绕口令、谜语、幽默与英语自学
<p> 有一块寓学于嘻的天地往往为英语自学者所忽视。这块天地就是发表在英语刊物边边角角里的英语绕口令、谜语和幽默。任何语言大致都有三个层次：语音、词汇和语法。狭义而言，学习语言实际上就是要掌握语言的这三个层次。而英语绕口令。谜语和幽默对于英语的每个层次都有涉及，堪称英语自学者的良师益友。</p><p> 许多同学在学习英语语音的时候，往往受方言的影响，发不准这个或那个音素。要纠正这些发得不准的音，练习绕口令无疑是一种有趣并且有效的方法。</p><p> <span word="Eg">Eg</span>. <span word="She">She</span> <span word="sels">sels</span> <span word="seashells">seashells</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="seashore">seashore</span>.</p><p> <span word="Eg">Eg</span>. <span word="Six">Six</span> <span word="silly">silly</span> <span word="sleepers">sleepers</span> <span word="slept">slept</span> <span word="softly">softly</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="silk">silk</span> <span word="sheets">sheets</span>.</p><p> 绕口令是可以自编的，从词典中找出一些含有同音素的词来构成一句有趣的句子即成。</p><p> 有些英语谜语也有助于我们掌握语音。</p><p> <span word="Eg">Eg</span>. <span word="What">What</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="letters">letters</span> <span word="mean">mean</span> <span word="nothing">nothing</span>?</p><p> 答案是<span word="MT">MT</span>。<span word="MT">MT</span>的发音是[<span word="emti">emti</span>:]，酷似<span word="empty">empty</span>的发音。这则谜语不仅帮助我们学会并且记牢<span word="empty">empty</span> 的发音，也可以加深我们对于失去爆破现象的理解。</p><p> 能够说明词汇问题的谜语，幽默可谓俯抬皆是，给我们提供的帮助也是多方面的。</p><p> 1.拼写：</p><p> <span word="What">What</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="smallest">smallest</span> <span word="room">room</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>? 答案是<span word="a">a</span> <span word="mushroom">mushroom</span>。这则谜语帮助我们记住 <span word="mushroom">mushroom</span>(蘑菇)的拼写，因为这单词有一部分是<span word="room">room</span>。</p>
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