Chapter 6 Exercises for Incomplete Plosives

1. Plosives + plosives 失去爆破 /p/ /b/ /t/ /d/ /k/ /g/ 2. Plosives + fricatives/affricates 不完全爆破 Fricatives：/f/ /v/ /T/ /D/ /s/ /z/ /S/ /Z/ /r/ /h/ Affricates：/ts/ /dz/ /tr/ /dr/ /tS/ /dZ/ 3. Plosives + nasal/lateral plosion Nasal plosion：/m/ /n/ /N/ Lateral plosion：/l/

Practice A) The girls got on well with each other. B) It’s understandable that girls don’t get along. C) She was angry with the other young stars. D) The girls lacked the courage to fight.

M: What was it like working with those young stars? W: It was a great group, I always got mad when people said that we didn’t get along, just because we’re girls, there was never a fight. We had a great time. Q: What does the woman mean?

A) The woman does her own housework. B) The woman needs a housekeeper. C) The woman’s house is in a mess. D) The woman works as a housekeeper.

M: Are you telling me you don’t have a housekeeper? W: No, we don’t. if you make a mess, you clean it up yourself. Q: What do we learn from this conversation?

A) The woman didn’t expect it to be so warm at noon. B) The woman is sensitive to weather changes. C) The weather forecast was unreliable. D) The weather turned cold all of a sudden.

M: You look like you are freezing to death. Why don’t you put this on? W: Thank you, it was so warm at noon, I didn’t expect the weather to change so quickly. Q: What do we learn from the conversation?

Dictation An Exciting Trip

I have just received a letter from my brother, Tim. He is in Australia I have just received a letter from my brother, Tim. He is in Australia. He has been there for six months. Tim is an engineer. He is working for a big firm and he has already visited a great number of different places in Australia. He has just bought an Australian car and has gone to Alice springs, a small town in the centre of Australia. He will soon visit Darwin. From there, he will fly to Perth. My brother has never been abroad before, so he is finding this trip very exciting.