同想提高英語聽力口語的同學一塊探討。
“Whaddaya Say” 這本書，給很多人推薦過。今天，拿出其中一課同大家一同學習。
建議大家在學習這一對話時，先把慢讀的版本模仿讀好，然再過渡到語速快的版本，也把它模仿好；語速快的版本不是現在就要用在說上的，主要是用在聽力的，模仿語速快的版本，對聽力的提高幫助很大，有立竿見影的效果。
平常盡量使用慢速的英語同別人交流，這樣，別人能聽懂，自己也少犯錯，講的英語也比較一致consistent。 不至於一句話講的很流利，別人用正常語速來同你繼續談的時候，自己跟不上了。
等到自己各方麵都提高到一定程度以後，正常語速交流自然就水到渠成了。
感興趣的同學可以將自己模仿的錄音放上來，讓大家給提意見，自己再改進。
對話腳本：
WOMEN: I want to make a reservation for Tuesday April 6 (sixth).
MAN: We have a single room and a double room available for the 6 (sixth).
WOMEN: Does the double have a refrigerator and an extra bed?
MAN: It has a refrigerator, and we can get you a rollaway (roadway) bed.
WOMEN: Is it quiet? And is there a charge for children under 3?
MAN: Yes, it’s very quiet, and there’s no charge for children.
WOMEN: Great. I’ll take it. There’ll be four people, myself, my husband and two children.
MAN: Fine, I’ll need your name and a credit card number to hold that room.
WOMEN: My name is Julie Kim, K-I-M, and my credit card number is 453...
MAN: Excuse me. An airplane flew overhead and I couldn’t hear. What’s your ... ?
對話錄音：
對話語言點 （對照原讀，更容易理解）
( 星號 (*) 表示略讀):
and -> 讀成 *n
省略的例子：
Want to -> wanna
I want to make… -> I *wanna make …
for Tuesday -> *fer Tuesday
We have -> We *’ave
… a single room and a double room -> … a single room *’n’ a double room
… available for next month -> … available *fer next month
… a refrigerator and an extra bed? -> … a refrigerator *’n’ an extra bed?
Can -> *kin
get -> *get
you -> *ya
… and we can get you a rollaway bed. -> … *’n’ we *kin git *ya a rollaway bed.
And / for: And is there a charge for children under three? -> *’N’ is there a charge *fer children under three?
It is -> it’s
… and there’s no charge for children -> *’n’ there’s no charge *fer children. (注意，這兒，’there’ 裏麵的 ’th’, 也因為同前麵的 ‘*n’ 相連，也被同化，被省略了, 讀成了： *’n’ *‘ere’s no charge *fer children.)
I will take it -> I’ll take it.
... there will be four people -> there’ll be four people.
myself, my husband and two children -> myself, my husband *’n’ two children.
I will -> I’ll
your -> *yer
to -> *ta
Fine, I’ll need your name and a credit card number to hold that room. -> Fine, I’ll need *yer name *’n’ a credit card number *ta hold that room.
重讀的例子:
April 6 –> not: April 6
a single room and a double room –> not: a single room and a double room
rollaway –> not: rollaway
rollaway bed –> not: rollaway bed
four people –> not: four people
K.I.M –> not: K.I.M, not K.I.M
連讀： 幾乎每句都有。
聲調（升/降調）：每句都有。
節奏：每句都有規律可尋。 至於連讀，聲調和節奏，每一句都模仿的對了，都模仿的惟妙惟肖了，也就都掌握了。
