【主题—吃透美语】
Today we’er about to speak like a book. Please listen to the dialogue again and write down the phrases thinking they are useful for you. Listen carefully, here we go.
A : You have got to come clean with me. You are seeing other women.B : Yeah. I have been on a few dates recently.
【短语积累】
1 have got to 必须
2 come clean 说实话,坦率地说
3 come clean with somebody 跟某人说实话
4 come clean about something 说出某事的真相
5 come clean with somebody about something 跟某人说某事的实情
6 see other women 与别人幽会
7 on a date 约会,幽会
8 on a few dates 约过几次会
【影视中实际发音】
1 You have got to come clean with me.
[ju:'hævgɔdə,kʌm'kli:nwiðmi:]
2 You are seeing other women.
[ju:ə'si:iŋ'ʌðə'wimin]
3 I have been on a few dates recently.
[aihəvbi:nɔnə'fju:'deits'risntli]
【发音精彩点拨】
1 got to
Got 是以爆破辅音[t]结尾,to也是以爆破辅音[t]结尾,两个音标雷同了,那么got中的[t]就不发音了。To 在美语中的发音为[də],因此连读为[gɔdə].
2 on a date
On 是以辅音[n]结尾,a 的发音为元音[ə],辅音遇到元音了,这是连读为[nə]. Date是以爆破音[t]结尾,但是在美语中爆破音发得非常弱,甚至吞掉这个音不发出来。