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英语流利朗读的方法

朗读英语在语音上要注意什么？怎样读才能让听者听得清楚？怎样增进英 语流利感？我们特地将朗读中要注意的几个语音问题简要总结如下：

1. 语调、语气

语调的轻重缓急、跌宕起伏能直接反映说话人所要表达的思想感情。英语的 语调主要是通过句子呈现出来的。说英语不能像汉语那样一个字一个字的来说单 词，而是要根据英语单词的音节在句子中来连贯表达。（汉语中一个汉字就是一 个音节，英语中一个单词可以有一个、两个甚至多个音节）也就是说它的旋律音 调模式是句子结构的一部分，而不是词的结构的一部分，这就是英语语调和汉语 语调的主要区别。这就是为什么有的同学每一个单词都发得很标准，可是我们觉 得他或她说的英语却不怎么好的原因所在。

在英语中一句话的词汇意义是受语调影响的，英语中常用三种语调：降调、 升调、降升调。同一个句子语调不同传达的意义就不同。比较下列各句：

(1)That’s not the one he wants．

(2)That’s not the one he wants．

(3)That’s not the one he wants．

句 (1)降调表示陈述事实；句 (2)升调表示寻求信息的疑问；句 (3)降升调表 示他想要的还有别的。再如“Be careful”这样一句简单的话，用不同的语调便 会使它具有不同的意思。

2. 几个需要练习的音

[e] [æ] bed bad; men, man; pen, pan; lend land

[i:] [ei] real rail; greet, great; mean, main; read raid

[e] [ai] bet bite; red write; said side, head, hide

[au] [ :] house horse; loud lord; south sauce; now nor; count corn;

[au] [Λ] found fond; gown gone; down don

[v] [w] vet wet; vest west; vine wine; very well

[s] [θ] sink think; sort thought; miss myth; mass math

[z] [ð] closing clothing; breeze breathe; bays bathes

[n] [η] thin thing; sin sing; ban bang; win wing; ran rang

3. 节奏

重视英语的节奏特点，如节奏群,重读音节,弱读式,停顿,失去爆破,连读以及 升降调。若能有针对性的进行练习，对于增进英语流利表达大有益处。

（1）失去爆破。是指两个辅音相邻发出时，前面的辅音如是爆破音会出现吞音 的现象，主要有如下三种情况：

a.爆破音：/ p, b, t, d, k, g /中任何两个音相邻接时，第一个发不完全爆破音 或失去爆破。Doctor, blackboard, handbag, sit down, next door, a bad cold, a good time, a red tie, good-bye, bad boy。

b.摩擦音: /s, z/, /f, v/, /r/,/h/, 破擦音:

爆破音后如果出现摩擦音或破擦音，第一个爆破音发不完全爆破音，但只 能听到极轻的爆声，主要是听后面的摩擦音或破擦音的声音:

absent, box, eighth, picture, subject

a big change, a good child, a red shirt, a black jacket, keep them, write this, bedside like this, stop John, good change, lecture

c.爆破音与鼻辅音 / m, n, /

good morning, big nose, last month, a good mechanic, bad meaning, beat me, bad name

（2）省音或叫音的同化。指在快速的日常谈话中，某个音的消失。它分为历史 的省音和语境的省音。省音大致分为元音的省略和辅音的省略。元音的省略主要 是指元音[ ]和非重读音节[i]的省略，以及两词之间间界元音的省略。如easily， go away，fifths、boys’n’girls(男孩们和女孩们)

试练习：this year, Would you do it? Can't you see it?

（3） 连读。在英语中，前一个词的末尾音与后一个词的起首音紧密联系在一起 读的方式，我们称之为“连读”。英语口语注重语调的连贯。在连贯的言语里， 中间没有停顿隔开的两个词应当流畅地、自然地连接在一起。连读一般只出现在 语句意义密切相关的两个或三个词之间，共有三种形式的连读。

a.辅音 (除了[r] [w]和 [j])+元音：单词末尾的辅音同以元音开头的单词连 读，如read it、brush up。

knock him out[ ] I’ve got a lot of work to do [ ]

b.元音+元音：相连接的两个词前一个词的词尾和后一个词的词首都是元 音时，也可以连读，中间不必停顿:

Go on, stay up, who else, may I, my only son, her English teacher。

c.[r]+元音：词末连接音 [r]和与元音的连读，如there is [ðiriz]、idea of it。 d. / j /音连读

this year, bless you, as usual, here’s yours, I’ll meet you there, don’t you know that? Would you mind opening the door? Don’t you like them?

