聽懂老外聊生活英語對(duì)話 情感 75：無心快語

　　Topic75 無心快語

　　情境導(dǎo)讀

　　Jack約會(huì)又一次遲到，Mary非常生氣。這次舊賬新賬一起算，Mary對(duì)Jack發(fā)起了脾氣，Jack會(huì)怎樣應(yīng)對(duì)呢?

　　英語情景會(huì)話

　　(以下J代表Jack，M代表Mary)

　　M: I still don't understand why you're always late for our date.

　　J: Something important has just cropped up at the office. honey.

　　M: It's not the first time. You have excuses all the time.

　　J: I'm so sorry. I had to meet an important buyer. My hands are tied.

　　M: I'm really fed up with your excuse. You mess our date again. Are you sed? Last week you went to see your grandmother on Saturday evening. But we had pd io go for a concert.

　　J: Well, it was a family thing. I'd completely forgotten about the concert. Anyway, I can't make my grandmother upset.

　　M: Not precisely! She may forgive you. You could have told her you had tickets for a concert.

　　J: All right, that's my fault. Please don't go too far.

　　英語筆記

　　1.cropped 與 up連讀為/?kr?p t?p/。

　　2.be fed up with sth./sb.意思是“厭倦了某事或某人”。

　　3.在此情境下，該疑問句讀降調(diào)。

　　4.兩個(gè)爆破音相遇，前一個(gè)爆破音常失去爆破，not precisely 的發(fā)音為/n? pr??sa?sl?/。

　　英語語音語調(diào)

　　一般疑問句的語調(diào)

　　一般疑問句通常用升調(diào)，比如：

　　Do you have a boyfriend?(↗)

　　你有男朋友嗎?

　　Would you like some drink?(↗)

　　想來點(diǎn)兒喝的嗎?

　　Could we go then?(↗)

　　我們能一塊去嗎?

　　但在有些情況下，一般疑問句用降調(diào)，比如在表示不耐煩或命令時(shí)則使用降調(diào)，如：

　　Are you satisfied?(↘)

　　這下你滿意了吧?

　　Will you take off your shoes，please?(↘)

　　請(qǐng)你把鞋脫下來行嗎?

　　How dare you speak to me like that?(↘)

　　你怎么敢那樣對(duì)我說話?