Daily English Dictation 64 - advanced

🎧 Listening Practice

My listening:

Deguss, could you please pass the catchup? What? the catchup? You mean the catchup? Educated people pronounce castup. But I want to say pass it them.

Answer:

Douglas, would you please pass the catsup? The what? The catsup. You mean the ketchup? Educated people pronounce it cat-sup. Not if they want me to pass it to them.

Pronunciation:

Douglas, would you please pa<u>ss th</u>e ca<u>ts</u>up? The what? The catsup. You mean the ketchup? Educated people pronounce it cat-sup. No<u>t i</u>f they wan<del>t</del> me to pass it to them.

would you => woul j ou youo mean the => mean nuh m and n kills the t => wan<del>t</del> me want me to pass it to them => want me 'd passi 't them them => th 'm => 'm

📖 Accumulation

ketchup /ˈketʃəp/

(n.)(u) 番茄酱:

• Could you please pass the <u>ketchup</u>?

Collocations: tomato ~ bottle of ~ ~ stain ~ and mustard pass the ~

Related: catsup condiment mustard mayonnaise relish hot sauce barbecue sauce

---

catsup /ˈkætsəp/

(n.)(u) 番茄酱（ketchup 的异体拼写）:

• My grandmother's old recipe book calls for two tablespoons of <u>catsup</u>.

Collocations: tomato ~ bottle of ~ ~ recipe ~ and fries spicy ~

Related: ketchup condiment sauce vinegar spices tomato paste relish

---

educated /ˈedʒukeɪtɪd/

(adj.) 受过教育的，有教养的:

• He insists that only <u>educated</u> people pronounce it that way.

Collocations: highly ~ well ~ ~ guess college-~ ~ elite

Related: knowledgeable learned sophisticated literate schooled informed cultured

---

condiment /ˈkɑːndəmənt/

(n.)(c) 调味品，佐料:

• Could you grab a few <u>condiments</u> like ketchup and mustard from the pantry?

(n.)(u) 调味品（总称）:

• The dish was bland, so I added a little more <u>condiment</u>.

Collocations: add ~ spicy ~ selection of ~s ~ tray bottled ~

Related: ketchup mustard mayonnaise relish sauce seasoning flavoring

---