美式英语正音训练第24期:Exercise 1 -27 Descriptive Phrase Story The Ugly Duckling

 　　第一章 练习27：《丑陋的小鸭子》——含描述性短语的故事 Exercise 1 -27 Descriptive Phrase¹ Story—The Ugly Duckling

　　Exercise 1-27:

　　Descriptive Phrase Story— The Ugly Duckling

　　The following well-known story has been rewritten to contain only descriptions.

　　Stress the second word of each phrase.

　　Repeat after me.

　　There is a mother duck.

　　She lays three eggs.

　　Soon, there are three baby birds.

　　Two of the birds are very beautiful.

　　One of them is quite ugly.

　　The beautiful ducklings make fun of their ugly brother.

　　The poor thing is very unhappy.

　　As the three birds grow older,

　　the ugly duckling begins to change.

　　His gray feathers turn snowy white.

　　His gangly neck becomes beautifully smooth.

　　In early spring,

　　the ugly duckling is swimming in a small pond

　　in the backyard² of the old farm.

　　He sees his shimmering³ reflection⁴ in the clear water.

　　What a great surprise.

　　He is no longer an ugly duckling.

　　He has grown into a lovely swan⁵.

1 phrase   

n.短语，词组；成语，习语

参考例句：

• The phrase was caught on and immediately became popular.这个短语被采用后很快就流行了。
• That's exactly the phrase I was looking for.这就是我一直找的那个短语。

2 backyard   

n.后院，后庭

参考例句：

• I parked the car in the backyard.我把汽车停在后院。
• The residents didn't want a new factory in their backyard.居民不希望在他们住地附近建新工厂。

3 shimmering   

v.闪闪发光，发微光( shimmer的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The sea was shimmering in the sunlight. 阳光下海水波光闪烁。
• The colours are delicate and shimmering. 这些颜色柔和且闪烁微光。 来自辞典例句

4 reflection   

n.映象，倒影；反射；反映；非议；深思

参考例句：

• The reflection of the sun on the glass wall was blinding.玻璃墙上反射的太阳光令人目眩。
• One can see the reflection of the tower in the water.塔的影子倒映在水中。

5 swan   

n.天鹅；vi.闲荡，游荡

参考例句：

• A swan has white feathers and a long thin neck.天鹅长着白色的羽毛和长而细的脖子。
• Swan Lake is the name of a famous ballet.天鹅湖是一出著名的芭蕾舞剧。