美式英语正音训练第88期:第7章 练习3

 　　Exercise 7-3: Tongue¹ Twisters

　　Feeling² confident³? Good!

　　Try the following⁴ tongue twisters and have some fun.

　　1. The sixth⁵ sick Sheik's sixth thick sheep.

　　2. This is a zither. Is this a zither?

　　3. I thought⁶ a thought.

　　But the thought I thought

　　wasn't the thought I thought I thought.

　　If the thought I thought I thought had⁷ been the thought I thought,

　　I wouldn't have thought so much.

1 tongue   

n.舌头，语言，口条，语言，说话方式；vt.舔，闲谈，斥责； vi.吹乐器

参考例句：

• I can hardly move my tongue.我舌头不太能动。
• The doctor looked at her tongue.医生诊看了她的舌头。

2 feeling   

n.感觉，知觉，感情

参考例句：

• I am feeling better now.我现在觉得好些了。
• I'm feeling kind of tired.我感到有点累。

3 confident   

adj.确信的，自信的，有信心的

参考例句：

• I am confident in him.我对他有信心。
• We need a confident leader to overcome these difficulties.我们需要一个有信心的领导者来克服这些困难。

4 following   

n.下列各项，部下，党羽；aaj.下列的，其次的；vbl.跟随

参考例句：

• The following is the full text.全文如下。
• Answer the following questions.回答下列问题。

5 sixth   

num.第六

参考例句：

• He was the sixth to arrive.他是第六个到达的。
• The sixth boy in line is my brother.排第六的男孩是我的弟弟。

6 thought   

n.想法，思想，思维，思潮，关心，挂念；v.vbl.think的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• It was just a thought.这仅仅是一个想法。
• She thought he had a cold.她认为他感冒了。

7 had   

vbl.have的过去式和过去分词；conj.有

参考例句：

• I just had a good idea!我有个好主意！
• The boy had a small branch of a tree in his hand.这个男孩手上拿一条小树枝。