聽懂老外聊生活英語對話 娛樂 58：綠色奧運

　　Topic58 綠色奧運

　　情境導讀

　　Laura和Kay發(fā)現(xiàn)北京的天空變得更藍了，空氣也更清新了，這是因為北京舉辦的奧運會以綠色奧運為主題，政府為此作出了很大努力。

　　英語情景會話

　　(以下L代表Laura，K代表Kay)

　　K: I say, I.aura, don't you think the sky in Beijing becomes bluer since 2007?

　　L: Yes. When I came here in 2006. the air was not so fresh.

　　K: That's because of Beijing's Olympic Games which were centered on "Green Olympics".

　　L: Oh. no wonder there're more trees and the streets are much cleaner.

　　K: The local government also closed many private enterprises to reduce pollution.

　　L: It seems the government made great efforts to host a green Game.

　　K: Definitely. Actually the IOC has put forward the issue of environ-mental protection for a long time.

　　L: So this issue is a global one. And Beijing is a good model for the following host countries.

　　K: I hope Beijing could keep this new look from now on.

　　英語筆記

　　1.in 中的/n/在/b/前被同化為/m/，因此in 在這里讀/?m/。

　　2.稱呼Laura 位于句中，要用升調(diào)。

　　3.引導復合句的連詞when位于句首要重讀。

　　4.IOC，全稱International Olympic Committee，國際奧林匹克委員會。

　　5.issue 中的/u:/與of 的/?/連讀，中間加輔助音/w/，讀作/'??u: w?v/。

　　英語語音語調(diào)

　　引導復合句的連詞位于句首需重讀

　　在英語中，引導復合句的連詞位于句首時，需要重讀。如：

　　When she comes.I'II tell her.

　　等她來了，我會告訴她的。(when需重讀)

　　While the war was raging. he was painting.

　　當戰(zhàn)爭打得正激烈的時候，他在畫畫。(while需重讀)

　　Whether he will come or not is not certain.

　　化是否會來還不確定。(whether需重讀)

　　Once you've made up your mind.you should never think of changing it.

　　你一旦決定了，就不能改變這個想法。(once需重讀)