聽懂老外聊生活英語對話 購物 07：新手上路

　　Topic7 新手上路

　　情境導讀

　　Jack要買車，但不知什么牌子的車好。經(jīng)過店員的介紹和自己得到的一些了解后，他買到了滿意的車。

　　英語情景會話

　　(以下s代表Saleswoman.J代表Jack)

　　S: Sir, can I help you?

　　J: I need to buy a four-door. Is this a Toyota?

　　S: No. it's the latest model of Honda. Do you like it?

　　J: Yes. But I don't know which make I like best.

　　S: Are you interested in an American car or a Japanese car? American cars are better in quality and for comfort, but Japanese cars are lower in price. I suggest you have a Japanese car.

　　J: I think this Honda is Okay.

　　S: Yes, sir. You are making a good choice. The interior of this one is great and it doesn't use very much petrol. Besides air conditioning and an AM/FM stereo with a CD player, the standards also include the sunroof.

　　J: Oh, my wife likes the sunroof very much. How about its braking and accelerator?

　　S: Terrific. And you can pay by installments and our after-sale service is quite good.

　　J: Okay, I'II take this one.

　　英語筆記

　　1.don't 詞尾/t/的失爆現(xiàn)象，讀作/d??n?n??/。

　　2.冠詞an 弱化為/?n/。

　　3.lower 為形容詞low 的比較級，詩作/'l???/。

　　4.AM/FM stereo 意為“AM/FM調(diào)頻”。

　　5.此處的terrific 并不是“恐怖”的意思，而是表示說話人的贊賞態(tài)度。

　　英語語音語調(diào)

　　規(guī)則形容詞和副詞比較級和最高級的讀法在英語中，加在規(guī)則形容詞或副詞比較級和最高級后的-er和-est統(tǒng)稱

　　為語法詞綴，即由于語法的原因在詞后所加的詞綴。具體讀法如下：

　　1.形容詞和副詞的比較級詞綴-er讀作/?/，如：

　　tall高的—taller/t?:l?/

　　fast快地—faster/'fa:st?/

　　2.形容詞和副詞的最高級詞綴-est讀作/?st/，如：

　　tall高的—tallest/'t?:l?st/

　　fast快地—fastest/l?st/