India名词 n.1.印度(亚洲) A trip to India may be in the wind.可能即将到印度旅行。After its independence India was proclaimed a republic.印度独立后宣布成立共和国。Indian形容词 adj.1.印度的 a restaurant that serves traditional Indian dishes提供传统印度菜的餐馆Dyewood is a dense Indian hardwood.染料木是一种硬质印度产硬木。The Indian Ocean is on the south of Asia.印度洋位于亚洲南部。2.印第安人的 Corn is also called “Indian corn”.玉蜀黍又称为印第安玉米。America was once the home of many Indian tribes.美洲曾经是许多印第安部落的故土。名词 n.1.印度人2.印第安人 Annie took out her drawing pad and pencil to dash off a sketch of the Indians.安妮拿出画本和铅笔,迅速地画了一幅印第安人的素描。Early explorers traded directly with the Indians.早期的探险家直接跟印第安人进行交易。Baltimore washed out the Indians’ six-game win streak with an 8-3 win.巴尔的摩队以8 :3结束了印地安队连赢六场的好运。By living a blue moon with the Indians,he was assimilated to them in his thinking and actions.由于长期和印第安人共同生活,他在思想和行动上都被他们同化了。3.小阳春;晚秋的晴暖天气 We had a splendid Indian summer last October.去年十月,我们度过了一个十分美妙的小阳春。4.垂暮之年的成功(或幸福) He made his best films in his seventies; it was for him a real Indian summer.他七十多岁拍出自己最好的电影,真是垂暮之年又回春呀。
印度人英语口音重、语速快,说起话来满嘴里跑舌头,辅音r发颤音,乍听起来很难懂。所以国内单位接待印度客人,往往是几个本单位的英语高手一起上阵,竖着耳朵聆听,有时候听完了还要在互相之间热烈讨论一番才敢翻译。印度式英语发音的另一个主要特点就是把标准英语中本应该咬舌送气的音th简化为 t。而且印度人发的t的音,又接近d的音。所以印度人自己也拿这个发音特点开玩笑,当他们说“我30岁了”(I am thirty),听上去就是“我有点脏”(I am dirty),因为 thirty(三十)的发音和 dirty(肮脏)混淆了。1968年美国拍摄的《狂欢宴》(The Party),著名喜剧演员塞勒斯扮演一位倒霉的印度土包子,满口印度腔英语,一路插科打诨自我解嘲,周旋于美利坚高等白人之华屋盛宴,漏子捅了一个又一个,至今还是美国人模仿印度腔英语的经典。印度英语发音规律: WA DIM=WHAT TIME I D LIG DO CHANGE DE GALA=I'D LIKE TO CHANGE THE COLOR 关键点: P发B T发D K发G R发L 没有爆破音和清辅音