逍遥右脑 2010-03-04 13:46
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。 Eg. She sels seashells on the seashore. Eg. Six silly sleepers slept softly on silk sheets. 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。
有些英语谜语也有助于我们掌握语音。 Eg. What twoletters mean nothing? 答案是MT。MT的发音是[emti:]，酷似empty的发音。这则谜语不仅帮助我们学会并且记牢empty 的发音，也可以加深我们对于失去爆破现象的理解。
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。
1．拼写： What is the smallest room in the world? 答案是a mushroom。这则谜语帮助我们记住 mushroom（蘑菇）的拼写，因为这单词有一部分是room。
A: Which seven-lettered word has three "u"s in it? B: I don't know. But it must be unusual. B没猜着却说对了。这种戏剧性的幽默会使我们记住unusual的拼写中有三个"u"。
2．同音异形词： Peter：Tom，why do you prefer a pear to an apple? Tom: Because it takes tow apples to make a pair(pear).
3．一词多义： Teacher：Tom, how many states are there in the US? Tom： Fifty. Teacher：Enumerate them. Tom： One, two, three, ... enumerate既有"数、点"的意思，又有"枚举、列举" 的意思。
4．习惯用法： Teacher: Jim，why can't we lose our heads? Jim: If we lose our heads, we will have nothing to put our hats on. to lose one's head当作成语用时，意思是"失 去理智，惊慌失措"，只有了解这一点，才能明白此中幽默所在。
谜语、幽默说明语法问题的也不乏其例。例如： The Mother： My daughter has been learning piano lessons under you for quite a long time. What do you think of her execution now? The pianist: That could be a nice thing to do.