托福口语跟读训练:望远镜观测(1)
2018 年 03 月 29 日
来源:朗播网
摘要:对于备考托福口语的同学来说,语音语调的处理是非常重要的能力点之一。对于提升语音语调表现,最有效的方法就是跟读。通过跟读,大家可以熟悉英语中常出现的语音现象;积累到地道实用的表达。为此,小编特意整理了一些【老托福听力 93 篇中的】音频,配上专业的语音知识进行讲解。大家可以按照跟读步骤进行托福口语跟读训练。
## 托福口语跟读语音分析
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Most people think of astronomers as people who spend their time in cold observatories peering through telescopes every night.
In fact, a typical astronomer spends most of his or her time analyzing data and may only be at the telescope a few weeks of the year.
Some astronomers work on purely theoretical problems and never use a telescope at all.
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## 句子翻译
大多数人认为天文学家就是把时间花费在冰冷的天文台上每天晚上透过望远镜观测的人。事实上,一个典型的天文学家会花费他或她的大部分时间分析数据,并且可能一年中只在望远镜上(花费)几周的时间。有些天文学家研究纯粹的理论问题,并且根本就从来都不使用望远镜。
## 托福口语跟读难点解析
这段音频中出现了多处失爆现象和辅音对元音的连读,如音频第一句中think和of,cold和observatories都发生了辅音对元音的连读;spend和their连读时发生了失爆。因为这些语音现象的存在才使得我们读英语和英语母语者听起来有些不同。因此,同学们只有把握这些技巧,跟读训练,才能在说英语的时候脱口而出。只有按照外国人说英语的方式去练习,才能快速提高口语水平。
## 托福口语跟读知识点梳理
### 词汇及短语
astronomer n. 天文学者,天文学家
peer through 透过
telescope n. 望远镜
theoretical adj. 理论的,理论上的
### 失爆
顾名思义,指爆破音失去爆破。发生的条件如下:当前面的单词以[p][b][t][d][k][g]这六个爆破音中的任何一个结尾,而紧随其后的单词是以辅音开头的,这时前面单词中的爆破音失去爆破。读法是在发爆破音时只阻塞气流却不将之释放,说白了就是只作口型不发音。
**mad John** [word_audio_src=http://langlib-public.langlib.com/Peripheral/Phonetic/2-1-2-1-02.mp3]
**lap dog** [word_audio_src=http://langlib-public.langlib.com/Peripheral/Phonetic/2-1-2-1-01.mp3]
### 辅音对元音连读
当前面的单词以辅音结尾,紧随其后的单词以元音开头,这时将前面的辅音同后面的元音连在一起,像是构成一个音节一样的读出来, 以使语言更具有流畅自然的特点.而且连读必须是发生在短语或句子的同一个意群中的, 在意群(及短语或从句)之间有停顿时,两个短语或两个从句间相邻的音不连读。
**knock at** [word_audio_src=http://langlib-public.langlib.com/Peripheral/Phonetic/2-2-1-1-01.mp3]
**look into** [word_audio_src=http://langlib-public.langlib.com/Peripheral/Phonetic/2-2-1-1-02.mp3]
以上就是托福口语语音训练的相关内容。同学们在前期要注意学习每种发音规则及其技巧,在练习的过程中注重质量;后期在熟练的前提下提升语速。长此以往,大家的口语水平一定能够有本质的提高。