聽懂老外聊生活英語對話 情感 79：無名指的約定

　　Topic79 無名指的約定

　　情境導讀

　　Ella向Sophie詢問其婚后的生活，Sophie說丈夫非常體貼，兩人即使有爭執(zhí)或矛盾也會立即解決。

　　英語情景會話

　　(以下E代表Ella.S代表Sophie)

　　E: Hi! Sophie.I haven't seen you for ages! heard you got married,

　　S: Yes. You know we've been dating for over 5 years.

　　E: Congratulations! I thought you'd marry him.

　　S: Thank you. I've been on to the next step of my life.

　　E: How's your married life?

　　S: I'm so lucky to have Daniel as my husband.

　　E: I've heard he's a family man.

　　S: Yes, he gets up very early every morning to cook breakfast for me.

　　E: He is so sweet.

　　S: Absolutely! He also wants to pamper my every whim.

　　E: Haven't you quarreled or even fought with each other about something?

　　S: Yes, but we promise each other never to sleep on our disagreement.

　　E: You both are very mature.

　　S: Yes, we take marriage seriously. When you say "I do", it's supposed to be for life.

　　英語筆記

　　1.在英語口語中為表達簡潔常省略主語和謂語，這里省略了did you marry。

　　2.thought 要重讀，這是說話者的弦外之音。

　　3.each other 連讀作/? ?t??ð?/。

　　4.take sth. seriously 是指“認真對待某事”。

　　英語語音語調

　　說話者的弦外之音需要重讀

　　在對話中，Ella說話時強調了thought，這是因為她預料到了Sophie會嫁給Daniel，重讀thought這個詞就把她的弦外之音體現(xiàn)出來了。如果重讀marry，那么Ella的意思就變成了“我以為你會嫁給Daniel呢一(實際則是Sophie沒有嫁給Daniel)。再如：

　　A: I thought you'd like my surprise. (thought童讀)

　　我就知道你會喜歡我給你的驚喜。(果然喜歡)

　　B: Yeah, it's really a big surprise.

　　沒錯，實在是個很大的驚喜。

　　A: I thought you'd like my surprise. (like重讀)

　　我以為你會喜歡我給你的驚喜。(結果不喜歡)

　　B：Sorry，it scares me.

　　抱歉，它嚇到我了。