“拗口”英语怎么说

　　DONNY 在北京学汉语，他的`中国朋友要是遇到了不知道用美语怎么说的词，就会来请教他。今天是吴琼要问的：拗口。

“拗口”英语怎么说

　　DONNY: 吴琼，What's up?

　　WQ: 我表姐要生宝宝了，发动全家给孩子起名儿呢，这不，我翻翻字典，找点灵感。

　　DONNY: Interesting! 我也来出主意!

　　WQ: 孩子姓唐，你说叫什么好？

　　DONNY: 唐？嗯...唐 - 老 - 鸭。

　　WQ: 啊？!

　　DONNY: Haha! I'm sorry, Wu Qiong. I know this is a terrible name, but when you mentioned the word "唐”，免费学习英语的网站， the name rolled right off my tongue.

　　WQ: Rolled right off your tongue? 从舌头上滚下来？我明白了，就是顺口，脱口而出。你一听到“唐”字，顺口就说出了唐老鸭。那...如果不顺口，也就是拗口，该怎么说呢？

　　DONNY: You can say it's a tongue twister. Tongue is spelled t-o-n-g-u-e, and twister, t-w-i-s-t-e-r.

　　WQ: 哦，tongue twister，免费学英语网站，就是说起来拗口的东西! This name is a tongue twister 这个名字真难念。

　　DONNY: 没错! Wu Qiong, you know the luxury car brand "Mercedes-Benz", do you?

　　WQ: Mercedes-Benz? 就是奔驰嘛!

　　DONNY: Right. The Chinese translation 奔驰 rolls right off the tongue. However, if we call the brand 梅赛德斯?本兹， to me , that's a tongue twister! It's like I'm tripping over my own tongue when I try to say it.

　　WQ: Trip over your own tongue? 我知道 t-r-i-p, trip 是摔倒的意思，免费学英语网站，所以 trip over one's own tongue 就是打磕巴，吃螺丝吧？

　　DONNY: Absolutely!

　　WQ: DONNY, We need to find a good name for this baby. We don't want people to trip over their own tongues when they say the baby's name!

　　DONNY: Of course, but first let's see what you've learned today!

　　WQ: 第一，顺口叫 to roll right off the tongue

　　第二，拗口的东西则是 a tongue twister

　　第三，打磕巴，吃螺丝，叫 to trip over one's own tongue。

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