LemonIce的ScalersTalk第四轮新概念朗读持续力训

Lesson27(1) Nothing to sell and nothing to buy

It has been said that everyone lives by selling something. In the light of this statement, teachers live by selling knowledge, philosophers by selling wisdom and priests by selling spiritual comfort.

Though it may be possible to measure the value of material goods in terms of money, it is extremely difficult to estimate the true value of the services which people perform for us. There are times when we would willingly give everything we possess to save our lives, yet we might grudge paying a surgeon a high fee for offering us precisely this service. The conditions of society are such that skills have to be paid for in the same way that goods are paid for at a shop. Everyone has something to sell.

Tramps seem to be the only exception to this general rule. Beggars almost sell themselves as human beings to arouse the pity of passers-by. But real tramps are not beggars. They have nothing to sell and require nothing from others. In seeking independence, they do not sacrifice their human dignity.

任务配置：L0+L4

词音：teacher,knowledge,philosopher,priest,comfort,material,grudge,Tramp,dignity

词义：priest  牧师；神父；教士；precisely  精确地；恰恰；Tramp  流浪者；徒步旅行；践踏

连读第六大技巧 缩读

1.常见缩读

1）want to→wanna

2) be going to→ be gonna

3)have got to→ gotta

4）because→ ‘cause

5）out of → outta

6）you→ ya

7）what is the→ what’sa

8）sure→sher

9）what are you→ wachya/ wacha

10）ing→ in‘

2.情态动词完成时和过去将来完成时的不规则缩读

1）could have → could’a

2）must have → must‘a

3）should have→ should’a

4）would have→ would‘a

3.of的不规则缩读

1）kind of → kinda

2）a lot of → a lotta

3）lots of → lotsa

4）sort of→ sorta

5）bunch of → buncha

6）because of→becausa

练习感悟：

拿新概念练口语，音频原声和外国人平时讲话的区别挺大的，和国内不同的人讲话一样，外国人讲话也是带有口音的，练完口语马上去和外国人对话，可能像是一个把普通话练的字正腔圆的外国人，在你眼前用播新闻的慢速版发音讲话。

一句话，就是干。