單元1. Tongue Twisters(趣味繞口令)
練習英文繞口令的目的,主要是能增進口說時:「發音標準」、「流暢度」與「韻律感」。學習合理的把字詞串組在一塊,何時停頓,何時加重音量,以便掌握更有效的溝通技巧。
今天的繞口令主要練習:字詞串組、「流暢度」與「韻律感」、短母音的不同發音。
Betty bought butter but the butter was bitter, so Betty bought better butter to make the bitter butter better.(貝蒂買了奶油,但奶油很苦,所以貝蒂買較好的奶油,好讓奶油嘗起來不苦。)
分段練習:
符號「–」表示連音或將字詞串組在一塊念。而符號「△」表示停頓。
Betty△bought butter△but△the butter△was bitter△so△Betty bought△
better butter△to make△the bitter butter△ better
Betty bought butter△but the butter△was bitter△so△Betty bought better butter△to make the bitter butter△better
【單字解析】
☆ butter,名詞 /ˈbʌt̬.ɚ/ 奶油
自然發音:BU-tter
英解:a solid yellow food made from cream that you spread on bread or use in cooking
例句:We were served scones with butter and jam.(我們吃的司康有附上奶油和果醬。)
用法:butter sb. up,對某人抹奶油(拍某人馬屁)You'll have to butter them up a bit before they'll agree.(他們同意前,你必須要拍一下馬屁。)
☆ bitter,形容詞 /ˈbɪt̬.ɚ/ 有苦味的自然發音:BI-tter
英解:a strong sharp taste that is not sweet
例句:Good medicine tastes bitter.(良藥苦口。)
用法:a bitter pill to swallow,要吞下的苦藥丸(不得不接受的事實)。Losing the championship to a younger player was a bitter pill to swallow.(冠軍輸給了一位年輕選手,是個必須吞下的殘酷事實。)◇