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:母音o, ow、字詞串組、流暢度。
If you must cross a cross crowded cow crossing, cross the cross crowded cow crossing carefully.
(如果你必須穿越擠滿怒氣沖沖牛群的十字路口,請小心穿越。)
分段練習:
符號「△」表示停頓。「大寫字母」表示重音處。
If you must△cross△a cross△crowded cow crossing
cross△the cross△crowded cowcrossing△carefully
If you must△cross△a cross crowded cow crossing
cross△the cross crowded cow crossing△carefully
單字解析
cross,動詞 /krɑːs/ 橫越
自然發音:cr-oss
英解:to go across from one side of something to the other
例句:Look both ways before you cross over (= cross the road).
(過馬路前要先看看兩側。)
用法:也可做形容詞,「生氣的」。Don't get cross with me.(別生我的氣。)
crowded,形容詞 /ˈkraʊ.dɪd/ 擁擠的
自然發音:CROW-ded
英解:If a place is crowded, it is full of people.
例句:We don't like going to crowded places.(我們不喜歡去人多的地方。)◇