发音 第二章 第四节

　　[00:00.00][ei]
[00:36.10]plate        radio        table        cake        spade¹
[00:44.46]basin        ashtray      beefsteak    pain        gain
[00:53.52]complain     face
[00:58.38]No pains, no gains.
[01:03.24]Jane hates to be late on the first date.
[01:08.39]He become famous the late 90s.
[01:14.06]On the same day another plane crash happened.
[01:19.80]He's making a play for fame.
[01:24.98]Repeat many times to improve your pronunciation:
[01:23.98]I know a boy named Tate who dined² with his girl at Eight Eight.
[01:22.98]I'm unable to state what Tate ate at Eight Eight
[01:21.98]or what Tate's girlfriend ate at Eight Eight.
[01:20.98][ ]
[01:19.98]sparrow        boat        goat        bowl          potato
[01:18.98]tomato         nose        woe         post          poem
[01:17.98]gold           cold
[01:16.98]Practice your English through this funy story:
[01:15.98]While I was out of town, burglars³ broke into my apartment,
[01:14.98]but they didn't take anything.
[01:13.98]It really hurt my feeling.
[01:12.98][ai]
[01:11.98]abvice        admire       decide      desire        environment
[01:10.98]exciting      invite       lie         life          mind
[01:09.98]surprising    try          kite        knife         ice-cream
[01:08.98]pipe          pie          lighter⁴
[01:07.98]Out of sight out of mind.
[01:06.98]Price are sky high these days.
[01:05.98]She's only telling white lie.
[01:04.98]She's sort of short-sighted.
[01:03.98]He died in a flight last night.
[01:02.98]Repeat many times to improve your pronunciation:
[01:01.98]For when you go to bed at night,don't let the spiders be a fright.
[01:00.98]Outside is where they spend their day,so carefully send them on their way.
[00:59.98][au]
[00:58.98]cow          blouse        mouse        towel        house
[00:57.98]accountant   doubt         lousy        outgoing
[00:56.98]proud        thousand
[00:55.98]It's very crowded outside.
[00:54.98]I just heard it from mouth to mouth.
[00:53.98]He was standing⁵ there like a drowned mouse.
[00:52.98]How about we shout out together?
[00:51.98]Her brown blouse is out of date.
[00:50.98]"Take a bunch of flowers home for your wife,sir." urged the street vendor⁶.
[00:49.98]"I haven't got a wife," replied the young man.
[00:48.98]"Then buy a bunch for your sweetheart."
[00:47.98]"I don't have a sweetheart, either."
[00:46.98]"Well then, buy a couple of bunches to celebrate your luck."
[00:45.98][ ]
[00:44.98]toy         coin          oyster        oil         boil
[00:43.98]annoyed     disappoint    employ        enjoy
[00:42.98]The office boy is trying to make no noise.
[00:41.98]Let's get to the point.
[00:40.98]The street is very noisy.
[00:39.98]He was pretty annoyed by the joint⁷ venture⁸ policy.
[00:38.98]The boy is trying to avoid seeing his girlfriend.
[00:37.98]A woman is telling her ex-boyfriend,"It is I who made my busband a millionaire."
[00:36.98]"And what was he before you married him?", asked the friend.
[00:35.98]The woman replied:"A multi-millionaire."

1 spade   

n.铁锨，铲子

参考例句：

• This spade is very handy.这把铁锹使起来挺顺手。
• He dug the ground with a spade.他用锹挖地。

2 dined   

v.吃饭，进餐( dine的过去式和过去分词 )；设宴款待，请客

参考例句：

• We dined with my parents at a restaurant in town. 我们同我父母在城里一家餐馆吃饭。
• We dined in sumptuous surroundings. 我们在富丽堂皇的环境中用餐。

3 burglars   

窃贼( burglar的名词复数 )； 破门盗窃者； 破门盗贼； 小偷

参考例句：

• The house had been ransacked by burglars. 这房子遭到了盗贼的洗劫。
• The burglars took to their heels when they heard the police arrive. 窃贼听见警察来了，拔腿就跑。

4 lighter   

n.打火机，点火器；驳船；v.用驳船运送；light的比较级

参考例句：

• The portrait was touched up so as to make it lighter.这张画经过润色，色调明朗了一些。
• The lighter works off the car battery.引燃器利用汽车蓄电池打火。

5 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

6 vendor   

n.卖主；小贩

参考例句：

• She looked at the vendor who cheated her the other day with distaste.她厌恶地望着那个前几天曾经欺骗过她的小贩。
• He must inform the vendor immediately.他必须立即通知卖方。

7 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

8 venture   

v.敢于，大胆表示；冒险，拼，闯；n.冒险

参考例句：

• He is too timid to venture upon an undertaking.他太胆小，不敢从事任何事业。
• Don't venture into the jungle without a guide.没有向导，不要冒险到丛林里去。