【跟外教学地道英英】billion不都是“十亿”
【Brush up on Britain 重温英伦文化】
http://f1.hjfile.cn/file/201105/Brits vs Yanks - L1 Billion-1.mp3
人们吃得最多的速简食品是什么？那就是三明治（sandwich）！这种小吃是一个叫做桑威奇伯爵（the Earl of Sandwich）的英国贵族发明的。桑威奇痴迷于赌博甚至到了饭也不想吃的地步，为了不中断赌博，他让厨子为他准备两片面包，中间夹些肉来吃，这样就不会弄脏手啦~
【Spot the Difference 英美差异点播】
http://f1.hjfile.cn/file/201105/Brits vs Yanks - L1 Billion-2.mp3
Billion一词到底是指多少？在英英和美英中可是有着天壤之别。在美英中billion是指“十亿”，但在英英中却是指“万亿”！这大概就是为啥美国比英国有多得多的billion dollar industries噗~~
英美人在表达货币值时也有差异哦：
1英镑20便士——
UK: one pound twenty
US: a pound twenty
1美元50美分——
UK: one dollar fifty
US: a dollar fifty
在电视广告上你可能听到：
UK: "On sale at five nine nine!"
US: "On sale at five ninety nine!"
它们的意思都是on sale at 599 pounds，但是如果你在英国说"On sale at five ninety nine!"，意思就变成on sale at 5.99 (5 pounds and 99 pence)。所以当英国人听说Apple Touch卖four ninety nine时他们会白高兴一场。。。
【共通发音问题讲解】
http://f1.w.hjfile.cn/doc/201105/Feedback YvB L159.mp3
1、大家在念'twenty''fifty'的词尾'ty'时容易出问题，'Ty'应该念作'tee'音，其实就和字母T的发音是一样的。
2、总的来说，对于英语非母语者来说，'t'音确实不好发。不过大家不用担心，很多练习都能帮到你。这里给大家提供的方法就是绕口令：
http://f1.w.hjfile.cn/doc/201105/These 33 tricky tongue twisters47.mp3
These thirty-three thousand tricky tongue twisters trip thrillingly off the tongue.
大家来尝试一下上面这句绕口令，要说得又快又准哦！
绕口令的句子本身不一定有多大意思，但它们却是很好的练习口语的素材，而且和朋友们一起练习说会很有趣吧^^
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【Brits vs Yanks】
Brush up on Britain
The most eaten convenience food in the world is the sandwich, and was invented by an English aristocrat called the Earl of Sandwich who loved to gamble. To ensure he didn't have to stop playing, and to keep his hands clean for the cards, the Earl of Sandwich asked for meat to be put between two slices of bread... and voila! The sandwich was born.
Spot the Difference
Billion
In the US, a billion is a thousand million. However, in the UK, it is a thousand times more! This could be one reason why there are so many more billion dollar industries in the US than the UK ;)
Brits and Americans also have different ways of expressing monetary values.
UK: one pound twenty, one dollar fifty.
US: a pound twenty, a dollar fifty
On a television advert you might hear
UK: "On sale at five nine nine!" (This means on sale at 599 pounds)
US: "On sale at five ninety nine!" (This also means on sale at 599 pounds. However, if you said this in the UK, it would mean 5.99, 5 pounds and 99 pence! We Brits might be very happy only to be very disappointed if we were told that a new Apple Touch is on sale for four ninety nine.)
【共通问题讲解文本】
Hi everyone, this is Rosalyn from HJ English. Thanks for all your recordings and replies about the topic this week. I hope my tips for you have helped! I noticed that a few students had a problem with the 'ty' that comes at the end of the words 'twenty', and 'fifty'. 'Ty' makes a 'tee' sound. ['twenty, fifty'] In fact the noise you make is the same as the actual letter of the alphabet T.
The 't' sound in general, is a really difficult one for non-native speakers of English to make correctly, so don't worry too much, lots of practice will help, and I have just the thing! Maybe you have heard of tongue twisters before? They are phrases that contain lots of words with the same consonant, and they are especially difficult to say quickly! They don't always make a lot of sense... the point is that they give you really good speaking practice, and they're fun to do with your friends! Recorded below is the tongue twister. Special points for whoever can say it the fastest, and still pronounce it correctly!
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