试练习：not at all, half an hour, I love you and all. after all

4. 句子重音

（1）英语的节奏：（轻）-轻-重-轻-（轻）或重-轻-（轻）（轻）重

（2）英语句子的长短：是由句子中的重读词的数目决定的，而不是象汉语那样 由句子中的汉字数目决定的。

（3）实词重读（副词重读），虚词轻读(冠词，单音节介词，单音节连词，人称 代词，反代词，物主代词，关系代词，相互代词，助动词，情态动词和系动词 be.)

（4）实词不重读的特殊情况

a. 实词第二次出现

He thinks of that as a child thinks.

b. 一个名词被第二个名词修饰

I met her in the railway station.

c. 代替词

Which book do you want? The small one.

d. 感叹词中的 what 和how

What a good day it is! How beautiful she is!

e. street 在专有名词中

Wangfujing Street.

f. this 在这些短语中，this morning/afternoon/evening

（5）虚词重读的特殊情况

a. 情态动词，助动词和系动词be 在句首，句尾和否定时。

Do you like it? Yes, I do. Are you a doctor? Yes, I am. Can you help me? Yes, I can.

I don't like you. He isn’t a worker.

b. 情态动词表示可能，惊奇和肯定时。

They may come this evening. Can it be five already? He must be in the room. c. 介词在句首和句尾。

In the box, he found a letter. He is the person I talked with.

d. 引导复合句的连词在句首。

If you wish, I'll visit you. When he comes, I'll tell him.

e.反身代词表示强调。

He couldn't come himself.

W1、Day 1 Much to Live For 生命的追求

热爱生活，让生命的体验成为一段美丽的乐符。翻开书页，睁开双眼，用心体会这优美的语言,聆听这智慧的声音。

There is so much I have not been, so much I have not seen. I have not thought and have not done or felt enough—the early sun, rain and the seasonal delight of flocks of ducks and geese in flight, the mysteries of late-at-night. I still need time to read a book, write poems, paint a picture, look at scenes and faces dear to me. There is something more to be of value—something I should find within myself—as peace of mind, patience, grace and being kind. I shall take and I shall give, while yet, there is so much to live for—rainbows, stars that gleam, the fields, the hills, the hope, the dreams, the truth that one must seek. I’ll stay here— treasure every day and love the world in my own way!

[注释]：

seasonal delight: 季节性的喜悦

mystery: something that is not fully understood 秘密，谜

grace: a characteristic or quality pleasing for its charm 魅力，优雅

rainbow: a graded display of colors 虹，彩虹

gleam: to emit a gleam; flash or glow 闪光；闪烁或发光；闪耀

Day 2 Yao Ming: New Center Style 姚明：新式中锋

If 20 years ago you asked the average American basketball fan if a

Chinese man could play center for an NBA team, his answer might have sounded something like this: “Ha ha. No, he’d be too short!” But now, the doubters are silent. Who closed their mouths? Houston Rockets,

2.26-meter-tall center Yao Ming, from China.

Yao Ming grew up in a family of basketball players. When he was

12, Yao Ming started going to an athletics academy outside of Shanghai and later spent a lot of time studying NBA games televised in China. All this has paid off. Yao’s first NBA honor was his ranking as

number-one draft pick, and he’s been elected for a Rookie-of-the-Month award. Yao Ming has a style different from those of tall centers in the past.

He rarely goes for the flashy slams. He’d rather show off his silk-smooth free-throw shots, or use his height to pop in jump shots from the three-point line.

[注释]：

doubter: 持怀疑态度的人

athletics: activities, such as sports, exercises, and games, that require physical skill 体育运动 academy: 学院

televise: to broadcast or be broadcast by television （电视）播放

pay off：还清，赢利 ranking: of the highest rank 排名

draft: a system in which the exclusive rights to new players are distributed among professional teams （美国）职业运动的选秀

pick: the act of selecting or choosing; choice 挑选

rookie: a first-year player, especially in a professional sport 新秀选手

flashy: cheap and showy; gaudy 花哨的，华丽的

slam: to hit something with force; crash 灌篮

show off：炫耀 pop in：投入

Day 3 Tall Tale 吹牛

关于吹牛，中国文化和西方文化的幽默方式真是不一样。西方文化注重逻辑严密，而中国文化讲求整体性和模糊性。下面这段话请你仔细想一想，是真的吗？

A friend told me this story. He can stretch the truth a bit, so I’m not sure whether to believe him. But on the other hand, truth can be stranger than fiction! What do you think?

