Daniel: Dad, do you know which bus we should take?

Benjamin: Of course, er, let me check the bus schedule first.

Daniel: Be quick, please!

Benjamin: Why can't I find the bus your mother told me yesterday?

Daniel: Mom has told you about the direction 3 times yesterday.

Dad: But I was watching American Idol at that time.

Daniel: We need to ask someone.

(There comes Bus 29)

Benjamin: Excuse me? Does this bus go to Xidan Book Building?

Conductor: No, it doesn't. You need to take Bus 52.

Benjamin: Do I have to change to some other bus on the way?

Conductor: No.

Benjamin: I see, thanks. Oops! The Bus 52 is coming. Daniel, come on. Let's go.

 

听看学
Top丹尼尔：你知道我们坐哪路车吗？

本杰明：当然啊，恩，让我先看一下公车牌。

丹尼尔：快点吧！

本杰明：为什么我没有看见你妈妈昨天跟我说的那路公车呢？

丹尼尔：妈妈昨天跟你说了三次公交路线。

爸爸：但是那个时候我在看《美国偶像》啊。

丹尼尔：我们要问问起他的人。

（来了一辆29路车）

本杰明：你好，请问一下这车到西单图书大厦吗？

售票员：不到。你应该乘52路。

本杰明：那我还需要转车吗？

售票员：不需要。

本杰明：我知道了，谢谢。啊，52路来了，丹尼尔，快，我们走。

 

经典背诵 Recitation
TopDad: I have no sense of directions at all. So many times when I go out to some place by bus I would have to ask the conductor how to get there. Thanks to them that they are always so helpful. But I don't know how they can remember so many places?

生词小结
Toptake vt. 拿，取

schedule n. 时间表，一览表

quick adj. 快的，迅速的

ask vt. 问，要求

excuse vt. 原谅

change vt. 改变

Pronunciation 语音小结——半元音1组
Top1./w / which we why when

发音小贴士：舌后部向软腭抬起，双唇收得圆而小，并向前突出，音一经发出就立即向后面的元音滑动，声带振动。

 

2．/j / yesterday yet yes yellow

发音小贴士：舌前部尽量向硬腭抬起，双唇向两边伸展成扁平形。该音一经发出立刻向后面元音滑动，声带振动。

特别提示：在美音辅音系统中比英音多了个清辅音/hw /，和浊辅音/w /相对，有不少美国人把wh开头的单词念成/hw /,如what /hwat /, why /hwai/

对比练习 /w /和/j / west and your wet and you wise and young water and yard