语言知识：
话题一：爽约的几种表达：
1. You stood me up.
2. You didn’t show up.
3. There are a lot of no-shows today.
4. He ditched\missed the date.
话题二：彼之砒霜吾之蜜糖 Junk or keepsakes?
彼之砒霜
5. Look at all this junk. What’s in that box? Can you check?
6. Ok, they can go in recycling.
7. Can you take a look at that rocking chair? It looks like the back is broken.
8. Can I ask you a question? Why are you keeping a plastic cuckoo clock?
9. Are you kidding? Listen to that while I cook? I’d go crazy.
10.Hey, where are you taking all that junk? Bring it back to the attic!
吾之蜜糖
11.Recycling? No, I can sell them. People collect old comic books.
12.I can fix it, I think We could use an extra…
13.It isn’t plastic. It’s oak. Actually, it was kind of expensive.
14.It would be perfect for the kitchen, don’t you think?
15.Junk? You call this junk? These are keepsakes!
话题三： 有朋自远方来
朋友要来，五连问，猜猜谁要来，来干嘛以及回忆美好往事。
16.Guess who’s coming to Chicago?
17.How’d you guess?
18.When are they going to be in Chicago?
19.Where in Canada are they going?
20.Remember the big party they gave when we were in England?
21. 理智些
Be sensible, Sweetie. It’s too expensive.
还可以用wise up, try to be rational
Wise up, Ange. It’s a bill of goods. 别天真了，安吉，有钱能使鬼推磨。
Man is a rational being.人是理性动物。
22.关于醉酒的几种表达
tispy 微醺的感觉She wasn’t tipsy, just a little high.
buzzed 喝的有点飘了，脑袋有点嗡嗡响，这里用buzed这个词很形象。
hammered 喝醉了，hammer本义是锤子，喝得就像被锤子抡了脑袋一样
drunk 醉的 drunk as a fish 喝得烂醉如泥
wasted 断片儿
8. 闻起来味道怪 smell funny
闻着一股腥味或者可疑 smell fishy
There’s something fishy about it.这里面有鬼；这事儿有点古怪。
I’m convinced there is something fishy going on.我确信有可疑的事在发生。
9. No wonder 怪不得
Well, no wonder no one appreciates me.现在我知道自己为何不受欢迎了。
No wonder he’s such a good guitarist. 怪不得这家伙吉他弹得这么好。
10.Sail through –pass\make it
Not all of us sailed through trig.不是所有人都能顺利通过考试。
But they have also fallen in countries that sailed through the financial crisis, such as Australia and Norway. 但在平稳度过金融危机的国家中，如澳大利亚和挪威，该指标也下降了。
11.关于stay
stay tuned\tune in 看电视听广播插播广告时就会说stay tuned；
stay hungry\foolish\warm 保持解饿、保持愚蠢、保持暖和
stay put 保持别动 stay hydrated 多喝水
12.treasure 做动词value (sth) highly
treasure sb’s friendship 珍视某人的情谊
treasure sth up：keep sth as precious or greatly loved 珍藏某事物
I shall always treasure the memory of our meetings. 我将永远记住我们相聚的情景。
13.prize v.value sth. Highly
I prize my independence too much to go and work for them. 我决不愿意丧失我的独立性去为他们效劳。
14.collision 近义词 colliding, crash
head on collision\crash 迎头相撞
wrong way collision 逆行造成的事故
30．trash
Let’s trash each other. 让我们互相伤害吧！
My dad says we can trash this place. 我爸爸说弄乱这个地方没关系的。
Let’s trash it. 尽情作吧！
trash talk 废话
31.if you have trouble doing
have加负面的词后面都加dong,而不是to do. 如have a hard time doing\have problem doing…
32.Graduate
可以指毕业,he graduated from Harvard university.
还可以指毕业生，研究生。He is a fresh graduate. 他刚刚毕业。
我打算去读研。 I’m going to graduate school.
33.major 主要的，专业，要害
34.the whole package 该有的样子都有，完美的人
Sherry is the whole package. He is a good catch.表达同样的意思
35.anyone who … enjoys\ those who…enjoys
Those who get up early and take the morning call enjoys challenges.
Anyone who can speak Chinese well can also speak perfect English.
36.Know-how 诀窍、专门技术
He has the technical know-how to …
They want someone with foreign language know-how.