Two brothers were watching a horror film on video late one night. One brother dozed off and dreamed that he was being chased by the crazy man from the movie, who was trying to kill him. In the dream, he hid in a cupboard. There was no sound except his heart pounding, and he had no idea where his crazed captor was. He was terrified! At that moment, the video finished, and his brother put his hand on the shoulder of his sleeping sibling to wake him. The shock at that tense moment was enough

that the sleeping brother suffered a massive heart attack and died instantly.

[注释]：

stretch ... a bit：夸大事实，言过其实 horror film：恐怖电影 doze off：打瞌睡 cupboard: a closet or cabinet, usually with shelves for storing food, crockery, and utensils 橱柜 pounding: 跳动声，重击声

captor: one that takes another as a captive 捕捉者

terrified: deeply afraid 恐惧的

sibling: one of two or more individuals having one or both parents in common; a brother or sister 兄弟，姐妹

massive heart attack：严重的心脏病

The answer：

Of course it’s not true! If he died instantly, how would anyone know what his

dream was about?

And think again:

There is a girl behind each boy, and a boy behind each girl. How many children

are needed to do this?

The answer：

It can be done with just two children: only one boy and one girl are needed if they stand back to back!

Day 4 Nanotechnology: Beyond Your Wildest Dreams

纳米科技：超越终极想象

纳米技术带来的变化，将超出你最疯狂的想象。应用纳米科技，我们可以移动一颗颗原子，把它们放到我

们想放的地方。这样，在理论上，我们就可以制造出任何我们想要的东西。例如，通过移动煤炭里的原子我们可以制造钻石。多么令人惊奇！当然，目前纳米技术还没有发展成熟。

Nanotechnology is the science of moving individual atoms around and putting them precisely where we want. Since everything is composed of atoms, by doing this we can, in theory, construct anything we want. For example, by moving around the atoms in a piece of coal, we could create a diamond.

Currently, nanotechnology is still quite crude. Scientists can alter the

properties of things like plastics or cloth to make them harder or softer or more durable, but they can’t build something new from a collection of

atoms. Why? Well, because things are made up of billions of atoms and it takes too long to move them around.

So, the next big step in nanotechnology will be building machines that can do this automatically. Once we have these we should be able to

make almost anything with no waste and no pollution, at very little cost. Scientists think that the first “Universal Assembler” might be built in around 15 years.

[注释]：

nanotechnology: 纳米技术

atom: a part or particle considered to be an irreducible constituent of a specified

system 原子

precisely: in a precise manner 准确地；明确地

be composed of: 由 组成，由 构成

construct: to form by assembling or combining parts; build 建造

currently: belonging to the present time 目前

crude: unripe or immature 未成熟的 alter: to change or become different 改变 property: a characteristic trait or peculiarity, especially one serving to define or describe its

possessor 特性，属性 durable: capable of withstanding wear and tear or decay 耐久的

Day 5 Jimmy: Picture Books for Adults

迷宫般的城市，习惯看相同的景物，走相同的路线，到达相同的目的地；习惯让人的生活不再变化；习惯让人有种莫名的安全感，却又有种莫名的寂寞。而你永远不知道，你的习惯会让你错过什么。

《向左走，向右走》，一个发生在城市—— 只可能发生在城市的、关于追寻的故事。作者以一种淡淡的、幽默的笔调缓缓述说，在故事情节与画面中制造城市生活中的种种“巧合”，让人在阅读时感到既熟悉又惊讶，不自觉地发出会心一笑

Artists and authors use many different ways to talk about society; many write novels, while others paint pictures. An artist in Taipei has found a different way to talk about life, people, and the problems we all face. His name is Jimmy Liao, and he creates illustrated books.

Jimmy is both an illustrator and an author. He draws all of the colorful pictures in his books and writes all of the storylines. His small paperback books usually have only one or two lines of text per page, the rest being filled by his cute, simple drawings. Simplicity is one of Jimmy’s strong points; he doesn’t lose the reader in complex plots or dialogues. Jimmy’s books speak to readers about the ups and downs of living in the modern world. One of his most popular stories, Turning Left,

Turning Right, tells of a short romance between a couple that live next to each other. The lonely pair meet one day in the park and immediately fall in love. When they leave each other at the end of a fun-filled day, they exchange telephone numbers, but the rain causes the numbers to become illegible. They are unable to contact each other, and soon return to their lonely lives.

