聽懂老外聊生活英語對話 住房 23：溫馨小窩我來裝

　　Topic23 溫馨小窩我來裝

　　情境導(dǎo)讀

　　Cherry新裝修了房子，Mary來到Cherry家做客，兩人談?wù)撈鹆岁P(guān)于房屋裝修的事情。

　　英語情景會話

　　(以下C代表Cherry，M代表Mary)

　　M: Your home decoration is superb.

　　C: We just finished the whole decoration. We spent one month fitting up our house.

　　M: Do you have any experience in decorating a house?

　　C: No. Our designing is done by a Decoration and Design Company. But we don't want to paint with that color. we' redo the bedroom in pink.

　　M: I do like the droplight and curtain. They are very beautiful.

　　C: My parents gave the curtain to us as a house warming gift.

　　M: I notice that most of your furniture is made of wood.

　　C: Yes. I prefer wooden furniture to metal one. I think it seems much more elegant.

　　M: I think your bedroom looks great. I like it.

　　C: Really? My parents are totally against my design. They said it's too complicated.

　　M: It's always like that, generation gap. How did you finally convince them?

　　C: I told them that I am the master of my site.

　　M: That's really cool.

　　英語筆記

　　1.音的弱化，up連讀后弱化為/?p/。

　　2.want to 在口語中習(xí)慣連讀為wanna/'w?n?/。

　　3.音的重讀。do 要重讀，強(qiáng)調(diào)“確實(shí)”的意思。do like 表示“確實(shí)喜歡”。

　　4.音的同化。/d/與/j/連讀同化為/d?/。did you 讀作/'d?d??/。

　　5.意思是“我的地盤我做主”。

　　英語語音語調(diào)

　　常見口語中的音變—want to與going to的音變

　　在美國口語中，常會省略某些音，使說話和朗讀更加自然流暢。 want to(想要)常會音變?yōu)閣anna;going to后面接動詞，表示“打算做某事”時，常會音變?yōu)間onna。具體的變化形式如下：

　　1.want to→wanna/'w?n?/

　　Do you wanna try the Chinese restaurant?

　　想不想去這家中國飯館?

　　2.going to →gonna/?ɡ?n?/

　　Is Mary gonna take dancing this semester?

　　瑪麗這學(xué)期打算學(xué)習(xí)舞蹈嗎?