/ɑ/ and /ɔ/
/ɑ/ and /ɔ/
/ɑ/, /ɔ/
/ɑ/, /ɔ/
words
单词
calm
安静
palm
手掌
odd, all
奇怪——一切
boss, ball
老板——球
lock, lawn
锁——草坪
not, naught
不——零
pot, pause
罐子——中止
top, talk
顶端——谈话
self exercise
自我练习
cop, cause
警察（口语）——原因
fox, fall
狐狸——落下
hot, hall
热——厅
socks, saw
袜子——看见（过去式）
watch, walk
看——走路
Now compare
现在比较一下
/ɑr/, /ɔr/
/ɑr/, /ɔr/
bar, board
酒吧间——木板
car, corn
汽车——谷物
far, fork
远——叉
hard, horse
努力——马
large, Lord
大——上帝
mark, more
标记——更多
park, pork
公园——猪肉
tar, torch
柏油——火炬
phrases
短语
top talks
最高级谈话
coffee shop
咖啡店
hot water
热水
calm authority
无声的权威
sports car
赛车
drawing board
画桌
warm applause
热烈的鼓掌欢迎
law and order
法律和秩序
the calm before the storm
暴风雨前的平静

self exercise
自我练习
draw lots
抽签
cotton socks
棉袜
father-in-law
岳父
the father of waters
江河之父（如尼罗河、密西西比河等）
what's more
而且
draw to a halt
停下来
water in the pot
罐子里的水
as far as possible
尽可能
sentences
句子
Come on!
来！
Guess what!
你猜怎么着！
Don't walk on the lawn.
不要在草坪上走。
To top it all I lost my job.
更糟的是我又丢掉了工作。
Don't bother your father.
不要打搅你的父亲。
Could you drop me off at the department store.
你能让我在百货公司下车吗？
Farmers harvest their crops in fall.
农民秋天收获庄稼。
She poured out her heart.
她倾吐肺腑。
She dropped a bombshell and told him she wanted a divorce.
她突然告诉他说想要离婚。
You can't palm off that story on your father.
你那套话骗不过你父亲的。
More often than not people don't realize what their rights are.
人们常常意识不到他们的权利是什么。
The out-of-pocket cots caused by the tornado are no less than four million dollars.
龙卷风造成的直接经济损失不少于四百万美元。
I picked him for a swindler the first time I saw him and I wasn't far wrong.
我第一次见他就看出他是个骗子，我可是没怎么看错。
self exercise
自我练习
Tell you what!
你听我说！
It's a promise.
我保证。
Hard to tell.
难说。
Let's call it a day.
今天就到这里。
Hold your jaw.
别唠叨了。
How far have you got?
你做了多少了。
The office is on the fourth floor.
办公司在四楼。
There are more and more social problems.
社会问题越来越多了。
The pot calls the kettle black.
严于责人，宽于律己。
The wish is father to the thought.
愿望是思想之父。
The army was called in to restore order.
部队集合起来重整队形。