和谐英语

VOA慢速英语:Improve Your Pronunciation By 'Shadowing' Others

2016-05-25来源:VOA

短语讲解:

1. Yoshida wants English learners to look for details that are important to native speakers.

look for 寻找(某人或某物)
例句:I look for you everywhere continuously!
我一直在到处找你!

2. Yoshida says that English learners need to do more than listen and repeat in order to improve their pronunciation:

in order to 为了…
例句:He did not come here in order to attend the meeting.
他来这里决不是要参加会议的。

3. In other words, native speakers have fewer vocal restrictions when they are speaking.

in other words 换句话说; 就是说
例句:Joe doesn' t like work -- in other words, he' s lazy !
乔不爱劳动──换句话说,他懒惰!

4. English learners also may use intonation patterns that are different from those in Standard English.

be different from 不同于; 与…不同
例句:May your destiny be different from her.
希望你的命运和她不同。