生活美语口语教程 Whaddaya Say? Guided Practice in Relaxed Speech by Nina Weinstein

Using language students encounter in everyday situations, Whaddaya Say?

在日常情况下，学生使用语言遇到什么，怎么说？

explains the most common pronunciation changes that occur when English speakers talk at a natural speed.

解释英语使用者以自然速度说话时最常见的发音变化。

This allows all students to improve their comprehension of spoken English, both inside and outside the classroom.

这使得所有学生都能提高他们对英语口语的理解，无论是课堂内外。

Each of the text’s 30 lessons includes an audio segment that introduces new reduced forms

这篇课文的30节课中，每节课都包括一个音频部分，介绍新的简化形式

followed by comprehension questions and practice questions.

然后是理解问题和练习问题。

The book also includes short listening tests for extra practice and self-assessment.

这本书还包括额外练习和自我评估的简短听力测试。

Contents Introduction ……………………………………………. vii

内容简介
1.How’s Your Family ?……………………………………………..1

1.你的家人好吗？

2.Yours ls a Great Job!………………………………………..4

2.你的工作很好！

3.I Have the Perfect Car for You ……………………………….7

3.我有一辆非常适合你的车

4.Where Are the Bags of Chips ?………………………………..10

4.薯片袋在哪里？

5.Do You like the Internet ?…………………………………..13

5.你喜欢互联网吗？

6.Let’s Go Shopping .………………………………………….16

6.我们去购物吧

7.What Are You Doing This Weekend？……………………….19

7.这个周末你打算干什么

8.I Want to Have a Hamburge………………………………….22

8.我想要一个汉堡

9.We’re Going to See”The Monster That Ate Cleveland.”…….26

9.我们要去看“吃克利夫兰的怪物

10.Can You See the Stage？……………………………………..29

10.你能看到舞台吗

11.What Can l Get You for Your Cold？…………………………..32

11.感冒需要什么药吗？

12.Take Bus 4 to Second Street………………………………..35

12.乘4路公共汽车到第二大街

13I’m Going to Try to Find a Job ……………………………….38

13我要找份工作

14’e Got to Check Your Teeth …………………………………41

14.我得检查一下你的牙齿

15lUsed to Be an Engineer for the Railroad …………………44

15被任命为铁路工程师

16What’s the Fastest Way to Send His Packages ?………………48

16寄包裹最快的方法是什么？

17 WeArrive on Tuesday and Leave on Thursday. ………………..52

17我们星期二开车，星期四出发

18 Do You Want a Chocolate or Lemon Birthday Cake?…………56

18你想要巧克力还是柠檬生日蛋糕？

19IDon’t Know What Classes to Take ………………………….60

19我不知道该上什么课

20Can’t You Find an Apartment?………………………………63

20你找不到公寓吗？

21 Could You Check My Sink ?…………………………………..66

21你能检查一下我的水槽吗

22 Who Have You Asked to Fly the Plane?………………………70

22你请谁驾驶飞机？

23 Could l Have an Appointment with Dr. Okamoto ?…………..74

23我能和冈本医生约个时间吗？

24We Should Have Taken a Left……………………………….78

我们应该左转

25What Are You Doing to My Hair?..……………………………..82

25你对我的头发做了什么？

26Give Me a Paintbrush ………………………………………..86

26给我一把画笔

27ICouldn’t Take the Tet Because I Was Sick

27我不能吃晚饭，因为我病了

28Been to the Circus Lately?…………………………………….94

28最近去过马戏团吗？

29Where Are Your Extra-Large Hats ?………………….98

29你的特大号帽子在哪里？

30When Will Your TV Program Be Over?…………….102

你的电视节目什么时候结束

Introduction Whaddaya Say? Second Edition is the result of twenty-five years of research on reduced forms.

你说什么？第二版是25年来对简化形式研究的结果。

It’s an updated, easy-to-use listening book thatteaches the most common reduced forms(“wanna,* gonna,* gotta, etc.)

needed to understand natural spoken English. Whaddaya Say?

这是一本更新的，易于使用的听力书，它教授理解自然口语所需的最常见的简化形式（“wanna，*gonna，*gotta，etc”）

presents each reduced form fully contextualized in practical, fun conversations.

