情境导读
爬了几阶楼梯后,Jim累得气喘吁吁,Lily告诉他需要锻炼了,并建议两人去慢跑,参与到全民健身的活动中。
英语情景会话
(以下J代表Jim,L代表Lily)
J:I'm done up.
L: What? Just climb some stairs?
J: Lately, I've had very Iow staminal and energy levels.
L: You need to get tone up. What about going for jogging with me?
J: I just want to watch TV and sleep.
L: Stop being a couch potaio! You can't get much exercise sitting there all day like this!
J:I know. But I….
L: Stop making excuse! Come on, today is the first National Fitness Day!
J: What's it?
L: August 8th is the anniversary day of Beijing Olympics and is designated by the State Council as National Fitness Day and the BOCOG also supports this activity.
J: I have heard that in August the city shall put on mass fitness activities.
L: Yes. We should directly involve ourselves into some sporis.
J: You can say that again. Let's go!
英语笔记
1.此疑问词重读,且为升调,表示说话人的疑问。
2.get tone up 出现了辅音同音消音和连读的现象,读作/ɡe ˈtəʊ ˈnʌp/。
3.National Fitness Day 为“全民健身日”。
4.BOCOG是缩略词,在此处读一个全新的读音/bəʊkɒg/。
英语语音语调
缩略词的读法(一)
你听到的“BOCOG”是“北京奥组委”全称的缩略形式,读一个全新的读音/bəʊkɒg/。有些缩略词是由几个单词的首字母组成,且这些首字母组合看起来很像一个新单词,因此在发音上就遵循了单词的发音规则,读一个全新的读音,如:
TOEFL/ˈtəʊfl/:Test of English as a Foreign Language
托福考试
NATO /'neɪtəʊ/: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
北大西洋公约组织
NASA /'næsə/: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
美国国家航空和航天局