English the American Way
晨讀筆記 0812 Day 1
語言點：
1. 事務繁忙，I'm so busy. I’m okay, but school has been really hectic since I came.
2. 不見不散 Be There or Be Square； I am not leaving until we see each other.
3. -er; go-getter. Someone who is determined to succeed and who works hard to achieve this.
4. If you change your mind, come on over.
5. All the time 替換 always
6. 嘮叨 nag. My mom nags me to find a boyfriend all the time.
7. Gotta run; gotta go; I guess I gotta go. Catch you later
8. 紙幣 cash; dollar bills, banknotes. Quater 25美分。零錢 “ You’ll need $2 in change. The driver won’t take dollar bills, and he won’t give you change. Make sure you have exact change.”
Can you make change for a 20 dollar bills.
Can I have change for 20
1. 乘車相關：turnstile 驗票閘門；metered 里程計費； flat-rate 固定費率； Uber; lift; cabbies 出租車司機 cabby. Traffic will be hectic that time. “That’s right in the middle of rush hour. Traffic will be a nightmare at that time. ”
2. 噩夢 nightmare； head-scratcher;
3. Address 重音前后都可
4. Hail a cab
發音重音問題：
time off; time of year; nothing much
To 發音更自然，de輕
實義詞的元音飽滿長一些，抑揚頓挫，注意輕重緩急
“how’s it goin’. Nothing sounds like nothin’.”
晨讀筆記 0813 Day 2
語言點
1. 吊銷駕照 revoke license, 取消博士學位 revoke doctor degree
2. 車：economy, midsize, luxury, compact, hatchback, convertible, van
3. thought 虛擬語氣 “I’m sorry, Officer. I didn’t notice the sign, but I thought I was driving slower than that.”
4. speed limit 重音在前
5. do, doing 70 miles per hour; 模仿 I do pretty good Claire.
烹飪 How would you like your steak done? 參觀 We did the Eiffel Tower yesterday.
晨讀筆記0814 Day 3
語言點
1. 痛飲，暴食 Pig out / binge on food, drink
2. 性格的一面：aspect of character — streak. Most of the players have a strong competitive streak.
3. Tell me more/ fill me in
4. 小費 tip, gratuity
發音
1. “I printed out some new recipes and cooked some interesting ethnic meals, too.”
“ We dove for shells one day and water-skied another day.”
對稱結構的句子，要讀出對稱的節奏感，不要一味求快速
1. 同一意群藕斷絲連
2. “it was an awesome, all-inclusive resort. We paid for the hotel”
晨讀筆記0815 Day 4
語言點
1. Upside downside 優缺點
2. part-time, secondhand, 既可作形容詞也可做副詞
3. what’s up? What’s wrong? What’s it with you?
4. I am worried sick 表達擔心
5. time 計時
6. 透支 overdraft, max out the credit card
7. Hassle-free salon 麻煩少的
8. get carried away 高興過頭，太激動
9. payroll 工資名單，工資總支出 company do payroll; our company has 5 employee on the payroll.
10. Here’s my two cents 這是我的意見
11. Bring down the house
12. a dime a dozen: informal phrase extremely common, and therefore not very valuable or special
發音
1. secondhand 重音在后
2. suburb 重音在前
3. In, on 不要讀后鼻音g
晨讀筆記0816 Day 5
語言點
1. sample 小樣，試吃
2. could use 想要
3. big box store Costco 好市多
4. peach, someone or something that is extremely good, impressive, or attractive
? ? ? ? peach of: A peach of a goal!
1. BOGO Buy One Get One Free買一送一
2. Go bananas/ nuts, crazy, you are a peach, lemon 破車
3. How do you like? How are liking the movie? Where did you get them? 日常聊天
4. Breath is pronounced / breθ / and means ‘the air that goes in and out of your body through your nose or mouth’:
? ? ? I could smell whisky on his breath.
? ? ? Breathe is pronounced / bri?e / and means ‘to take air into your lungs through your nose or mouth and let it out again’:
發音
1. mall, more, small
2. 通過斷句去引導語句的重點
3. If it is