你说什么？在实际的、有趣的对话中呈现每种简化形式。

Reduced forms are the pronunciation changes that occur in natural speech because of the environment or context in which a word or sound isfound.

缩略形式是自然语言中由于发现单词或声音的环境或上下文而发生的发音变化

The amount of reduction(the level) depends on how fast the word or sound is spoken.

减少的程度取决于单词或声音的速度。

Example: SLOW SPEECH FASTER FASTEST

例句：慢语速最快

Level 1: want to Level 2: want * ta Level 3:”wanna Whaddaya Say?

1级：想2级：想3级：“想说什么？

focuses on Level 3 reduced forms because, according to research, this level is the most common.

重点放在第三级简化形式上，因为根据研究，这一级是最常见的

A detailed list of reductions that have three or more levels is included on page 119.

第119页列出了三级或三级以上简化形式的详细列表。

DESIGN OF THE CHAPTERS Whaddaya Say?

设计章节怎么说？

Second Edition includes updated versions of the original twenty chapters, plus ten new chapters on additional reductions.

第二版包括20章的最新版本，以及关于额外削减的十个新章节。

Each lesson follows the same chapter outline given below. There’s also a review test section

每节课都遵循下面给出的相同章节大纲。还有一个复习测试部分

(Test Yourself) at the back of the book. The review tests are intended for students to use as both additional practice and a self-check.

（测试你自己）在书的后面。复习测试旨在让学生既可以作为额外的练习，也可以作为自我检查。

They concentrate onreduced forms that are often confused with each other.

他们集中精力于经常相互混淆的简化形式。

All of the chapters and tests appear on the accompanying audio program.

所有章节和测试都显示在附带的音频程序上。

As a general rule, each chapter represents about fifty minutes of presentation and practice material.

一般来说，每章都代表大约五十分钟的介绍和实践材料。

Part 1: Introduction CONVERSATION In the conversations, students are introduced to the reduced forms for that lesson.

第一部分：介绍会话中的会话，介绍了该课的简化形式。

After Chapter 1, previously learned forms are recycled in the conversations and throughout the chapters.

在第一章之后，以前学习过的表格在对话和整个章节中都被回收。

Students first listen to a segment of a conversation spoken with careful, slow pronunciation.

学生们首先听一段对话，说话时要小心，发音慢。

They contrast this pronunciation with the same segment spoken with relaxed, fast speech that uses the target reduced forms.

他们将这个发音与同一段话进行对比，用轻松、快速的语言，使用目标减少的形式。

Afterward, the entire conversation is repeated using only relaxed, fast speech. Depending on their abilities, the students can follow along in their books or listen without looking at their books.

之后，整个对话都是重复使用轻松、快速的讲话。学生可以根据自己的能力，在书中继续学习，也可以不看书就听。

To remind students that the reduced forms are not to be used for written English, an asterisk(“) is used with every reduced form.

为了提醒学生，缩略的表格不可用于书面英语，每一个缩略的表格都使用星号（“）。

COMPREHENSION The Comprehension questions check students’ basic understanding of the conversation.

理解问题检查学生对会话的基本理解。

Some questions ask the students to form opinions.

有些问题要求学生形成意见。

Students can compare answers with a partner at the end of the exercise, and then share their answers with the class.

学生可以在练习结束时与同伴比较答案，然后与全班同学分享他们的答案。

PRACTICE Student books should be closed for the Practice section.

实习部分的实习学生书籍应关闭。

This is basically a translation exercise in which students repeat only the slow,

这基本上是一个翻译练习，学生们只重复缓慢的，

careful pronunciation of the relaxed, fast speech they hear. If students have difficulty,

他们所听到的轻松、快速的讲话的仔细发音。如果学生有困难，

they can stop the tape recorder after each sentence to allow them to “translate”it in smaller, easier chunks

他们可以在每个句子结束后停止录音，让他们把它“翻译”成更小、更容易的片段

Part 2: Expansion COMPREHENSION In this part, students hear a new conversation, usually a continuation of the opening conversation, but spoken in relaxed, fast pronunciation.

