听懂老外聊生活英语对话 购物 07：新手上路

　　Topic7 新手上路

　　情境导读

　　Jack要买车，但不知什么牌子的车好。经过店员的介绍和自己得到的一些了解后，他买到了满意的车。

　　英语情景会话

　　(以下s代表Saleswoman.J代表Jack)

　　S: Sir, can I help you?

　　J: I need to buy a four-door. Is this a Toyota?

　　S: No. it's the latest model of Honda. Do you like it?

　　J: Yes. But I don't know which make I like best.

　　S: Are you interested in an American car or a Japanese car? American cars are better in quality and for comfort, but Japanese cars are lower in price. I suggest you have a Japanese car.

　　J: I think this Honda is Okay.

　　S: Yes, sir. You are making a good choice. The interior of this one is great and it doesn't use very much petrol. Besides air conditioning and an AM/FM stereo with a CD player, the standards also include the sunroof.

　　J: Oh, my wife likes the sunroof very much. How about its braking and accelerator?

　　S: Terrific. And you can pay by installments and our after-sale service is quite good.

　　J: Okay, I'II take this one.

　　英语笔记

　　1.don't 词尾/t/的失爆现象，读作/dəʊnˈnəʊ/。

　　2.冠词an 弱化为/ən/。

　　3.lower 为形容词low 的比较级，诗作/'ləʊə/。

　　4.AM/FM stereo 意为“AM/FM调频”。

　　5.此处的terrific 并不是“恐怖”的意思，而是表示说话人的赞赏态度。

　　英语语音语调

　　规则形容词和副词比较级和最高级的读法在英语中，加在规则形容词或副词比较级和最高级后的-er和-est统称

　　为语法词缀，即由于语法的原因在词后所加的词缀。具体读法如下：

　　1.形容词和副词的比较级词缀-er读作/ə/，如：

　　tall高的—taller/tɔ:lə/

　　fast快地—faster/'fa:stə/

　　2.形容词和副词的最高级词缀-est读作/ɪst/，如：

　　tall高的—tallest/'tɔ:lɪst/

　　fast快地—fastest/lɪst/