听懂老外聊生活英语对话 社交 42：婚礼“随份子”，你怕了吗？

　　Topic42 婚礼“随份子”，你怕了吗?

　　情境导读

　　Grace刚领到工资就邀请中国同事Jane一起去购物，Jane却说自己已经透支了，原来最近Jane有很多朋友结婚，她的工资都“随份子”了。

　　英语情景会话

　　(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!

　　英语笔记

　　1.in advance 提前

　　2.red pocket 红包

　　3.come 中的元音/ʌ/弱化成/ə/口语中语速过快时，/ə/弱到不发音，come on 读作/kʌmɒn/。

　　4.do 用于加强语气，需重读。

　　5.supposed to 弱读为 supposta/səˈpəʊztə/。

　　英语语音语调

　　suppose to的弱读

　　在口语中，一些与to的固定搭配经常要弱读。如：

　　used to—usta读作/ˈju:sdə/。

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

　　去年我每隔一天都会去游泳。

　　ought to—otta读作/ˈɒdə/。

　　例：You gotta get up earlier.

　　你应该起佴更早。

　　got to—gotta读作/gɒdə/。

　　例：l gotta work harder now.

　　我现在得更努力工作了。

　　I supposed to—supposta/səˈpəʊztə/。

　　例：Lily is supposta to be responsible for it.

　　莉莉应该为此事负责。