情境导读
Lucy给在美国的亲戚朋友带了礼物，她正在机场接受海关的检查。
英语情景会话
(以L代表Lucy，A代表Attendant)
A: Please show me your passport and other documents.
L: Here you are.
A: What's your purpose of coming to the United States?
L: For study.
A: How long will you stay here?
L: I'II be studying here for a full year.
A: May I see you customs declaration form and please put your things on the counter here. Do you have anything to declare?
L: I have nothing to declare.
A: What's in your trunk?
L: I've put inside my books, my clothes and personal stuffs.
A: Could you please open your bag?
L: Yes.
A: Anything prohibited, such as alcoholic drinks and tobacco products? What are these?
L: This is a gift for my friend and these are souvenirs for my relatives.
A: Do you have any Chinese herbal medicine inside?
L: Definitely not.
A: Enjoy your stay in America.
L: Thank you.
英语笔记
1.May 是情态动词，放在句首需重读。
2.personal stuffs 意为“个人用品”。
3.gift 中的/t/遇到for中的爆破音/f/失去爆破，/t/不发音。
4.Chinese herbal medicine 意为中草药。
英语语音语调
双辅音结尾的单词中/t/和/d/的消失
"This is a gift for my friend"一句中"gift"的/t/不发音，这是因为前一个词以/st//ʃt/, /ft/, /nd/,/Id/, /zd/,/ðd/,/vd/,等结尾，后一词以辅音开始，则其中的/t/、/d/不发音。如 :
last day /lɑ:s deɪ/
最后一天
send round /sen raund/
发送
left behind /lef bɪˈhaɪnd/
落后
pushed them /pʊʃ ðəm/
推它们
另一种情况是当前一词以/pt/, /kt/, /tʃt/, /bd/, /gd/, /dʒd/结尾，后一个词以辅音开始，则其中的/t/,/d/不发音，如：
kept quiet /kep 'kwaɪət/
保持安静
changed color /tʃeɪndʒ ˈkʌlə/
改变了的颜色
looked fine /lʊk faɪn/
看上去不错
reached Paris /ri:tʃ 'pærɪs/
到达巴黎
