听懂老外聊生活英语对话 美容 54：光“彩”照人
情境导读
Mrs. Bush 到美发店染发，在征求了发型师的意见后选择了褐色，之后又做了头发保养。
英语情景会话
(以下M代表Mrs. Bush,H代表Hairstylist)
H: Good morning. Mrs. Bush. What are you going to do today?
B: I'd like some highlights. I heard highlighting is very popular now.
H: Sure. What color do you prefer?
B: Could you give me any suggestion?
H: Do you like red? But not too red.
B: No. thanks. not for a woman of my age.
H: How ab out light yellow?
B: Nope. It looks, to be honest, strange on me.
H: Your hair is dark, so the lighter color will be natural. Brown will look nice on you.
B: OK, up to you. How long will it take'?
H: About 3 hours.
B: So long a time!
H: But you will look much younger after 3 hours.
B: OK. My hair is getting dry and the ends split a lot recently.
H: Let me see.... Hmm, you should have a special steam treatment. It's free.
B: Thank you.
英语笔记
1.for 弱读为/fə/，与后后的a连读，中间加辅助音/r/，读作/fə rə/。
2.light 的/t/与yellow 的/j/连读为/tʃ/，light yellow 读作/tʃ eləu/。
3.插入语位于句中不重读。
4.up to you 是指“你决定”。
英语语音语调
插入语的语调
在英语中，插入语如to be honest,to tell the truth.by the way，in other words.I think generally speaking等，由于在句子中的位置不同，语调也不一样。
1.插入语位于句首时，语义重要，需要重读，如：
In other words.your plan is not available here.
也就是说，你的计划在此处行不通。
in other words需要重读。
By the way，how could I get there by bus?
顺便问一句，我怎么乘公车过去?
by the way需要重读。
2.插入语位于句中或句尾时不重读，如：
This job.to tell the truth，is not an ideal one for you.
说实话，这份工作对你来说并不理想。
to tell the truth不重读。
“What's the matter?”he asked.
“出什么事了?”他问道。
he asked不重读。
