朗读练习：Grandpa's Bees

大家好。我新来乍到（是老公告诉我“美语世界“的），登一个我做的朗读练习（以前在疯狂英语上看到的，原版的美语发音在这个网址：http://www.tingroom.com/lesson/crazy/2/4280.html），希望各位不吝赐教 (any comments are welcome)。我先谢过了！

我从上大学就学（模仿）的美音，自觉还对付（对不起，听起来很有些自以为是），可每次听自己的录音的时候，很明显是外国人在读 :( 老公（纯China-born-Chinese :D）也说，一听就听出来不是美国人的发音。我觉得我有时还是有明显的中文口音，及有的元音发地不到位（如[i:] vs. [i], also, I have trouble with words that have the “l” sound at the end, e.g., “middle”， “metal”, “battle”…），但大概是坏习惯已经养成，自己发现不了，希望能得到各位的指点，教我如何把这些音发好。再次谢谢“好学又好问“姐姐/妹妹的鼓励。

预祝各位学习进步!!!

原文如下：
A long time before I was born, my Grandma and grandpa moved into the house on Beechwood Avenue. They had a young family of 4 little girls .The little girls Slept in the attic in a big feather bed.It was cold there on winter night. Grandma put hot bricks under the covers at the foot of the bed to keep the little girls warm.
During the Great Depression, work was hard to find, so Grandpa did whatever jobs he could.He dug ditches during the week and on weekends he and Grandma dug a garden to grow some of their own food.
The house on Beechwood Avenue had a big Front yard with shade trees and fruite trees.In the middle of the yard was a water pump where the four little girls pumped water for cooking ,cleaning and watering the garden.On one side of the yard,Grandma and Grandpa planted tomatoes,beans,squash,cucumbers,peppers and strawberries to feed their growing family. They planted Roses geraniums lilacs and irises on the other Side of the yard, around the statue of the Blessed Mother.
Eveqbody worked to keep the garden growing.All summer long, the family ate food from the garden and enjoyed the beautiful flowers.Grandma put up strawberry jams, tomatoes, beans, peppers, pears and peaches in canning jam.They were good to eat through the long winter.
　 　The family grew up, and before too many years had passed, the grandchildren came to visit. Grandma and Grandpa still planted their garden every spring.Everyone still enjoyed the good food from the garden and always took some home.
　 　Grandchilden grow up, and grandparents grow older.It became harder for Grandma and Grandpa to keep up the garden. So they made it a little smaller.There was still plenty to eat from the garden and lovely flowers to enjoy.
　 　Then one sunmmer when Grandpa was eighty-nine years old, all he could do was watch from his lawn chair as the vegetables grew and the roses bloomed.Summer slowly faded,and Grandpa died before it was time to bring in the harvest.
　 　It was a lonely winter for Grandma. She sat near the window, looking out at the yard and wondering if she could plant the garden in the spring.It would be hard to care for it by herself. When spring came, she planted only a little garden.
　 　One sunny day in the early summer, Grandma heard a commotion in the front yard and looked out the window to see a frightening sight a gigantic swarm of bees filled the air between two tall trees. There was thousands of bees in the air,so many that the swarm reached the tree-tops!The buzzingsound was tremendous.Grandma watched as the bees made their way into a hole up in one of the trees.Before long,everyone of those bees had disappeard into its new home.
　 　Grandma wondered what in the world she could do.Should she hair someone to get rid of bees? That would cost more than she could afford.She decided to wait and think it over.
　　During the next few days,the bees were busy mading their own business.Grandma could always see a few bees buzzing in and out around the opening high in the tree.Before long,she decided the bees weren’t bothering anyone,so she went about her business and didn't give them any other thought.
　 　That summer,Grandma's little garden grew and grew.The neighborns would stop to admire the huge crop of vegetables and puzzle over their own gardens weren't doing well.No matter,because Grandma had enough give some away.Of course,everyone who came to visit was treated to a meal of good things from the garden.
　 　One day,Grandma's brother Frank visited from Arizona.As Grandma made Frank a delicious lunch of squash pan cakes and home made apple sauce,she told him the story about the swam of bees.
　 　Frank said，"in Arizona, the farmers often hired beekeepers to set up beehives near their fields.The bees pollinated the crops and helped them to grow."
　　That was when Grandma realized that her bees had helped with her garden all summer..
　　"So that's why my little garden had such a big crop!" she exclaimed.
　 　From that Time on,Grandma always believed that since Grandpa couldn't be there to help her that summer,he had sent the bees to take his place and make Grandma's little garden grow and grow…

所有跟帖： 

• 读得真好,既清晰又流利。欢迎maomaocat来美语坛。 -珈玥- ♀ (1157 bytes) () 09/15/2010 postreply 18:18:46

• Thank you for your kind words and beautiful card! -maomaocat- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/15/2010 postreply 19:37:54

• 非常好的发音底子阿，可以专攻语音语调了以及句子中意群间的停顿 -selfselfself- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/15/2010 postreply 21:35:45

• could you be a little more specific, please? -maomaocat- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/15/2010 postreply 21:56:04

• 回复：could you be a little more specific, please? -selfselfself- ♂ (235 bytes) () 09/16/2010 postreply 08:42:05

• Thank you so much for introducing these articles to me! -maomaocat- ♂ (124 bytes) () 09/16/2010 postreply 16:53:47

• 读的很好 -yy888- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/15/2010 postreply 21:58:03

• You're too kind :) -maomaocat- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/16/2010 postreply 19:24:28

• 好棒呀。 -福田- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/15/2010 postreply 23:47:27

• 多些鼓励！ -maomaocat- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/16/2010 postreply 19:26:09

• 多谢鼓励！ -maomaocat- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/16/2010 postreply 19:27:04

• 鼓掌 -billnet- ♂ (74 bytes) () 09/16/2010 postreply 09:31:26

• You're absolutely right. I'll pay attention in the future! Thank -maomaocat- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/16/2010 postreply 16:49:22

• 读的真好啊 -好学又好问- ♀ (378 bytes) () 09/16/2010 postreply 18:07:18

• 你说地太对了。我也这么想。听我的录音总有些上气不接下气 -maomaocat- ♂ (421 bytes) () 09/16/2010 postreply 19:23:32

• Right now I am struggling with pronunciation and -好学又好问- ♀ (294 bytes) () 09/16/2010 postreply 19:59:14

• I guess there is no easy way out for us, is there ? :D -maomaocat- ♂ (252 bytes) () 09/16/2010 postreply 20:16:34

• 发音真不错啊！赞一个！！ -千与.千寻- ♀ (28 bytes) () 09/16/2010 postreply 20:42:34

• 愧不敢当，我是向美坛的诸位高人学习来的。收获甚丰。 -maomaocat- ♂ (12 bytes) () 09/16/2010 postreply 21:29:59

• very good chinglish very sexy though -RiskBiz- ♂ (169 bytes) () 09/17/2010 postreply 13:42:52

• 说地太对了，耳朵太“毒”了 ：）多谢纠正！！！ -maomaocat- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/17/2010 postreply 17:46:13