情境导读

　　Sammy和Bob一起自驾出游。正当Sammy抱怨路途太长时，Bob突然把车开得飞快，原来是车要没油了。

　　英语情景会话

　　(以下S代表Sammy.B代表Bob)

　　S: What a long drive! I'm pooped.

　　B: What's the beef? I'm driving. and you just sit there.

　　S: Well, without me. you would feel sleepy.

　　B: The car is full of your junk and I feel so hot!

　　S: Well, I just bought some sensible food. some sensible CDs and some sensible stuff. You know I took into consideration the weather and road condition that may affect the car trip when making the schedules.

　　B: But you don't know how io drive. Oh, I love traveling by driving my own car and being with myself.

　　S: Come on! It's not safe to have road trips alone. Besides, no one helps take pictures of you.

　　B: Oh, my goodness!

　　S: What's wrong? Where's the fire, buddy?

　　B: It's out of oil!

　　S: Our goose was cooked.

　　英语笔记

　　1.此处为 I am 的缩略形式，读作/ɑɪm/。

　　2.of 弱读为/əv/，full of 连读后读作/fʊ ləv/。

　　3.come on 发生音变，读作/kmɔn/。

　　英语语音语调

　　be动词现在时的弱化

　　你听到的I'm pooped一句中的am采用了弱读形式。 be动词中的am，is，are都有自己的强读和弱读形式。在非强调和口语中，be动词一般弱读。具体情况如下：

　　1.am强读为/æm/，弱读为/əm/或/m/，如：

　　I'm/ɑɪm/ a student.

　　我是学生。

　　What am I/wɑtəmɑɪ/ doing?

　　我在做什么啊?

　　2.is强读为/ɪz/，弱读为/s/(常位于/p/，/t/，/k/，/f/，/θ/后，其他情况读/z/)。

　　注：/s/与/z/的发音不啦现在/s/、/z/、/ʃ/、/tʃ/、/ʒ/、/dʒ/之后。如：

　　Her hat's /hæts/ good.

　　她的帽子不错。

　　The money's /'mʌnɪz/ not mine.

　　这钱不是我的。

　　3.are 强读为/ɑ:/，弱读为/ə/，如：

　　They're /ðeɪə/ there.

　　他们在那儿。