美式英语正音训练第84期:练习9
时间：2018-12-27 作者：英语课 分类：美式英语正音训练
英语课
Exercise 5-9:Little Lola
Now that we've done this, instead of L being a hard letter to pronounce,
it's the easiest one because the tongue is stuck in that position.
Pause the CD to practice the reading on your own,
again, with your tongue stuck to the top of your mouth.
Read the paragraph after me with your tongue in the normal position.
Use good, strong intonation 1.
Follow my lead as I start dropping h's here.
Little Lola
felt left out in life.
She told herself
that luck controlled her
and she truly believed
that only by loyally following
an exalted 2 leader
could she be delivered from her solitude 3.
Unfortunately, she learned a little late
that her life was her own to deal with.
When she realized it,
she was already eligible 4 for Social Security
and she had lent her lifelong earnings 5
to a lowlife in Long Beach.
1 intonation
n.语调，声调；发声
- The teacher checks for pronunciation and intonation.老师在检查发音和语调。
- Questions are spoken with a rising intonation.疑问句是以升调说出来的。
2 exalted
adj.(地位等)高的，崇高的；尊贵的，高尚的
- Their loveliness and holiness in accordance with their exalted station.他们的美丽和圣洁也与他们的崇高地位相称。
- He received respect because he was a person of exalted rank.他因为是个地位崇高的人而受到尊敬。
3 solitude
n. 孤独; 独居,荒僻之地,幽静的地方
- People need a chance to reflect on spiritual matters in solitude. 人们需要独处的机会来反思精神上的事情。
- They searched for a place where they could live in solitude. 他们寻找一个可以过隐居生活的地方。