Lesson 89 A slip of the tongue

Words and expressions

1.Speech fear:演讲恐惧

Speech fear happens regularly to people who is first time to give speech.

2.Petrify: v. Make sb unable to think, move, act, etc because of fear, surprise, etc.

Petrify sb ( with sth)

He was absolutely petrified with fear.

3.Mispronounce:发错音；a slip of tongue： 口误

It’s no crime to mispronounce a word.

4.Self-deprecating: showing that you think you are not very good or important自嘲

Self-deprecating people generally have little trouble finding friends.

5.Butt of joke:成为笑柄

You’ll be the butt of joke.

6.Chrysanthemum:菊花

7.Go flat:反响不大，变平静，轮胎撒气

The premiere of this movie went flat.

8.Tedious: adj. Tiresome because of being so long, slow or dull; boring厌倦的，烦人的

The work is tedious.

9.Monotonous: adj. [mə'nɑtnəs] not changing and therefor uninteresting; boring or tedious单调的

His articles are fixed in form and monotonous in content.

10.Mundane: adj. Ordinary and typically unexciting平凡的，平淡的

I lead a pretty mundane life.

11.Butcher: n. V. [ 'bʊtʃə]刽子手

12.Mike: microphone麦克风

13.Rookie mistake:低级错误

It’s a rookie mistake.

Pronunciation

1.Cinema: [ˈsɪnɪmə]结尾没有r

2.Present: adj. [ˈprezənt]; v. [prɪˈzent]形容词和动词发音不同

3.Dull：[dʌl]

4.Artiste：[ɑː'tiːst]这种发音有点像发音，听着更高级

5.Obviously：['ɑbvɪəslɪ]注音前面O的发音

6.Nervous：['nɜrvəs]  v后面没有r的发音