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A Shopping Trip
The boys are shopping for plants and flowers today. The girl is going shopping next week. She is going to buy a necklace. The man is trying on sunglasses in the mirror. The woman is buying a skirt and getting money from her purse.
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I have a very fany limeric for you:
There was a young lady of Niger
Who smiled as she rode on a tiger;
They returned from the ride
With the lady inside,
And the smile on the face of the tiger
I have a very fany limeric for you:
There was a young lady of Niger
Who smiled as she rode on a tiger;
They returned from the ride
With the lady inside,
And the smile on the face of the tiger
I have a very fany limeric for you:
There was a young lady of Niger
Who smiled as she rode on a tiger;
They returned from the ride
With the lady inside,
And the smile on the face of the tiger
Wow, the tiger ate the lady?
Your English is very good. Are you still learning English at school?
You're very nice and I'm so lucky to be your friend.
Your pronunciation of “l” is correct in most words but when you said “girl” I heard “gir.” The final “l” in English presents more difficulty for Chinese speakers than does the initial “l.” The English “l” differs slightly from the Mandarin “l” in that in English “l” is a continuant, a sound produced without closing the vocal tract completely. The Mandarin “l” is more like a stop. Try saying “call” and holding the “l” sound for a long time. That would be close to the l” sound in “girl.”
Since we link final consonants with following initial vowels, if you say “the girl‿ is,” that is, if you pronounce it as the gir lis” you shouldn’t have any trouble.
Likewise, we would link “the boys‿ are.” It would sound like “the boy zar.”
When you say “the man is” try to emphasize the “n” a little more and hold it a little longer.
Your pronunciation of the word “mirror” sounded like “mirrow.” In the pronunciation of the final “r” the lips are not rounded and the tip of the tongue is retracted. It curls back. The “o” in “mirror” is pronounced like “ə,” that is, like the “a” in “about.”
I’ll record my pronunciation for you.
I practiced 'girl, mirror and man' for many times according to your record. I neglect the final 'l' quite often but now I'll remember it.