听懂老外聊生活英语对话 运动 86：不做“旱鸭子”

　　Topic86 不做“旱鸭子”

　　情境导读

　　Lucy还不会游泳，想好好学习一下，游泳高手Rachel答应下次教她游泳。

　　英语情景会话

　　(以下R代表Rachel,L代表Lucy)

　　R：Howdy!

　　L: Just hanging in here. I have a swimming course this semester. But I can swim only about the length. Then I swim down like a brick. I don't want to be a landlubber.

　　R: I can teach you some swimming skills.

　　L: Cheers! What style do you use?

　　R: Mainly butterfly. Sometimes I use breaststroke. backstroke and free style.

　　L: Amazing. You already know the ropes.

　　R: Don't get your bowels in an uproar! My mom taught me when I was 6 years old. I still remember how I learned to swim at the very beginning. It was so terrible. I choked several times in water.

　　L: So do I. But I pulled muscles sometimes, and it was very painful. How can I avoid it?

　　R: You need some warm-up exercises before swimming.

　　L: Got it. Can you tread6 water? I want to learn it.

　　R: No problem. I can teach you next time.

　　英语笔记

　　1.此处说话人说的话比较长，应该根据语调判断何时轮到第二个人说话。

　　2.don't get your bowels in an uproar 是指“别大惊小怪”。

　　3.此处do 重读，表示强调。

　　4.learn 中的/n/与it 中的/ɪ/连读，learn it 读作/lɜ:ˈnɪt/。

　　英语语音语调

　　语调的暗示——该你说话

　　英语中，语调除了表示疑问了、惊讶等语气和情感之外，还起到暗示听话人应该何时说话的作用。因此，在交流过程中，一定要注意听清对方的语调，这样能帮助你意识到何时轮到你说话了，避免发生“抢了别人的话”的情况。具体规则如下：

　　1.如果在一个意群后，说话人的音调完全降了下来，说明这个意群很可能就是最后一个意群，说话人很有可能就此打住。如：

　　I can't understand↘.

　　我不明白。

　　2.如果在一个意群后听到音调只降了一半，那就可能不是最后一个意群，说话人可能要转向其他方面或准备进行“长篇大论竹.有时说话人还会在降调中途稍稍将语调提高，表示“还有下文”。如：

　　I can't understand↘ why↗ he did it.

　　我不明白他为什么那样做。