Lesson 45 Embarrasing Experiences
(我最近发现有时自己说英语听着不地道,很多问题都是在音标“\e\”的发音上,嘴长大长小听着都不对劲。当年遇到一个英语特别好的中国女孩子,当时她说这个“\e\”是她觉得中国人最难发准的。后来才慢慢体会出她的意思。embarras里的第一个字母“a”有两个发音:\im-ˈber-əs\, or \im-ˈba-rəs\,900句原文朗读这里发的第二个,梅花音,更夸张。我刚开始听你读的时候,觉得你在说“embirrasing”;又听了几遍,觉得这里你想读 emerrasing。听的人不会误会,但如果想完美一些的话,这个"a"我会读的大一些、扁一些。)
661. I can’t believe I said (这个“d”在说快的时候很难余出音节给它,但它代表时态,不能不处理。在我听来,这里明显缺了1/4拍儿的音节。老外都拿短促的“休止符”来处理。舌头稍微顶一下上腭,这个1/4休止符就出來了。) something that stupid at the party.
662. I just spilled my drink all over my pants (a 梅花音).
663. Halfway through my speech, I forgot the rest of what I wanted to say.
664. I didn’t notice the stain (ai 元音“A”,A不发饱满的话这个词会让人误会成sting) until I got to work.
665. He tripped and fell (这个就是我现在在练的,时时注意嘴巴再扁一点。别人不会误会,但读成准确的“e”会更好听。因为我们的病人经常fell) right in front of the guests.
666. She came to the party in the same dress as me.
667. My ex-girlfriend told (元音“O”嘴型一定是张开的、圆的,"l"也是发出來的,所以在音节的处理上比普通音节要长一点。你读的听着是“\təld\”,900句原文朗诵这里可以明显的听出“Ol”的处理。同理:old, gold, cold, fold...) everyone at the party about me.
668. He was so sick that he vomited right in the middle of dinner.
669. I just realized (e 元音E) that this shirt isn’t clean.
670. Someone told Bob what I said about him.
671. That has to be my most embarrassing (这个发的能听出来是“e”) moment ever.
672. That shouldn’t be enough to cause you to quit.
673. That is a little embarrassing.
674. Still you shouldn’t stop doing something you liked just because of one incident.
675. I embarrassed myself the entire evening.