听懂老外聊生活英语对话 留学 96：通关

　　Topic96 通关

　　情境导读

　　Lucy给在美国的亲戚朋友带了礼物，她正在机场接受海关的检查。

　　英语情景会话

　　(以L代表Lucy，A代表Attendant)

　　A: Please show me your passport and other documents.

　　L: Here you are.

　　A: What's your purpose of coming to the United States?

　　L: For study.

　　A: How long will you stay here?

　　L: I'II be studying here for a full year.

　　A: May I see you customs declaration form and please put your things on the counter here. Do you have anything to declare?

　　L: I have nothing to declare.

　　A: What's in your trunk?

　　L: I've put inside my books, my clothes and personal stuffs.

　　A: Could you please open your bag?

　　L: Yes.

　　A: Anything prohibited, such as alcoholic drinks and tobacco products? What are these?

　　L: This is a gift for my friend and these are souvenirs for my relatives.

　　A: Do you have any Chinese herbal medicine inside?

　　L: Definitely not.

　　A: Enjoy your stay in America.

　　L: Thank you.

　　英语笔记

　　1.May 是情态动词，放在句首需重读。

　　2.personal stuffs 意为“个人用品”。

　　3.gift 中的/t/遇到for中的爆破音/f/失去爆破，/t/不发音。

　　4.Chinese herbal medicine 意为中草药。

　　英语语音语调

　　双辅音结尾的单词中/t/和/d/的消失

　　"This is a gift for my friend"一句中"gift"的/t/不发音，这是因为前一个词以/st//ʃt/, /ft/, /nd/,/Id/, /zd/,/ðd/,/vd/,等结尾，后一词以辅音开始，则其中的/t/、/d/不发音。如 :

　　last day /lɑ:s deɪ/

　　最后一天

　　send round /sen raund/

　　发送

　　left behind /lef bɪˈhaɪnd/

　　落后

　　pushed them /pʊʃ ðəm/

　　推它们

　　另一种情况是当前一词以/pt/, /kt/, /tʃt/, /bd/, /gd/, /dʒd/结尾，后一个词以辅音开始，则其中的/t/,/d/不发音，如：

　　kept quiet /kep 'kwaɪət/

　　保持安静

　　changed color /tʃeɪndʒ ˈkʌlə/

　　改变了的颜色

　　looked fine /lʊk faɪn/

　　看上去不错

　　reached Paris /ri:tʃ 'pærɪs/

　　到达巴黎