聽(tīng)懂老外聊生活英語(yǔ)對(duì)話 住房 24：水費(fèi)、電費(fèi)、煤氣費(fèi)，費(fèi)費(fèi)關(guān)心

　　Topic24 水費(fèi)、電費(fèi)、煤氣費(fèi)，費(fèi)費(fèi)關(guān)心

　　情境導(dǎo)讀

　　妻子要出差了，要丈夫代為繳納家里的各種費(fèi)用，這可把丈夫難壞了。

　　英語(yǔ)情景會(huì)話

　　(以下H代表Husband，W代表Wife)

　　W: Honey. I am going to have a business trip in three days. I think I have no time to pay the bills.

　　H: I can manage it.

　　W: Every month, we should pay the bills for water, gas and electricity.

　　H: So many!

　　W: It's not rocket science! First you should check our electric meter and water meter with the number on the bills. And then, calculate the amount of all bills and write out checks. Remember to take this card with you to the bank. You should buy the gas with it.

　　H: What a trouble!

　　W: The gas company charged the hook-up two months ago. Now we can get $100 back. A penny saved is a penny earned.

　　H: I know. But why don't you arrange for bank withdrawals for the bills? It takes me so much time to write out checks.

　　W: All right, I will do it next time.

　　英語(yǔ)筆記

　　1.going to 口語(yǔ)中連讀為gonna，讀作/?ɡ?n?/。

　　2.manage 與it 連讀，讀作/'mæn?d??t/。

　　3.此處rocket 接近/'r?k?/，而不是/'r?k?t/。

　　英語(yǔ)語(yǔ)音語(yǔ)調(diào)

　　/t/的消失

　　你聽(tīng)到的It's not rocket science中的rocket似乎是廠/'r?k?/而不是/'r?k?t/這是因?yàn)閞ocket后單詞的首字母為s.所以rocket中的爆破音/t/失去爆破，于是rocket science就讀成了/?r?kit ?sai?ns/。類(lèi)似的情況還有：

　　1./t/在/θ/前，如：

　　eighth /e?tθ/→ /e?θ/

　　2./t/在/f/前，如：

　　best friend/?best?frend/→/?bes?frend/

　　3./t/在/h/前，如：

　　fat hand/'fæt?hænd/→/'fæ?hænd/