听懂老外聊生活英语对话 情感 71：你是“剩男”“剩女”吗？
情境导读
Catherine在和Jane抱怨自己找不到合适的另一半，Jane鼓励她要充满信心，一定会找到自己的白马王子。
英语情景会话
(以下c代表Catherine.J代表Jane)
J: Hi, there.What's up?
C: I'm surviving.
J: I can tell. You look so down. What's the problem?
C: Yesterday is a red-letter day for my best friend Sue. Almost all my friends find their Mr. Charming. And I am left alone and bored stiff.
J: What a pity! Have you been on a blind date before?
C: Yeah. But I think the boys I have met are not my cup of tea.
J: You can't expect perfection from a blind date. Besides that, you should go outside of your house. meet with people and have some fun.
C: I know. But there are fewer and fewer nice guys of our age left. And I don't want to settle for anyone.
J: It's true that the pressure of the single life becomes heavier as one grows older. But you can have a relationship, just by being yourself.
英语笔记
1.What's 中的/t/与/s/连读作/ts/。
2.I'm surviving在此表示“我还活着”，用于表达自己的状况不是很好。
3.what a pity 连读为/'wɒ 'tə 'pɪtɪ/。
4.blind date 中的blind 的/d/音结尾，而date 为/d/开头，出现消音现象，读作/'blaɪn 'deɪt /。
英语语音语调
辅音同音的消音现象
blind date在口语中并不是读作/'blaɪnd 'deɪt /，而是读作了/'blaɪn 'deɪt /，那是因为发生了辅音同音的消音。一个以辅音结尾的词，如
果下一个词以一个相同的辅音开头，那么由于这两个辅音发音相同，读音就会重叠，发生消音现象，只读第二个
辅音。如：
Do you want to /'wɒn'tʊ/go?
你想去吗?
Tom might/tɒ 'maɪt/go.
汤姆可能会去。