第二部分：扩展理解在这一部分中，学生听到一个新的对话，通常是开始对话的延续，但发音轻松、快速。

The Comprehension questions can be used to ensure that students understand the key points of the second conversation.

理解问题可以用来确保学生理解第二次对话的要点。

If students have difficulty answering these questions, they can listen to the audio program again.

如果学生回答这些问题有困难，他们可以再听一遍音频节目。

If students have difficulty understanding this conversation on the audio program,

如果学生在理解音频节目中的对话时有困难，

they can open their books to the Part 2 Practice section and follow along.

他们可以打开书本，进入第2部分练习部分，然后继续学习。

PRACTICE In this section, students listen to the Part 2 conversation again, filling in the blanks with the missing reduced forms.

They should use the conventional spellings of the reduced forms that they hear.

在本节练习中，学生再听第二部分的对话，用缺少的缩略形式填空。他们应该使用他们听到的简化形式的常规拼写。

For example, if they hear *”n’, they should write and. After students have filled in all of the blanks,

例如，如果他们听到*“n”，他们应该写和。学生填完所有的空格后，

they listen again and check their answers before sharing the correct answers as a class.

他们再听一遍并核对答案，然后作为一个班分享正确答案。

DISCUSSION Students can work in small groups to discuss the final questions on the chapter topic.

讨论学生可以分组讨论本章主题的最后问题。

The purpose of this section is to encourage students to bring their own experiences into the classroom and into their discussion of the chapter topic.

本节的目的是鼓励学生将自己的经验带进课堂，并将其带进本章主题的讨论中。

TEST YOURSELF Ten review tests for easily confused reduced forms appear at the back of the book and at the end of the audio program.

测试你自己十个容易混淆的简化形式的复习测试出现在书的后面和音频程序的末尾。

Each test consists of a short conversation featuring the target reduced forms.

每个测试由一个简短的对话组成，对话的特点是目标简化形式。

Students should take each test after they finish the chapter that appears next to it.

学生应在完成旁边的章节后参加每项考试。

If students have difficulty with a particular test, they should re-do the chapters with the reduced forms that caused the difficulty.

如果学生在某一特定的测试中有困难，他们应该用造成困难的简化形式重做章节。

Students can also do the entire Test Yourself whenthey finish Whaddaya Say?

学生们也可以自己完成整个测试，当他们完成你说什么？

to reinforce their understanding of relaxed speech

加强他们对轻松语言的理解

An Answer Key for each Part 2, Practice and Test Yourself is provided at the back of the book.

书的后面提供了第二部分练习和测试的答案。

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I’d like to thank my development editor, Megan Webster,

致谢我要感谢我的开发编辑梅根·韦伯斯特，

for her careful comments, and the wonderful production staff for their detailed work.

对于她细心的点评，以及精彩的制作人员的细致工作。

Penny Laporte is an incomparable joy to work with, and her important comments certainly focused the material.

佩妮·拉波特是一个无与伦比的工作乐趣，她的重要评论当然集中在材料上。

Louisa Hellegers and Eleanor Barnes were very helpful and insightful at every tun.

路易莎·海列格斯和埃莉诺·巴恩斯在每一个地方都很有帮助，很有见地。

I’d especially like to thank all of my students at Toyota Motor Sales who helped to field-test Whaddaya Say?

我要特别感谢我在丰田汽车销售公司的所有学生，他们帮助我实地测试了达雅说的话？

Second Edition, and the teachers and students I’ ve met all over the world for sharing their success stories while using Whaddaya Say?

第二版，还有我在世界各地遇到的老师和学生，他们用Whaddaya说的话分享他们的成功故事？

Native speaker

母语者

在轻松的日常对话中，语调常不自觉加快而出现连音，这和课堂中所教授的标准英文是大不同的，这种连音在美剧中就比较常见，不少人由于不懂连音而听得一头雾水。

如whaddaya say=what do you say　wanna=want to　gonaa=going to　gotta=got to　hafta=have to

所以本书列出在日常对话中常见的连音，以会的方式呈现这些连音。让学生可以实际了解发音的变化。书末附有测验，测验解答，全书练习解答。

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