Lesson26     The best art critics

I am an art student and I paint a lot ofpictures. Many people pretend that they understand modern art. They always tellyou what a picture is 'about'. Of course, manypictures are not 'about' anything. They are just pretty patterns. We like them in the sameway that we like pretty curtain material. I think thatyoung children often appreciate modern pictures betterthan anyone else. They noticemore. My sister is only seven, but she always tells me whether mypictures are good or not. She came into my room yesterday. ' What are you doing?' she asked. ' I'm hanging this picture on the wall,' I answered. 'It's a newone. Do you like it ?' She looked at it critically fora moment.' It's all right,'she said, 'but isn't it upside-down ?' I lookedat it again. She was right! It was!

[aɪ] [æm] [ən] [ɑːt] [stjuːdənt] [ænd] [aɪ] [peɪnt] [ə] [lɒt] [ɒv] [ˈpɪkʧəz]. [ˈmɛni] [ˈpiːpl] 

[prɪˈtɛnd] [ðæt] [ðeɪ] ˌ[ʌndəˈstænd] [ˈmɒdən] [ɑːt]. [ðeɪ] [ˈɔːlweɪz] [tɛl] [juː][wɒt] [ə]

[ ˈpɪkʧər] [ɪz] [əˈbaʊt]. [ɒv] [kɔːs], [ˈmɛni] [ˈpɪkʧəz] [ɑː] [nɒt] [əˈbaʊt] [ˈɛnɪθɪŋ]. [ðeɪ]

[ ɑː] [ʤʌst] [ˈprɪt]i [ˈpætənz]. [wiː] [laɪk] [ðɛm] [ɪn] [ðə] [seɪm] [weɪ] [ðæt][wiː] [laɪk]

[ ˈprɪti] [ˈkɜːtn] [məˈtɪərɪəl]. [aɪ] [θɪŋk] [ðæt] [jʌŋ] [ˈʧɪldrən] [ˈɒf(ə)n] [əˈpriːʃɪeɪt] 

[ˈmɒdən] [ˈpɪkʧəz] [ˈbɛtə] [ðæn] [ˈɛnɪwʌn] [ɛls]. [ðeɪ] [ˈnəʊtɪs][mɔː]. [maɪ] [ˈsɪstər]

[ ɪz] [ˈəʊnli] [ˈsɛvn], [bʌt] [ʃiː] [ˈɔːlweɪz] [tɛlz] [miː] [ˈwɛðə] [maɪ] [ˈpɪkʧəz] [ɑː] [gʊd]

[ ɔː] [nɒt]. [ʃiː] [keɪm] [ˈɪntuː] [maɪ] [ruːm] [ˈjɛstədeɪ].[' wɒt][ɑː] [juː] [ˈdu(ː)ɪŋ] ?' [ʃiː][ ɑːskt].' [aɪm[ [ˈhæŋɪŋ] [ðɪs] [ˈpɪkʧər] [ɒn] [ðə] [wɔːl],' [aɪ] [ˈɑːnsəd]. [ɪts] [ə] [njuː] [wʌn].[ duː] [juː] [laɪk] [ɪt] ?' [ʃiː] [lʊkt] [æt] [ɪt] [ˈkrɪtɪkəli][fɔːr] [ə][ ˈməʊmənt].' [ɪts] [ɔːl] [raɪt],' [ʃiː] [sɛd[, [bʌt] [ˈɪznt] [ɪt] ˈ[ʌpsaɪd]ˈ[daʊn] ?' [aɪ] [lʊkt] [æt] [ɪt] [əˈgɛn]. [ʃiː] [wɒz]

[ raɪt!] [ɪt] [wɒz]! 

现在来看看我们应该如何正确的发出/d/这个音。

嘴巴张开,舌尖紧贴上齿龈，憋住气。

舌尖迅速下降，使气流冲出口腔。

同时声带震动发出声音，送气力量较弱。

注意：/d/是个浊辅音，声带震动发声。注意与轻辅音/t/的区别。不要用汉语拼音中的"d（的）"来代替，英语发声比较靠后，是由声带震动发声。

Student [stjuːdənt]

and [ænd]

pretend [prɪˈtɛnd] 

understandˌ[ʌndəˈstænd] 

good [gʊd]

yesterday  [ˈjɛstədeɪ]

doing  [ˈdu(ː)ɪŋ]

answered  [ˈɑːnsəd].

upside ˈ[ʌpsaɪd]ˈ

duck/dʌk/n. 鸭子

deep/diːp/adj. 深的

dog/dɒg/n. 狗

card/kɑːd/n. 卡片

bed/bed/n. 床

murder/'mɜːdə/vt. 谋杀

任务l1+L3+L4+L0