练习 1.朗读下列短语,注意连读: a blockof
flats the cornerof the
street a
tinof peas
the topof the
mountain a
pieceof cake
ina
foreign country a glassof water aninstant success a cupof tea
sucha
short time nice clearair
sendit
by mail anEnglish girl
waita
moment a
niceidea a lotof noise a visit toIndia onceina
while anapology a wasteof time madeupof notin
the least inAmerica war and peace outof date
out of Africa waitand see
Death on the Nile havea rest
Alice in
Wonderland time'sup The Wizard of
Oz a motherof
three Cat on
a Hot Tin Roof 2.对下列短文作语音分析,首先标出重音、连读和失去爆破或不完全爆破的音节,然后反复练习朗读: When
an American today says 'my
family is coming to visit,'
he or she is using
familyto include
cousins, uncles, grandparents, or
any other relatives who do
not live with him or her.
That is, this person is
using familythe
way it was used 150 years
ago when the majority of
Americans were farmers. In that
earlier time, of course, three
or more generations lived under
one roof — grandparents, their
children, their children's spouses,
and their children's
children. Yet familyis a very vague word.
It can mean, for example,
the speaker's parents, who do
not live with him or her.
On the other hand, it can
mean uncles and aunts, nieces
and nephews, first and second
cousins, or even in-laws. As
a result, the expression
immediate familyhas
come into use. It means
something between the narrowest
use of familyand the broadest one:
usually the grandparents, their
children and their children's
children.