情境导读
Mary买了一套新房，正在和Cherry谈论现在的房价问题。由于月供很高，她向Cherry 诉苦说自己成了房奴。
英语情景会话
(以下C代表Cherry，M代表Mary)
C: Hi, Mary. Have you bought the house that you mentioned before?
M: yes. Because I'm very satisfied with it.
C: Really? Have you did you pay for it?
M: I look out a mortgage loan. My parents paid for the down payment. I will pay the monthly payments to the bank.
C: Right. You don't have to pay the whole amount of money at once. The house price is dropping and the mortgage rate is low now.
M: But even though the price has dropped. it's still very high.
C: Yeah. that's true. Buying a house is a major life investment How much do you pay for the monthly payment?
M: RMB 3,000.
C: Wow, that's a lot of money. How many years will it take to pay off your mortgage?
M: Twenty years. It's like forever. I have to live very frugally.The payment takes the lion's share out of my salary every month. I'm a mortgage slave now.
英语笔记
1.口语中，because/bɪ'kɒz/常读作/kɒz/。
2.mortgage 中的字母t不发音，读作/ˈmɔ:ɡidʒ/。
3.even though 重读，表示强调。
4.pay off 的意思是“偿还清”。
5.mortgage slave 是“房奴”的意思。
英语语音语调
because的音变
because在口语中经常不发/bɪ'kɒz/完整的音，而是被简化读作/kɒz/。下面我们来看几个例子：
A:l didn't see you in the party yesterday.
我昨天在派对上没有看见你。
B：Oh,I didn't go. because /kɒz/ I had to review my courses.
哦，我没去，因为我要复习功课。
A: You look terrible.
你看起来气色不太好。
B：Because /kɒz/I stayed up all last night playing cards.
因为我昨晚玩脾玩了个通宵。
