聽(tīng)懂老外聊生活英語(yǔ)對(duì)話 社交 42：婚禮“隨份子”，你怕了嗎？

　　Topic42 婚禮“隨份子”，你怕了嗎?

　　情境導(dǎo)讀

　　Grace剛領(lǐng)到工資就邀請(qǐng)中國(guó)同事Jane一起去購(gòu)物，Jane卻說(shuō)自己已經(jīng)透支了，原來(lái)最近Jane有很多朋友結(jié)婚，她的工資都“隨份子”了。

　　英語(yǔ)情景會(huì)話

　　(以下G代表Grace，J代表Jane)

　　G: Hi, Jane. Let's go shopping. We need some new dresses.

　　J: I wish I could. but I'm broke.

　　G: Why? Today is payday.

　　J: But I paid in advance.

　　G: You bought a new laptop. or something expensive?

　　J: No. I gave them out in specialized red pocket.

　　G: Red pocket with money in it? Why not give me?

　　J: My friends get married. It's our custom to give specialized red pocket.

　　G: So people are happy to get married.

　　J: Come on, no kidding. I do have chipped in RMB 2000.

　　G: I am so sorry you have little money left.

　　J: But I can get them back at my wedding ceremony.

　　G: You are supposed to give me a specialized red pocket when I get married, aren't you?

　　J: Of course not! You're American.

　　G: Oh, I wish I could marry a Chinese!

　　英語(yǔ)筆記

　　1.in advance 提前

　　2.red pocket 紅包

　　3.come 中的元音/?/弱化成/?/口語(yǔ)中語(yǔ)速過(guò)快時(shí)，/?/弱到不發(fā)音，come on 讀作/k?m?n/。

　　4.do 用于加強(qiáng)語(yǔ)氣，需重讀。

　　5.supposed to 弱讀為 supposta/s??p??zt?/。

　　英語(yǔ)語(yǔ)音語(yǔ)調(diào)

　　suppose to的弱讀

　　在口語(yǔ)中，一些與to的固定搭配經(jīng)常要弱讀。如：

　　used to—usta讀作/?ju:sd?/。

　　例：I usta to swim every other day last year.

　　去年我每隔一天都會(huì)去游泳。

　　ought to—otta讀作/??d?/。

　　例：You gotta get up earlier.

　　你應(yīng)該起佴更早。

　　got to—gotta讀作/g?d?/。

　　例：l gotta work harder now.

　　我現(xiàn)在得更努力工作了。

　　I supposed to—supposta/s??p??zt?/。

　　例：Lily is supposta to be responsible for it.

　　莉莉應(yīng)該為此事負(fù)責(zé)。