杰瑞发布于2023-12-25
Can you read the following tongue twisters fluently? 在电影《窈窕淑女》(My Fair Lady)中,赫本饰演的卖花女伊丽莎说着一口土气的方言,举止粗俗,而语言学教授希金斯经过一番改造,竟让她蜕变成窈窕淑女。其中一项改造就是纠正语音,可谓是经典片段了。其中教授让伊丽莎念的两句是非常经典的英语绕口令(tongue twister)。 The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain. 西班牙的降雨大多降落在平原。 In Hertford, Hereford and Hampshire, hurricanes hardly ever happen. 赫特福德、赫里福德和汉普郡几乎不刮飓风。
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7.A tutor who tooted a flute tried to tutor two tooters to toot. Said the two to their tutor, “Is it harder to toot or to tutor two tooters to toot?” 8.Betty beat a bit of butter to make a better batter.一个吹笛的导师尝试教两个吹笛者吹笛。那两个学吹笛的问导师:“吹笛难,还是教两个学吹笛的人吹笛难呢?” 解析:who tooted a flute作定语从句修饰a tutor,tried to tutor是谓语,这里的tutor是动词,表示“辅导,教”,tutor sb. to do sth:教某人做某事。 发音时注意tutor、toot、tooster和two之间的区分。