美式英语正音训练第90期:第8章 练习1

 　　Exercise 8-1 :

　　Comparing and

　　Look at the chart that follows and repeat each word.

　　We are contrasting the sound first column

　　a strong, nonreducible sound, ooh,

　　that is made far forward in the mouth,

　　with the lips fully¹ rounded

　　with the reduced sound in the second and fourth columns.

　　1. booed book

　　2. boo bushel

　　3. cooed could

　　4. cool cushion

　　5. food foot

　　6. fool full

　　7. gooed good

　　8. who'd hood²

　　9. kook cook

　　10. crew crook³

　　11. Luke look

　　12. nuke nook

　　13. pool pull

　　14. pooch put

　　15. shoe sugar

　　16. suit soot⁴

　　17. shoot should

　　18. stewed⁵ stood

　　19. toucan⁶ took

　　20. wooed would

1 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

2 hood   

n.头巾，兜帽，覆盖；v.罩上，以头巾覆盖

参考例句：

• She is wearing a red cloak with a hood.她穿着一件红色带兜帽的披风。
• The car hood was dented in.汽车的发动机罩已凹了进去。

3 crook   

v.使弯曲；n.小偷，骗子，贼；弯曲(处)

参考例句：

• He demanded an apology from me for calling him a crook.我骂他骗子，他要我向他认错。
• She was cradling a small parcel in the crook of her elbow.她用手臂挎着一个小包裹。

4 soot   

n.煤烟，烟尘；vt.熏以煤烟

参考例句：

• Soot is the product of the imperfect combustion of fuel.煤烟是燃料不完全燃烧的产物。
• The chimney was choked with soot.烟囱被煤灰堵塞了。

5 stewed   

adj.焦虑不安的，烂醉的v.炖( stew的过去式和过去分词 )；煨；思考；担忧

参考例句：

• When all birds are shot, the bow will be set aside;when all hares are killed, the hounds will be stewed and eaten -- kick out sb. after his services are no longer needed. 鸟尽弓藏，兔死狗烹。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• \"How can we cook in a pan that's stewed your stinking stockings? “染臭袜子的锅，还能煮鸡子吃！还要它？” 来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说

6 toucan   

n.巨嘴鸟，犀鸟

参考例句：

• A toucan is a South American bird.巨嘴鸟是北美的一种鸟。
• There is a toucan in this zoo.这个动物园有一只巨嘴鸟。