英語早間課堂:Just Keep it down

Good morning , my buddies. I'm Juliet. I'm so glad to meet you through network. I'm hoping that we could spend a wonderful morning together. 大家早上好，我是juliet. 很高興又和大家在空中見面了。希望和您在此度過一個美好的清晨。

【直擊主題】

There's a phrase which asks someone to quiet. It's similar to saying "Please quiet down". What's it? Let's listen to a simple situational dialogue. A : Would you keep it down?

B : Sure. I can turn this music off.

【答疑解惑】

Okay, guys, have you spotted it? It is " keep it down". "Keep" is a factitive verb which means make. "It" refers to something that disturbs someone else and it's used as object. "down" is a adverb which means low and it's used as complement of "it". "Keep it down" is very easy to think of it's meaning if we put it in a situation. 直譯是：是它下降。把聲音一步步的壓下來，那么環(huán)境安靜多了，不打攪大別人。因此它的意思就是：安靜點兒，小聲點兒。

【拓展視野】

We have more phrases to take place of " keep it down. " which are as follows: 1 quiet down For example: He managed to quiet those children down. 他使那些孩子們安靜下來。

2 settle down For example:The teacher told the students to settle down and study the text. 教師讓學生安靜下來學習課文. 3 quiet down For example: She soon quieted down and fell asleep. 她不久就安靜下來睡著了。 4 pipe down For example: He shouted at us to pipe down. 他大聲叫我們安靜下來。

5 silence somebodyFor example: The teacher tried to silence the pupils. 老師設法讓學生們安靜下來。 6 die downFor example: Please!till the din died down. 后來人們漸漸安靜下來。This sentence comes from the famous literature called Gone with the Wind. 7 keep still For example: He began walking jerkily up and down, evidently unable to keep still. 他開始來回走動，不能安靜下來。

8 sober down For example: Can you find a way to sober the children down? 你能想法子讓孩子們安靜下來嗎?

Now let's talk about "keep down". "keep down " means "to hide yourself by not standing up straight". 是“蹲下，臥倒， 埋伏，隱藏”的意思。 For example: Keep down ! You must not let anyone see you .蹲下，一定不能讓人看見你。We have another phrase: keep somebody down which means " to prevent a person , or a group etc. from expressing themselves freely". 意思是：壓制，鎮(zhèn)壓，控制某人。For example: The people have been kept down for years by a brutal regime. 多年來，人們一直受著殘暴的壓制。We have one more phrase: keep something down which means "to make something stay at a lower level". For example: Keep your voice down, I don't want anyone else to hear. 小聲點，我不想讓任何人聽到。Keep the noise down. 小聲點兒。Keep down wages 保持低工資;keep down prices, 保持低物價; keep down the cost of life 保持低生活費用。“Keep something down”has another meaning which is " not to bring something back through mouth from the stomack". 意思是：不嘔吐。For example: She's had some water but can't keep any food down. 他喝了點水，但是一吃東西就吐。

【小題大作】

And now let's come the dialogue study. Please write down the key phrases while listening to the music. A : Would you keep it down?

B : Sure. I can turn this music off. Now have you done. I think the following phrase should be underlined.

【短語積累】

1 keep it down 安靜點兒2 turn the music off 關掉音樂【咬文嚼字】

1 Would you keep it down? 翻譯：你能安靜點嗎?

要點：would 是will 的過去式，表示一種婉轉的請求，譯為：請。

Would it be convenient for you to leave tomorrow? 明天走你方便嗎? 例句點撥：這句話中很明顯說話者是希望那個人走，可是為了不很明顯表露自己的想法，不傷害別人的感情，在此用would 就是話中還有話，就是叫別人明天走。

2 I can turn this music off. 翻譯： 我會關掉音樂的。

要點：can 在這里是表示說話者同意對方的要求。在句中因為b 開音樂吵到a了，a 教b安靜點，b同意a的要求，把音樂關掉。

【空中聽力】

Now let's have a dictation. The dialogue will be read three times and you write down what you've heard. Here we go. A : Would you keep it down?

B : Sure. I can turn this music off.

All right, how many have you caught . 【JULIET，你怎么讀的和錄音的不一樣呀?】是的，沒錯，我的跟錄音有很大區(qū)別，錄音發(fā)的音是標準發(fā)音，我發(fā)的是美國人在日常生活中的真正發(fā)音。我們經常聽不懂美劇中的句子和美國人說話，問題就在這里了。Now let's look at them one by one.

1 would you [wudju:]

當前一個單詞的最后一個字母是d，后一個單詞的第一個字母是 j 是， 美國人將其連讀為 [dj]

2 keep it down ['ki:bi'daun]

Keep 以爆破音而且是清輔音結尾，it 以原音開頭，前面的輔音[t]與后面的原因[i]連讀, 就成了[ti]，由于清輔音在原音面前可以濁化為濁輔音，因此[ti]就讀為[di]. It 是以爆破音[t]結尾, down 是以爆破音[d]開頭，前面的爆破音就是去爆破。因此 it down 就讀為 [i'daun].整個短語就讀為 ['ki:bi'daun]，重音在第一和第三個音節(jié)。

3 can [k?n]

Can 在肯定句中是弱讀的，在否定句中才是重讀。

4 music off ['mju:zig?:f]

Music 是以爆破音而且是清輔音結尾，off 以元音開頭，前面的輔音[k]與后面的元音連讀, 由于清輔音在原音面前可以濁化為濁輔音。

All right, it's time to say goodbye to you . Have a nice day . Thank you for your listening this time , see you next time. 好了，又要和大家暫時在空中告別了，祝您度過一個愉快的一天，感謝您的這次收聽，下次再會。

【溫故知新】

1 Please translate the following sentences into English with different expressions which says "安靜下來" in Chinese.

1 等孩子安靜下來你再開始上課。

2 孩子們被送上床睡覺后,屋子安靜下來了.

3 老師走進教室后,學生們安靜下來了。

4 鈴聲一響，學生們就安靜下來了。

5 等所有的人都安靜下來時，黨支部書記宣布開會。

6 讓孩子們安靜下來,我都聽不見自己講話了。

7 老師使那吵鬧的男孩安靜下來。

2 口譯下面的對話。

A : 你能小聲點嗎?

B : 行。我會關掉音樂的。

翻譯習題答案：

1 Just wait until the children have settled down before you start your lesson.

2 The house quited down after the children were put to bed. 3 The class sobered down as the teacher came into the room.

4 No sooner had the bell run than the students was holded down .

5 When everybody had died down, the Party branch secretary declared the meeting open.

6 Pipe those children down; I can't hear myself talk.

7 The teacher silenced the noisy boy.