听懂老外聊生活英语对话 美食 18：“茶”颜观色
情境导读
Mr. Wang邀请Peter一起品茶，他还向Peter简单介绍了一下中国茶。
英语情景会话
(以下W代表Mr. Wang，P代表Peter)
W: Peter, would you like to have a cup of tea with me?
P: Yes. wich pleasure. But can you do me a favor to tell me something about Chinese tea?
W: Of course. China is the homeland of tea, and mos t of Chinese people like tea.
P: Well. how to make Chinese tea?
W: First. get the boiling: water ready. After you put some dried tealeaves4 into the pot. add fresh boiling water and then leave them to steep for three minutes before serving.
P: And I have heard that there are several categories of Chinese tea.
W: Yes, according to the color of tea, there are green tea, black tea, white tea and so on.
P: Which one is your favorite?
W: Do you know Wulong Tea? It is my favorite and it is good for health.
P: Oh, one man's meat is another man's poison.
W: You said it. Let's go to enjoy Chinese tea now!
P: Great! I'II have a shot!
英语笔记
1.have a cup of 连读作/hæ və kʌ pəv/。
2.can 在句首采用强读形式，读作/kæn/。
3.green tea, black tea, white tea 意为“绿茶，红茶，白茶”。
4.let's 为let us 的缩写形式，let 词尾的字母t 与 s 连读为/ts/。
英语语音语调
can的读法
can的读法根据can在句中的位置、词性等不同而发生变化。常见的有如下几种情况：
1.在肯定句中，作为情态动词使用时，can的读法为/kən/，如：
He can /kən/ do the job.
他能干那份工作。
2.在句子开头、结尾或做“罐头”、“罐装”等实词时，can应采用强读方式，读作/kæn/，如：
Can /kæn/ you help me?
你能帮帮我吗?
l think I can /kæn/.
我想我能行。
I like eating food in cans /kænz/.
我喜欢吃罐头食品。
I can /kən/ can /kænz/ what I can /kən/ can /kænz/.
3.can在与what，how,where等疑问词连用形成疑问句表示惊奇、不耐烦、疑惑等情绪时，一般采用强读方式，以突出所要表达的情绪，如：
What can /kæn/ he mean?
他能有什么用意?
How can /kæn/ they do that?
他们怎么能这么做?
