http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1267208/Sarah-Colwills-Chinese-accent-brought-migraine-attack.html
MigraineattackgivesEnglishwomanaChineseaccent
ByLukeSalkeld
Lastupdatedat11:59AMon20thApril2010
Asanyonewhosuffersmigrainesknows,thepaincanleaveyouspeechless.
ButSarahColwillhasexperiencedamuchmoreunusualvocaleffect-shenowspeakswithaChineseaccent.
Thedisturbingi...[
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CakeandDonutsinthekitchenonthefirstfloor.Comeandgetthemwhileitlasts:-)![
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wanna
1. Eyedialectspellingofwantto.
Iwannagohome.
Thevowelsoundinthepreposition“to”ispronouncedasaschwainoralEnglish.Theconsonantsound/t/in“wantto”ispronouncedasaglottalstop,andinquickconversation,thisglottalstopsoundisalsolostforeasysounding,thus,the“wantto”becomes/wana/inpronunciation.
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http://susanohanian.org/show_research.php?id=325
通过阅读增加词汇量,这可能是个比较符合语言学习规律的方法。尤其对于有一定英语基础的人适用。对生词不要先想它的中文对应,根据上下文猜测出处它表达的东西,在脑中形成一个想象;通过不断的刺激/回应,使这个想象固定下来,今后在在这个语境中遇到这个词,这个想象的图像潜意识的出现了。
VocabularycomesfromReading
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AskagroupofexpertstodefineStandardAmericanEnglish,andyou'llfind,paradoxically,there'snostandardanswer.EventheeditorsofTheAmericanHeritageDictionaryarecarefultoqualifytheirdefinition.Theynote:PeoplewhoinvokethetermStandardEnglishrarelymakeclearwhattheyhaveinmindbyit,andtendtoslurovertheinconvenientambiguitiesthatareinherentintheterm.AmericanHeritagegoesontoexplainthattheterm:ishighlyelasticand...[
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Usually,forthesoundsof/t//d//l/,thetipofthetongueisputtingbehindthetopteeth.However,thetipofthetonguemovesupwhen/t//d//l/isfollowedby/r/sound,whichmakeiteasiertopronouncethe/r/sound:
thatistosay:thesound/t//d//l/etc.needstobepronouncedwiththetipoftougneinhardpalate(inthehardbump,notjustbehindtheteeth)sothattobeeasiertopronouncethe/r/soundwhichimmediatelyfollows.
Forexample:stored.
This...[
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我觉得这个现象最适合的情况是/l/加后元音/u/时,只有在这种情况下,/l/音可以省略
例如:
Revolution:
Volume;
Volunteer;Rethinking/rewordingonthis:
/l/soundcanbeommitedinsomewordsbutcannotbereplacedwith/r/sound,althoughthesoundingorgan(tipofthemouth)isinthepositionof/r/sound:[
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Idressedquickly,somethingstrongerthanbutterfliesbatteringrecklesslyagainstthewallsofmystomach,myargumentwithMikealreadyadistantmemory.
像吞了苍蝇一样?Isidesteppedtheminefield."It'sagirl'schoice."
绕过雷区。WhenIheardthecruiserpullaway,。。警车离开。。。lookingawayfromtheunbearablebeautyofhiseyes.Hespokematter-of-factly."Youlookkindakeyedup,"henoted.Why,ohwhy,didthishavetobehisnighttopayat...[
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TwilightbyStephenieMeyer
DescriptionsonCullenbrothersandsisters:
(EdwardandEmmettCullen,RosalieandJasperHale,andAliceCullen)
Andyet,theywereallexactlyalike.Everyoneofthemwaschalkypale,thepalestofallthestudentslivinginthissunlesstown.Palerthanme,thealbino.Theyallhadverydarkeyesdespitetherangeinhairtones.Theyalsohaddarkshadowsunderthoseeyes—purplish,bruiselikeshadows.Asiftheywereallsuff...[
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Here\'sanexampleofnewyearresolutionswithagoodlessonforourreference.
Wishingallfriendsin美语世界aHappyProsperousNewYear!
Lesson50
NewYearresolutions
Listentothetapethenanswerthequestionbelow.
听录音,然后回答以下问题。
Whatmarkedtheendofthewriter\'sNewYearresolutions?
TheNewYearisatimeforresolutions.Mentally,atleast,mostofuscouldcompileformidablelistsof\'dos\'and\'don\'t...[
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