听懂老外聊生活英语对话 住房 24：水费、电费、煤气费，费费关心
情境导读
妻子要出差了，要丈夫代为缴纳家里的各种费用，这可把丈夫难坏了。
英语情景会话
(以下H代表Husband，W代表Wife)
W: Honey. I am going to have a business trip in three days. I think I have no time to pay the bills.
H: I can manage it.
W: Every month, we should pay the bills for water, gas and electricity.
H: So many!
W: It's not rocket science! First you should check our electric meter and water meter with the number on the bills. And then, calculate the amount of all bills and write out checks. Remember to take this card with you to the bank. You should buy the gas with it.
H: What a trouble!
W: The gas company charged the hook-up two months ago. Now we can get $100 back. A penny saved is a penny earned.
H: I know. But why don't you arrange for bank withdrawals for the bills? It takes me so much time to write out checks.
W: All right, I will do it next time.
英语笔记
1.going to 口语中连读为gonna，读作/ˈɡɔnə/。
2.manage 与it 连读，读作/'mænɪdʒɪt/。
3.此处rocket 接近/'rɒkɪ/，而不是/'rɒkɪt/。
英语语音语调
/t/的消失
你听到的It's not rocket science中的rocket似乎是厂/'rɒkɪ/而不是/'rɒkɪt/这是因为rocket后单词的首字母为s.所以rocket中的爆破音/t/失去爆破，于是rocket science就读成了/ˈrɔkit ˈsaiəns/。类似的情况还有：
1./t/在/θ/前，如：
eighth /eɪtθ/→ /eɪθ/
2./t/在/f/前，如：
best friend/ˈbestˈfrend/→/ˈbesˈfrend/
3./t/在/h/前，如：
fat hand/'fætˈhænd/→/'fæˈhænd/
