时间:2018-12-27 作者:英语课 分类:美式英语正音训练


英语课

   Exercise 4-4: Rule 2 Middle of the Staircase 1


  An unstressed T in the middle of a staircase between two vowel 2 sounds should be pronounced as a soft D.
  Betty bought a bit of better butter.
  Pat ought to sit on a lap.
  Read the following sentences out loud.
  Make sure that the underlined unstressed Ts sound like a soft D.
  1.What a good idea.
  2.Put it in a bottle.
  3.Write it in a letter.
  4.Set it on the metal gutter 3.
  5.Put all the data in the computer.
  6.Insert a quarter in the meter.
  7.Get a better water heater.
  8.Let her put a sweater on.
  9.Betty's at a meeting.
  10.It's getting hotter and hotter.
  11.Patty ought to write a better letter.
  12.Freida had a little metal bottle.

1 staircase
n.楼梯,楼梯间
  • Footsteps on the staircase interrupted his train of thought.楼梯上传来脚步声,打断了他的思路。
  • I crossed the staircase landing,and entered the room she indicated.我经过一个楼梯平台,走进她说的那个房间。
2 vowel
n.元音;元音字母
  • 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。
3 gutter
n.沟,街沟,水槽,檐槽,贫民窟
  • There's a cigarette packet thrown into the gutter.阴沟里有个香烟盒。
  • He picked her out of the gutter and made her a great lady.他使她脱离贫苦生活,并成为贵妇。
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