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Board Chairman Ben Ber-nanke told members of the House Financial Serv-ices Committee today that inflation is too high andremains a top priority of the Federal Reserve.注:在该句中,“a top priority”读作“a to(p)priority”,属于单个相同音的同化。

例2(来自2008年1月6日的BBC新闻):In the latest stage of the race to be RepublicanParty candidate for president of United States,Mitt Romney has won a victory in the westernstate of Wyoming. 注:在该句中,“In the latest stage”读作“In thelate(st) stage”,属于多个相同音的同化。

例3(来自2007年6月10日的VOA新闻):The first space shuttle launch of 2007 wentflawlessly.注:在该句中,“The first space shuttle launch”读作“The fir(st) spa(ce) shuttle launch”,该短语出现了单个和多个相近音的同化。

例4(来自2008年11月22日的NPR新闻):General Motors says it will extend its annualholiday shutdown this year and also make produc-tion cuts at five of its factories.注:在该句中,“this year”读作“thi(s)-shear”,属于相异音(辅音+半元音)的同化。

(2)省略。包括辅音和元音的省略。

例5(来自2008年1月3日的BBC新闻):In defiance of a government ban, Mr. Odingaconfirmed plans to hold a rally on Thursday in pro-test against what he called the fraudulent declara-tion of President Mwai Kibaki as the winner of thelast week’s election.注:在该句中,“what he called”读作“what (h)ecalled”,属于辅音省略。

例6(来自2008年2月1日的BBC新闻):Pakistani counter-terrorism officials have de-scribed al-Libi whose name means the Libyan as anAl-Qaeda spokesman and commander in easternAfghanistan.注:在该句中,“counter-terrorism”读作“count-er-terr(or)ism”,属于元音省略。

例7(来自2008年11月12日的NPR新闻):Still helping several hundred thousand home-owners sounds like a lot of people, but economistssay the scale of the problem is such that 5 to 7 mil-lion more people are going to lose their homes incoming years.注:在该句中,“are going to”读作“are go(i)n(gt)o”,该短语同时出现了两种省略。

(3)连读。在各种连读的情形中,最为常见的主要是辅音跟元音的连读。当单词以元音开头、主重音落在第二个音节上,且该单词又跟前面辅音连读的时候,由于该单词第一音节为非重读音节而在语流中很难听辨,从而导致“听音辨形”在该种情况下难度最大,因此很容易造成理解障碍或理解错误。

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