Lesson16

Lesson 16： Marriage

Model Reading

226. We’ve been married for fourteen years.

227. Are you still married?

228. They got married last year.

229. We were married in a church.

230. We had a small wedding.

231. Next week is our twentieth anniversary.

232. We invited all our friends to the wedding.

233. It’s nice to be married.

234. My wife is from Chicago.

235. We don’t want to have kids anytime soon.

236. I cannot imagine spending the rest of my life with any one else.

237. Not many people can say that they’ve made it to their golden wedding anniversary.

238. There’s nothing sadder than a bitter divorce.

239. It was also good that they could easily agree how to fairly divide up the marital property.

240. Nevertheless, I still think it’s heartbreaking when a marriage splits up.



Feedback:

 泡泡MM:

However there’re 3 things you might want to pay attention to:

1. V – It seems you always use a W to replace a V sound.

2. TH – Both voiced and unvoiced sometimes are off in a sentence.

3. N – You tend to omit the N sound when it’s at the end of a word.

Lesson 16： Marriage 

226. We’ve been married for fourteen years. -> V sounded like W.

227. Are you still married? - > You’re not alone. Lots of people have problem with L in “still”

228. They got married last year. -> TH is a bit off, sounded like Z.

229. We were married in a church. -> N not clear enough; word connection

230. We had a small wedding.

231. Next week is our twentieth anniversary.

232. We invited all our friends to the wedding. -> V again.

233. It’s nice to be married.

234. My wife is from Chicago.

235. We don’t want to have kids anytime soon. -> there should not be a “ə” sound between “have” and “kids”.

236. I cannot imagine spending the rest of my life with any one else. -> should be a short I; T should not be omitted and needs to connect to O.

237. Not many people can say that they’ve made it to their golden wedding anniversary.

238. There’s nothing sadder than a bitter divorce. -> both TH are off.

239. It was also good that they could easily agree how to fairly divide up the marital property.

240. Nevertheless, I still think it’s heartbreaking when a marriage splits up.

小薇MM

228. They got married last year.(sounds a bit off. /ei/ 听上去像短 'i')

229. We were married in a church. (可联读)

230. We had a small wedding. (a bit off)

239. It was also good that they could easily agree how to fairly divide up the marital property.(读成了 "divided up")

240. Nevertheless, I still think it’s heartbreaking when a marriage splits up. ("heartbreaking" 重音应在 heart)

文青MM

chicago的chi没听到元音。

heartbreaking卷舌没发好。

We don’t want to have kids anytime soon. have 和kids之接有鹅音

237. Not many people can say that they’ve made it to their golden wedding anniversary. v听着off