英国日常用语和单词week9.doc

食物：parsnip 欧洲防风草，就是白萝卜，煮汤很甜custard 蛋奶酱，放在饼干或蛋挞中间的biscuits with custard： 夹心饼干。英国人也懂cookies，但总是用biscuitsdate 枣in a supermarket-Where can I find some dates?- The fruit?- Of course.On a reciptbalance due:应付款cash: 实付现金change/ change due: 找零carrier bag 购物袋手机：top up 充值bundle 套餐pay as you go: 没有套餐裸奔balance 余额其他：forecourt 楼前空地；前院no parking on the forecourtsturdy 强壮的A note on ashelfin a library:We recently noticed a sturdy soul carrying these heavy books to .(some place). To save himthe trouble we have placed a copy there.多热心的服务自行车：cycle比bike常用cycle path 自行车道贴在系门口的防盗符，据说有用，这篇论文为证：Nettle et al.2012 PLOS ONEmud guard 挡泥板，没有的话会溅一背的泥puncture repair 补胎，说成补洞内胎叫 tube，地铁也叫tube想起伦敦地铁的mind the gap，美国人听了要笑了，据说gap在美国有另外的意思另一个猥琐的笑话:A british boys post on a forum:When I first moved to the states as a teen and asked for a rubber in class you should have seen the look on my teachers face! I also remember asking for Jelly and getting Jam which was very confusing until I discovered that in the US Jelly is called Jello. I still cannot bring myself to say yoowgurt and get odd looks when I pronounce it yogurt with a short O. I could go on and on and I have been here over 20 years!britishculture:9thingsistilldontgetbritain这个帖子有各种吐槽，看也看不完。厕所英语：When using these toilets please give a thought to the cleaners and peoplewho come after you and leave them as you would wish to find them. 与原句可能有点不一样，学校物业的英语真牛啊墙上容易长的东西叫mould水壶里容易长的东西叫limescale空气潮，水难喝，无奈啊wintersolstice 冬至。对一个下午4点就天黑的地方过冬至当然是大消息啦，因为白天会越来越长了eatery 小餐馆买单 foot a bill什么事要命了就说a killer. That eatery has nice food but the queue is a killer.OK的替代说法是lovely解雇sack; put sb out to grass/pasture 原是指赛马下岗了，去草场上养老了英国人一文艺范，我就傻眼了。看了莫斯探长前传才知道什么是听得见每个词也听不懂意思（当然词也很难听清楚）。莫斯探长是牛津本地的神探，70年代的电视剧，老一代比较熟悉。以前看美剧练的功力用处不大，美剧中发音的可辨识度比英剧里的高多了。练口语练习口语的要义是就忘记单词，说话的时候句子的组成不是单词，是一串的音节和一串的嘴部运动，有时候一个句子就当一个单词来念。什么时候说话时眼前和脑子里不蹦出单词了，而是直接说出一串一串的音节，就练成了。这个绝妙的看法来自BBC learning english，恨我没早几年知道。所以要练口语别通过读书来练（读书为了学文法），而是通过模仿（边听边说）、总结（先听后说）或对话，脱离文字来练。出于实用目的而不是考试，背单词的时候多学读音和例句，少学拼写。多利用声音记忆和嘴部的肌肉运动记忆，把拼写”忘掉“。拼写、语音和运动加工在大脑的处理通路在一定程度上是分离的。不勤练读音，老是通过拼写记忆的通路来提取单词，说的时候当然提取得慢了。进一步，单词从来不是单独用的，所以学的时候最好多造句，记住句子（的一串音节和肌肉运动），把单词”忘掉“。英语口音：这里有30种英语口音的视频粤语叫cantonese我感觉牛津的新闻播音员口音和其他BBC频道的还是不太一样，有兴趣的同学可以替我再比较一下：BBC oxfordOther BBCsBBC 几个电台的介绍英国 BBC Radio 1（当代流行音乐）, BBC Radio 2（轻音乐与喜剧）, BBC Radio 3（爵士乐、古典音乐和非西方的音乐）,B