聽懂老外聊生活英語對話 運動 86：不做“旱鴨子”

　　Topic86 不做“旱鴨子”

　　情境導讀

　　Lucy還不會游泳，想好好學習一下，游泳高手Rachel答應下次教她游泳。

　　英語情景會話

　　(以下R代表Rachel,L代表Lucy)

　　R：Howdy!

　　L: Just hanging in here. I have a swimming course this semester. But I can swim only about the length. Then I swim down like a brick. I don't want to be a landlubber.

　　R: I can teach you some swimming skills.

　　L: Cheers! What style do you use?

　　R: Mainly butterfly. Sometimes I use breaststroke. backstroke and free style.

　　L: Amazing. You already know the ropes.

　　R: Don't get your bowels in an uproar! My mom taught me when I was 6 years old. I still remember how I learned to swim at the very beginning. It was so terrible. I choked several times in water.

　　L: So do I. But I pulled muscles sometimes, and it was very painful. How can I avoid it?

　　R: You need some warm-up exercises before swimming.

　　L: Got it. Can you tread6 water? I want to learn it.

　　R: No problem. I can teach you next time.

　　英語筆記

　　1.此處說話人說的話比較長，應該根據(jù)語調(diào)判斷何時輪到第二個人說話。

　　2.don't get your bowels in an uproar 是指“別大驚小怪”。

　　3.此處do 重讀，表示強調(diào)。

　　4.learn 中的/n/與it 中的/?/連讀，learn it 讀作/l?:?n?t/。

　　英語語音語調(diào)

　　語調(diào)的暗示——該你說話

　　英語中，語調(diào)除了表示疑問了、驚訝等語氣和情感之外，還起到暗示聽話人應該何時說話的作用。因此，在交流過程中，一定要注意聽清對方的語調(diào)，這樣能幫助你意識到何時輪到你說話了，避免發(fā)生“搶了別人的話”的情況。具體規(guī)則如下：

　　1.如果在一個意群后，說話人的音調(diào)完全降了下來，說明這個意群很可能就是最后一個意群，說話人很有可能就此打住。如：

　　I can't understand↘.

　　我不明白。

　　2.如果在一個意群后聽到音調(diào)只降了一半，那就可能不是最后一個意群，說話人可能要轉(zhuǎn)向其他方面或準備進行“長篇大論竹.有時說話人還會在降調(diào)中途稍稍將語調(diào)提高，表示“還有下文”。如：

　　I can't understand↘ why↗ he did it.

　　我不明白他為什么那樣做。