掌握英语发音 第一章 第五节

　　[00:00.00]think/bathroom/teeth
[00:40.41]Exercise One: Word Comparison
[00:46.26]Listen to the following words from your tape and repeat.
[00:51.44]boat   both     four      Thor
[00:57.39]sink   think   frilled   thrilled
[01:04.16]moss   moth      sin      thin
[01:10.32]Exercise Two: Tongue Twisters
[01:16.20]Say these tongue twisters out loud to practise the sound[ ]:
[01:23.04]1. Thor is the god of Thunder.
[01:27.90]2. Thelma and Theo have bad breath.
[01:33.05]3. Three free thrilling fills fought on Ruth's roof.
[01:39.68]4. Thieves are thankless thugs who deserve our wrath¹.
[01:46.14]5. Nothing is worth thousands of deaths.
[01:51.31]6. Mr.Smith's teeth are thin and lethal².
[01:57.37]7. Thursdays are thirsty days for lethargic³ Ruth and Thelma.
[02:05.52]8. It seems thems are sought by thousands of mythical⁴ misses.
[02:12.08]9. Thick tick on three trees brought broth⁵ to ten thin tin men.
[02:19.23]10. Sick thickets⁶ thwarted⁷ seven thin sinners from passing through.

1 wrath   

n.愤怒，愤慨，暴怒

参考例句：

• His silence marked his wrath. 他的沉默表明了他的愤怒。
• The wrath of the people is now aroused. 人们被激怒了。

2 lethal   

adj.致死的；毁灭性的

参考例句：

• A hammer can be a lethal weapon.铁锤可以是致命的武器。
• She took a lethal amount of poison and died.她服了致命剂量的毒药死了。

3 lethargic   

adj.昏睡的，懒洋洋的

参考例句：

• He felt too miserable and lethargic to get dressed.他心情低落无精打采，完全没有心思穿衣整装。
• The hot weather made me feel lethargic.炎热的天气使我昏昏欲睡。

4 mythical   

adj.神话的；虚构的；想像的

参考例句：

• Undeniably,he is a man of mythical status.不可否认，他是一个神话般的人物。
• Their wealth is merely mythical.他们的财富完全是虚构的。

5 broth   

n.原(汁)汤(鱼汤、肉汤、菜汤等)

参考例句：

• Every cook praises his own broth.厨子总是称赞自己做的汤。
• Just a bit of a mouse's dropping will spoil a whole saucepan of broth.一粒老鼠屎败坏一锅汤。

6 thickets   

n.灌木丛( thicket的名词复数 )；丛状物

参考例句：

• Small trees became thinly scattered among less dense thickets. 小树稀稀朗朗地立在树林里。 来自辞典例句
• The entire surface is covered with dense thickets. 所有的地面盖满了密密层层的灌木丛。 来自辞典例句

7 thwarted   

阻挠( thwart的过去式和过去分词 )； 使受挫折； 挫败； 横过

参考例句：

• The guards thwarted his attempt to escape from prison. 警卫阻扰了他越狱的企图。
• Our plans for a picnic were thwarted by the rain. 我们的野餐计划因雨受挫。