朗讀練習：Grandpa's Bees

大家好。我新來乍到（是老公告訴我“美語世界“的），登一個我做的朗讀練習（以前在瘋狂英語上看到的，原版的美語發音在這個網址：http://www.tingroom.com/lesson/crazy/2/4280.html），希望各位不吝賜教 (any comments are welcome)。我先謝過了！

我從上大學就學（模仿）的美音，自覺還對付（對不起，聽起來很有些自以為是），可每次聽自己的錄音的時候，很明顯是外國人在讀 :( 老公（純China-born-Chinese :D）也說，一聽就聽出來不是美國人的發音。我覺得我有時還是有明顯的中文口音，及有的元音發地不到位（如[i:] vs. [i], also, I have trouble with words that have the “l” sound at the end, e.g., “middle”， “metal”, “battle”…），但大概是壞習慣已經養成，自己發現不了，希望能得到各位的指點，教我如何把這些音發好。再次謝謝“好學又好問“姐姐/妹妹的鼓勵。

預祝各位學習進步!!!

原文如下：
A long time before I was born, my Grandma and grandpa moved into the house on Beechwood Avenue. They had a young family of 4 little girls .The little girls Slept in the attic in a big feather bed.It was cold there on winter night. Grandma put hot bricks under the covers at the foot of the bed to keep the little girls warm.
During the Great Depression, work was hard to find, so Grandpa did whatever jobs he could.He dug ditches during the week and on weekends he and Grandma dug a garden to grow some of their own food.
The house on Beechwood Avenue had a big Front yard with shade trees and fruite trees.In the middle of the yard was a water pump where the four little girls pumped water for cooking ,cleaning and watering the garden.On one side of the yard,Grandma and Grandpa planted tomatoes,beans,squash,cucumbers,peppers and strawberries to feed their growing family. They planted Roses geraniums lilacs and irises on the other Side of the yard, around the statue of the Blessed Mother.
Eveqbody worked to keep the garden growing.All summer long, the family ate food from the garden and enjoyed the beautiful flowers.Grandma put up strawberry jams, tomatoes, beans, peppers, pears and peaches in canning jam.They were good to eat through the long winter.
　 　The family grew up, and before too many years had passed, the grandchildren came to visit. Grandma and Grandpa still planted their garden every spring.Everyone still enjoyed the good food from the garden and always took some home.
　 　Grandchilden grow up, and grandparents grow older.It became harder for Grandma and Grandpa to keep up the garden. So they made it a little smaller.There was still plenty to eat from the garden and lovely flowers to enjoy.
　 　Then one sunmmer when Grandpa was eighty-nine years old, all he could do was watch from his lawn chair as the vegetables grew and the roses bloomed.Summer slowly faded,and Grandpa died before it was time to bring in the harvest.
　 　It was a lonely winter for Grandma. She sat near the window, looking out at the yard and wondering if she could plant the garden in the spring.It would be hard to care for it by herself. When spring came, she planted only a little garden.
　 　One sunny day in the early summer, Grandma heard a commotion in the front yard and looked out the window to see a frightening sight a gigantic swarm of bees filled the air between two tall trees. There was thousands of bees in the air,so many that the swarm reached the tree-tops!The buzzingsound was tremendous.Grandma watched as the bees made their way into a hole up in one of the trees.Before long,everyone of those bees had disappeard into its new home.
　 　Grandma wondered what in the world she could do.Should she hair someone to get rid of bees? That would cost more than she could afford.She decided to wait and think it over.
　　During the next few days,the bees were busy mading their own business.Grandma could always see a few bees buzzing in and out around the opening high in the tree.Before long,she decided the bees weren’t bothering anyone,so she went about her business and didn't give them any other thought.
　 　That summer,Grandma's little garden grew and grew.The neighborns would stop to admire the huge crop of vegetables and puzzle over their own gardens weren't doing well.No matter,because Grandma had enough give some away.Of course,everyone who came to visit was treated to a meal of good things from the garden.
　 　One day,Grandma's brother Frank visited from Arizona.As Grandma made Frank a delicious lunch of squash pan cakes and home made apple sauce,she told him the story about the swam of bees.
　 　Frank said，"in Arizona, the farmers often hired beekeepers to set up beehives near their fields.The bees pollinated the crops and helped them to grow."
　　That was when Grandma realized that her bees had helped with her garden all summer..
　　"So that's why my little garden had such a big crop!" she exclaimed.
　 　From that Time on,Grandma always believed that since Grandpa couldn't be there to help her that summer,he had sent the bees to take his place and make Grandma's little garden grow and grow…

所有跟帖： 

• 讀得真好,既清晰又流利。歡迎maomaocat來美語壇。 -珈玥- ♀ (1157 bytes) () 09/15/2010 postreply 18:18:46

• Thank you for your kind words and beautiful card! -maomaocat- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/15/2010 postreply 19:37:54

• 非常好的發音底子阿，可以專攻語音語調了以及句子中意群間的停頓 -selfselfself- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/15/2010 postreply 21:35:45

• could you be a little more specific, please? -maomaocat- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/15/2010 postreply 21:56:04

• 回複：could you be a little more specific, please? -selfselfself- ♂ (235 bytes) () 09/16/2010 postreply 08:42:05

• Thank you so much for introducing these articles to me! -maomaocat- ♂ (124 bytes) () 09/16/2010 postreply 16:53:47

• 讀的很好 -yy888- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/15/2010 postreply 21:58:03

• You're too kind :) -maomaocat- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/16/2010 postreply 19:24:28

• 好棒呀。 -福田- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/15/2010 postreply 23:47:27

• 多些鼓勵！ -maomaocat- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/16/2010 postreply 19:26:09

• 多謝鼓勵！ -maomaocat- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/16/2010 postreply 19:27:04

• 鼓掌 -billnet- ♂ (74 bytes) () 09/16/2010 postreply 09:31:26

• You're absolutely right. I'll pay attention in the future! Thank -maomaocat- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/16/2010 postreply 16:49:22

• 讀的真好啊 -好學又好問- ♀ (378 bytes) () 09/16/2010 postreply 18:07:18

• 你說地太對了。我也這麽想。聽我的錄音總有些上氣不接下氣 -maomaocat- ♂ (421 bytes) () 09/16/2010 postreply 19:23:32

• Right now I am struggling with pronunciation and -好學又好問- ♀ (294 bytes) () 09/16/2010 postreply 19:59:14

• I guess there is no easy way out for us, is there ? :D -maomaocat- ♂ (252 bytes) () 09/16/2010 postreply 20:16:34

• 發音真不錯啊！讚一個！！ -千與.千尋- ♀ (28 bytes) () 09/16/2010 postreply 20:42:34

• 愧不敢當，我是向美壇的諸位高人學習來的。收獲甚豐。 -maomaocat- ♂ (12 bytes) () 09/16/2010 postreply 21:29:59

• very good chinglish very sexy though -RiskBiz- ♂ (169 bytes) () 09/17/2010 postreply 13:42:52

• 說地太對了，耳朵太“毒”了 ：）多謝糾正！！！ -maomaocat- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/17/2010 postreply 17:46:13