37.其他表达
manage the travel agency 管理旅行社
have a double major 有双学位
arrange travel for individuals 为个人安排旅游活动
arrange travel for group tour packages 为旅行团安排旅行活动
make all kinds of travel arrangements 安排各种旅行安排
arrange for an interview 安排一次面试
38.pay for sth./pay sth.（直接加特定费用，例如pay tuition）
39.BOGO =Buy One Get One Free 买一送一
40.I can’t fit.我坐不下。
41.take up 占
42.enough的相关表达
1) enough is enough 适可而止
2) I’ve had it enough. 我受够了。
43.stop fighting! Knock it off!
44.We ‘ll never get finished= We’ll never finish. (finish作为形容词的使用)
45.Definitely, surely, for sure, totally, absolutely, no problem…
46.I’ve traveled all over, and this is one of my very favorite places
拓展： all over the place 乱七八糟的
造句：Your hair is all over the place.
47．英国人习惯说take to hospital，，美国人习惯说take to the hospital
48. 追尾 hit him from behind=rear-ended
A vehicle hit him from behind.=A vehicle rear-ended him.
48. My English is broken. Not speaking: his Chinese is poor. We can say : he only speaks limited Chinese.
49. 筋疲力尽，耗尽wiped (out)=exhausted=worn out=burned out
exhaust a subject 详论一个话题 exhaust sb’s patience 使某人忍无可忍
50. 毫发未损 unharmed=safe and sound=intact
51. jacket-loose paper cover for a hardback book(精装书的)护封
52.各种领子的表达
turtle neck 高领
crew neck 圆领
V neck v领
53. zip up 拉上 zip it 保密
54.1经历过了
55.been there, done that
也可以表示已去过某地或做过某事而不再感兴趣
56. I ‘ve been in your shoes.
57. remember, 有m需要注意双唇要碰到；
58. want，注意不是“忘特”，是“wn-nt”;
59. phone这个单词不好读，不是“缝”，是“fon’;
60. 一句话不确定语调，读一声，比如how long,不是给他们加语调，都读成平的第一声；
61. legit可以表示“合理的”:that’s legit.
62. Sleep late 睡懒觉
63. that’s another story 那是另外一回事
64. copy it \roger it （通信中)收到
65. what he really wants to do is write 一句中强调动词write,前面省略了to
66. 实用的practical\pragmatic
67. 如果我记得没错 If I remember\recall correctly\if my memory serves me right\correctly
68. decent job 体面的工作 menial job 卑微的工作
demanding but rewarding job 要求高但是有益的工作
69. I have to run now, I’m late for my train, I’m really glad I ran into you.
我得走了，否则赶不上火车了，很高兴遇到你。
70. 生在***家庭 Songsong was born into an intellectual\academic family
孩子的父亲、母亲是** Congcong was born to a rich father.
语音总结：
1. 慢下来，慢下来，慢下来
2. 口语中[t]、[d]在结尾时并没有泾渭之别，区别在于元音的长短。
sid sit读作/sid/ /si:t/
3. 口语中如果t在两个元音中，读作[d] 如 forget about it
4. [r]与[t] 相连，[t] 读作[d]， 如sort of
5. CD、DVD、ABC最后一个字母重读，而不是弱读。
6. 口语中gonna=going to I’m going to =I’m gonna=imna
What are\do\\have you=watcha
7. 发元音时什么阻碍都没有，辅音就是发音时有阻碍。
8. 关于英美音的区别。英音和美音基本的东西是一样的，只是口音而已。如果没有达到要必须研究某个口音的程度，没有必要纠结。
9. 在大多数发音中，[z]的带声成分并不贯穿发音的全过程，如please ,save, prove it
10.call的美音读作卡l, 不要把L的音读作/əʊ/
11.慢下来读50遍，100遍甚至更多遍，肯定能学会。
慢下来的方法：1.放慢语速；2.做好准备姿势；3.用手臂动作帮助你调整呼吸，吸气；4.吐气；5.把每个元音都拉长。
12.了解并知道每个音的发音位置，再去尝试发正确的音。
13.读东西时建议：设立情境；不要感觉是好像是，分清楚事实和观点；put yourself in someone’s shoes
14.弱读和连读会使整个语流更加自然。
15.如果连读起来很别扭，就不连，不是所有可以连读的地方都连读，自然就好。如whose is it?
