一、引言一般说来,英语学习者大多能不太费力地听懂老师说的话或语音室里的录音材料。然而,当他们有朝一日来到真实的英语世界里,跟外国的朋友、职员、营业员或大街上的行人对话时,情形却发生了戏剧性的变化。他们所熟悉的用词准确、发音清晰(通常速度稍慢)的课堂英语(classroom English)和大千世界里真实、自然、松弛状态下的英语(relaxed speech)完全不是一码事。他们期待着听到的和实际上听到的并不一致。比如:What do you want to do?变成了~*Whaddaya~*wanna do?这种结果既让人沮丧,又让 I. INTRODUCTION Generally speaking, most English learners can understand the teacher’s words or the recording materials in the speech room, without much effort. However, dramatic changes have taken place as they one day come to a real English-speaking world and talk to foreign friends, clerks, salespersons or pedestrians in the streets. They are familiar with accurate English words, clear articulation (usually slow) classroom English, and real, natural, relaxed speech in the Great World. What they expect to hear and what they actually hear are not the same. For example: What do you want to do? Into ~ * Whaddaya ~ * wanna do? This result is frustrating, let