美式英语正音训练第25期:Exercise 1-31 Contrasting Descriptive and Set Phrases

 　　第一章 练习31：描述性短语和固定短语的对比 Exercise 1-31 Contrasting Descriptive and Set Phrases

　　Exercise 1-31:

　　Contrasting Descriptive and Set Phrases

　　Repeat after me.

　　......1......

　　It's a short nail. It's a fingernail.

　　......2......

　　It's a chocolate cake. It's a pancake.

　　......3......

　　It's a hot bath. It's a hot tub¹.

　　......4......

　　It's a long drive. It's a hard drive.

　　......5......

　　It's the back door. It's the backbone².

　　......6......

　　There are four cards. It's a card trick.

　　......7......

　　It's a small spot. It's a spot light.

　　......8......

　　It's a good book. It's a phone book

　　Pause the CD and rewrite your descriptive phrases (Ex. 1-25) and set phrases (Ex. 1-28).

1 tub   

n.桶，塑料杯，纸杯；盆，洗澡盆，浴缸

参考例句：

• The girl washed clothes in a tub.那女孩把衣服放在木盆里洗。
• The tub needs fixing too.It leaks.浴盆也得修了。它漏。

2 backbone   

n.脊骨，脊柱，骨干；刚毅，骨气

参考例句：

• The Chinese people have backbone.中国人民有骨气。
• The backbone is an articulate structure.脊椎骨是一种关节相连的结构。