Coach Shane - Daily English Dictation 1-5 筆記

目錄

• Daily English Dictation
  • 1
  • 2. cancellation of 'h'
  • 3. 'to' / pumpkin
  • 4. cancellation: weak sounds next to strong sounds
  • 5. pronunciation of 'to'

Daily English Dictation

1

Mother Teresa, who received a Nobel Peace Price for her work on behalf of the poor, dies in Calcuffa, India—she was 87 years old.

1. work 中的k濁化

2. on behalf of : for

3. dies 而非 died，原因是：講述這件事的時候就會把我們帶回到那個時代，所以不用past tense.

2. cancellation of 'h'

Q: Jerry, what time do you have?
A: I have 5 o'clock.

1. "do you" 發音嘴唇放平，不再是圓形嘴型。

2. "have" 中 "h" is canceled when you speak fast.

   7Hs: he her him his had has have    "h" is canceled when you speak fast

3. "have" 中 "v" 因為后面"5" five，首音為/f/，所以前面的/v/ is canceled.

4. 這句話的意思是“幾點了？ 五點了。” 而不是“你幾點有空”

3. 'to' / pumpkin

There are 3 things I have learned.
Never to discuss with people:
religion, politics and the Great Pumpkin.

1. "There are" 連讀。

2. "have" 中 "h" is canceled when you speak fast.

3. Never 重讀。

4. to 的發音Shane標為 tuh ,聽起來是 /tə/

5. Pumpkin 在俚語中是“人物”的意思，so “the Great Pumpkin": 大人物

   大人物=somebody=pumpkin    小嘍啰=nobody

6.老師提到 [ˈsæntə klɔz] ，一時沒反應過來：Santa Claus —— 聖誕老人

4. cancellation: weak sounds next to strong sounds

Don 't ever let somebody tell you
you can 't do something.

這里 “tell you” 並沒有連讀

1. Rule of cancellation:
      strong sounds: S N L
      weak sounds: d t th
      If d / t / th is next to S / N / L,
   many times, d / t / th is cancelled.

      e.g.  You an(d) I 
      The 'n' cancels the 'd', and we connect the /n/ sound.

      e.g. in(t)ernational  
      the 'n' kills the 't'

2. something

   In daily English, we have a spelling, and the spelling is：

   sump'n /sʌm n/

   "p" 不發音，at 'p',stop!

   /n/鼻音，or you can close your lips. So it basically like an 'm', but we write it with an 'n'.

5. pronunciation of 'to'

I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass and I'm all out of bubblegum.

pronunciation of 'to'

'to' have 7 different sounds:
to...tah...tuh...t'...dah...duh...d'

'to'的7種讀法 詳見Coach Shane B站視頻（start from 02:15）

"kick ass" ck /k/ 濁化

'out of' has a special spelling for daily English":
outta .

Because the typical pronunciation is not 'out of', we say it 'outta' [ˈaʊtə],聽起來是[ˈaʊdə]

and I'm all out of bubblegum:
kick ass an-ahm-al-outta.

1. 此處'to' 讀作 duh

句意：What is that mean, I'm out of bubblegum?

   I have no bg, I have zero bg.

   So why is he here? **To kick ass!**

kick ass on somebody
means to fight them, to shoot them, to kill them.
But to kick ass on the test,means to do a really good job on the test.