Sometimes the pronunciation is difficult.
有时发音很难。
A What’s the most difficult thing about learning English?
A 学习英语最大的困难是什么？
B For me? Sometimes the pronunciation is difficult.
B 对于我吗？有时发音很难。
A Yes – for me too, with Chinese!
A 是的——对我来说，汉语的发音也难。
B You know how it is though. It’s not always obvious how you pronounce a word when you see it.
B 你知道发音有多难。当你看到一个单词的时候你并不总是清楚它该如何发音。
A That’s true. I suppose it shows how important it is to listen to English also – to hear it on the TV or the radio or CD.
A 是这样。我想这也说明听英语是多么重要——利用电视、收音机或者CD听英语。
B Definitely. You need to hear the language too. You need to practise listening.
B 当然。你也需要听这种语言。你需要练习听力。
Notes 注释
1 You can ask many different questions with the basic opening structure What’s the most difficult thing ...?/ What’s the most difficult thing...? ; What’s the best thing ...?/ What’s the best thing ...?; What’s the worst thing ...? / What’s the worst thing ...?; What’s the most important thing ...?/ What’s the most important thing?
你可以用下面的开放性的基本结构来问很多问题。What’s the most difficult thing ...?/ 最大的困难是...?； What’s the best thing ...?/ 最好的事情是...?； What’s the worst thing ...? / 最糟糕的事情是...?； What's the most important thing ...?/最重要的事情是...?
2 Be careful with the spelling difference between the verb pronounce / pronounce and the noun pronunciation / pronunciation, e.g. How do you pronounce that word? / How do you pronounce that word?; The pronunciation is difficult / The pronunciation is difficult.
注意动词pronounce /发音和名词pronunciation /发音在拼写上的区别。例如：How do you pronounce that word? / 你怎么发那个单词？； The pronunciation is difficult /发音很难。
Key phrases and sentences
What’s the most difficult thing about learning English?
For me? Sometimes the pronunciation is difficult.
Yes – for me too, with Chinese!
You know how it is though.
It’s not always obvious how you
pronounce a word when you see it.
That’s true. I suppose it shows how important it is to listen to English also –
to hear it on the TV or the radio or CD.
Definitely.
You need to hear the language too.
You need to practise listening.
学习英语最大的困难是什么？
对于我吗？有时发音很难。
是的——对我来说，汉语的发音也难。
你知道发音有多难。
当你看到一个单词的时候你并不总是清楚它该如何发音。
是这样。我想这也说明听英语是多么重要
利用电视、收音机或者CD听英语。
当然。你也需要听这种语言。
你需要练习听力。