16.s,sh,舌头位置的区别，s 舌头靠前，sh上颚比较靠后。
17. exactly， t不发音，或者特别轻，念不对的话划分音节，放慢速度来练习单音节，eg-zac-ly.
18. Nt,nd,n 后面的td发音通常省略，因为发音位置接近。这里可以练习辅音之间的连读，如果单词后和单词前的辅音在同一个发音位置，可以连读。Isn’t amazing? isn’t 里的t不发音，it的t发音接近d,it和a连读，isnidamazing.
19. Should弱读时为[ʃəld],类似于would
20. Is it amazing? 注意is it 弱读
21. What did you find out? 注意did you 连读，重读out
22. travel agency 连读
23. an English(history, Chinese) teacher, 重读在English上，是说学科，如果重音在teacher上，说明是来自英格兰的老师。
24. have to, has to, as can be shown, love to等的同化现象（受后面清辅音t的影响，前面的浊辅音清音化）
25. orange juice连读的本质是不需要重新启动
26. 注意English的词首不要加j的音，不是鹰
27. 提前准备好一个词的发音很重要，如very的v不是上牙齿接触下嘴唇后才开始振动
28. of和have可弱读为 [əv] 或 [ə]
29. [h]发音时不要用力，he, his, him中的[h] 经常drop掉，如hit him 读作hit im
30. In a car accident 连读 car accident不一定要读成raccident, 只是舌头不需要重新启动。
31. Is he still in the hospital? 注意连读
32. She’s exhausted. She指代前面提到的Hannah,这里就不需要重读了，弱读即可。
33. poor 美[pʊr]
34. tell （h）im that I love （h）im 中的that弱读作\ ðət\2
35. 注意词性变化发音不同
breath [brɛθ] breathe [bri:ð]
bath [bæθ] bathe [beð]
36. the 的三种读法 [ðə] [ði] [ði:]
表示强调时读[ði:]，I like the job that can bring me joy and happiness.
37. 练发音不要练一个词，练句子，重音，节奏、语调是紧密相连的，首先一句话里单词的重音要找准，然后找到节奏，再不断调整fine-tuning语调。
38. 软腭
软腭抬起，堵住鼻腔，从口发声
软腭下降，阻塞口腔通道，从鼻发声
39. 英文中只有发mnŋ时鼻腔震动，而中文有很多鼻音化元音。
49. n发音时位置靠前，舌头顶上腭，而ŋ的发音位置靠后，舌头后部顶软腭，发完舌尖在下。
41. done和蛋鼻音震动程度不一样，英文更强。中文元音念的更长强烈，英文n读的更强。
42. \l\有三种读法：dark l,和light l，以及l在词尾
第一种正常念（舌头在上鄂）第二种 夸张念（舌头在上齿尖下）第三种 l在词尾，省力念，舌头向后缩
43. l的连读
LA, LOL, l后面的light的部分可以连读，读成“el-lai”, “el-lou-el”
44. will的读\wil\.,缩略形式\ əl\
45. r 有两种读法，retroflex和bunched 两种读法舌头都不碰任何位置
46. 元音+r+t+元音，中间的t变成flap t, 如：reporter
47. Tr和dr 连缀辅音（constant blends）是两个单独的音拼起来的，一定有r舌头的动作
48. interesting 重音在第一个音节上
49. creative 读作\cri:jeitive\
50. translator 两种重音都可以，一或三音
Takeaways
1. 误区：有气无力，开头重读
2. 有反馈才能提高
3. 态度很重要，keep real.
我的思考
1. 慢下来不仅指读的速度要慢，而且学习的速度也要慢，认真的听0.5倍，反复听记在脑海里，再跟读，然后自己读，注意一句话的重读，节奏以及语调，把握好整个语流的前提下再追求每个词的音达到完美。要改变固有的发音习惯也是一个慢慢的过程，不要指望练几遍练一天就达到地道，practice what you preach and take it easy.
2. 反馈是练习语音非常重要的环节，也是突破方法，不识庐山真面目，只缘身在此山中。一定要认真对待别人的反馈。
3. 不急躁是一种态度，真正慢下来并且投入的练习是一种能力，也是一种定力。按需学习，把注意力放在当下，放在自己身上，享受过程。