Sad, right? Don’t start crying yet; there’s a catch to the story. You see,

this man and woman actually live in the same building! The problem is, when they leave their apartments, one always turns to the left, while the other always turns to the right. The result is that they never realize they are neighbors. The lesson of the story? Life is in the details: things that seem small and insignificant can actually turn out to be important. And this is another of Jimmy’s talents: he shows his readers how the “little things”in life are often more important than we realize.

[注释]：

illustrate: 画插图 illustrator: 插图画家 contact: 联络，联系

storyline: 故事情节，故事大纲

paperback: a book having a flexible paper binding 平装本，纸面本

drawing: the art of representing objects or forms on a surface chiefly by means of lines 线条 simplicity: the property, condition, or quality of being simple or uncombined 简单 plot: the plan of events or main story in a narrative or drama 情节

romance: a love affair 恋爱，罗曼史

illegible: not legible or decipherable 无法辨认的，字迹不清的

catch: a tricky or previously unsuspected condition or drawback 圈套，陷阱

insignificant: lacking in importance; trivial 无意义的，微小的

Time for Fun

商业广告（Advertisement）中不乏文字精炼优美，内涵令人回味的佳作。且大都朗朗上口，易于诵记。下面选录了一些著名品牌的经典广告词。

Time is what you make of it. (Swatch)天长地久。（斯沃奇手表）

Make yourself heard. (Ericsson)理解就是沟通。（爱立信）

Start ahead. (Rejoice)成功之路，从头开始。（飘柔）

A diamond lasts forever. (De Bierres)钻石恒久远，一颗永流传。（戴比尔斯） Connecting People.(Nokia)科技以人为本。（诺基亚）

Let's make things better.(Philips)让我们做得更好。（飞利浦）

Mosquito Bye Bye Bye.(RADAR)蚊子杀杀杀。（雷达牌驱虫剂）

Good to the last drop. (Maxwell)滴滴香浓，意犹未尽（麦斯威尔咖啡）

Obey your thirst．服从你的渴望。（雪碧）

The choice of a new generation.新一代的选择。（百事可乐）

Take time to indulge．尽情享受吧！（雀巢冰激凌）

The taste is great.味道好极了。（雀巢咖啡）

To me， the past is black and white， but the future is always color．

对我而言，过去平淡无奇；而未来，却是绚烂缤纷。（轩尼诗酒）

Feel the new space.感受新境界。（三星电子）

Intelligence everywhere.智慧演绎，无处不在。（摩托罗拉手机）

Let’s make things better. (Philips)让我们做得更好。（飞利浦电子）

No business too small, no problem too big.没有不做的小生意，没有解决不了的大问题。 （IBM 公司）

W2、Day 1 Youth 青春

《青春》初塞缪尔〃厄尔曼

Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life.

Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity of the appetite, for adventure over the love of ease. This often exists in a man of sixty more than a boy of twenty. Nobody grows old merely by a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals.

Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the

soul. Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust.

Whether sixty or sixteen, there is in every being’s heart the lure of

wonder, the unfailing child-like appetite of what’s next, and the joy of the game of living. In the center of your heart and my heart there is a wireless station; so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and power from men and from the infinite, so long are you young.

When the aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, then you are grown old, even at

twenty, but as long as your aerials are up, to catch the waves of optimism, there is hope you may die young at eighty.

—— Samuel Ullman

[注释]：

rosy cheeks: 玫瑰花般的脸颊 supple: readily bent; pliant 柔软的

vigor : physical or mental strength, energy, or force 精力，活力

temperamental : excessively sensitive or irritable; moody 心情变化快的，喜怒无常的 predominance : the state or quality of being predominant; preponderance 优势 timidity : shy 胆怯的，害羞的 appetite : 食欲，胃口，欲望，爱好

desert : 放弃，遗弃 wrinkle: to draw up into wrinkles; pucker 起皱

enthusiasm : great excitement for or interest in a subject or cause 狂热，热心，积极性 wireless : 无线的 infinite : having no limits 无限的，无穷的 aerial : 天线 cynicism: a scornful, bitterly mocking comment or act 玩世不恭，冷嘲热讽

pessimism: a tendency to stress the negative or unfavorable possible view 悲观，悲观主义 optimism: a tendency to expect the best possible outcome or dwell on the most hopeful aspects of a situation 乐观，乐观主义

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