听懂老外聊生活英语对话 住房 23：温馨小窝我来装

　　Topic23 温馨小窝我来装

　　情境导读

　　Cherry新装修了房子，Mary来到Cherry家做客，两人谈论起了关于房屋装修的事情。

　　英语情景会话

　　(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.

　　英语笔记

　　1.音的弱化，up连读后弱化为/əp/。

　　2.want to 在口语中习惯连读为wanna/'wɒnə/。

　　3.音的重读。do 要重读，强调“确实”的意思。do like 表示“确实喜欢”。

　　4.音的同化。/d/与/j/连读同化为/dʒ/。did you 读作/'dɪdʒʊ/。

　　5.意思是“我的地盘我做主”。

　　英语语音语调

　　常见口语中的音变—want to与going to的音变

　　在美国口语中，常会省略某些音，使说话和朗读更加自然流畅。 want to(想要)常会音变为wanna;going to后面接动词，表示“打算做某事”时，常会音变为gonna。具体的变化形式如下：

　　1.want to→wanna/'wɒnə/

　　Do you wanna try the Chinese restaurant?

　　想不想去这家中国饭馆?

　　2.going to →gonna/ˈɡɔnə/

　　Is Mary gonna take dancing this semester?

　　玛丽这学期打算学习舞蹈吗?