语音基础能力训练五(美音训练)

语音基础能力训练五：(注意蓝色字体单词的美音读法)

1.Excuse me, Prof. Davidson. But I was hoping to talk to you about my class project for

economics.

2.I got some bad news today. The college where I work is laying off staff.

3.----Mary seems surprised that she got a research grant.

----Well, she shouldn’t have been. Everybody knows that she’s brilliant.

4. According to this article, the former boxing champ is going to try again. He’s coming out

of the retirement for the third time.

5. ----I can’t seem to solve this problem.

----Neither can I.

6. ----Have you had a chance to wear your new shirt yet?

----That reminds me. I’ve been meaning to exchange it for a larger size.

7. It’s a really nice apartment. But the owners want 2-month rent in advance and I just don’t

have it.

8. If people feel so bitter that they can’t even talk with each other, they should consider very

seriously a qualified psychologist.

9. ----I sure wish I had a metric ruler with me. I need the measurements in millimeters, not in

inches. I’m tired of converting.

----Would it make things go faster if you borrowed mine?

10. ----I’m really sorry my article didn’t make the deadline. I guess that held up everything,

huh?

----Well, not exactly. But I wouldn’t look for it in this month’s newsletter.

11. ----That new position requires a letter of reference. I guess the one my professor wrote for

me last year should be fine. Don’t you think?

----It is a little dated though. You might want to submit a current one.

12. ----Got the time?

----It’s a little after ten.

13. ----Have you found out yet what hotel you will be staying in?

----I’m at the Gordon right across the street from the new conference center.

14. The boys settled their argument by talking it over.

15. Haven’t you anything w ith which you can open the bottle?

16. Is commercial correspondence taught at the school?

17. Folk music is currently enjoying a renaissance.

18. They urged that the library be kept open during the vacation.

19. The expatriate will give a lecture on his exploratory expedition up the Amazon River.

20. My math assignment’s due tomorrow morning and I haven’t even started it yet.