Daily English Dictation 6

pre day listening

I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubblegum.

words

Everybody, it's daily dictation 6 but let's listen to yesterday's dictation one more time.

So, how did you do. Did you think it was funny? Did you understand it ? I hope so.

Once again, that line is from the movie They Live. It's an (视频发音:a) alien, kind of cool, kind of movie from long time ago.

Anyway, this sentence. ~

Nothing difficult, there is no cancellation. Just that way, repeat. ... Why have I come here ? I have come here for two reasons, No 1 and No 2. The first reason, ... that's right.

Not just any kind of gum, bubblegum, so I come here to chew bubblegum.

It's a stupid reason to go some place. Do you go some place special to chew bubblegum ?

Well, that's the first reason. What does kick ass mean? Killing people, beating people up, hitting people... That's the idea. To kill the aliens, the lizard people.

Now, pronunciation, there is one slight difficult part right here.

When we talk about the word "to", I tell my students there are seven different sounds.

So just repeat. "to to to to to to to". We say all of those sounds "~". The most common sound is not "to".

It really depends (on) the situation. Well, if you practice all seven different sounds and say it quickly.

The most convenient, the easiest sound to say is "here 的". So it's sounds like a "的".

The N kills the D. We studied it earlier. And there is a pause.

Now, another important pronunciation point, "out of" has a special spelling for daily English.

And we spell it "o-u-t-t-a". Because the typical pronunciation is not "out of", we say it "outta". (熬他，川渝方言的咬他)

What is that mean, I'm out of bubblegum? I have no more bubblegum, I have zero bubblegum. So, why is he here? To kick ass.

It's a funny expression. And we use it sometimes in daily English. And if there is a test, and you go into the test center. ~

In this case, it means you're going to kick ass on the test. So kick on somebody means to fight them, to shoot them, to kill them. But to kick ass on a test, means to do a really good job on the test.

Or let's say it's a marathon. So you came to kick ass in a marathon. It means to do really really well at the marathon. OK, it is a good expression.

So today it was a little bit difficult, a little bit long. But tomorrow's is easy but first of all, let's listen to the today's dictation number 5. Two more times and we'll move to the dictation No 6. OK?

OK. I hope your repetition was good. Now, we are moving into dictation number 6.

This is from my favorite show Seinfeld. It's a situation comedy. And this is a bit of wisdom from the character Kramer. If you know Kramer, he is a genius. See ya.

pronunciation

I have come here to ... --> I have come here "的" ...

and I'm all out of bubblegum --> anamal lou tof bubblegum.

out of --> outta ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ And I'm all out of bubblegum. 反复读这里的连读。outta 需要多次练习

mosquito --> squito

today listening

The secret of life is just to live every moment.

just 的