Cô gái phát âm tough sai (cô ấy nói tug). Joey đưa ra ví dụ cho cô ấy rằng đôi khi chữ có đuôi “gh” khi phát âm sẽ đọc thành “f”, như tough, rough, laugh. Nhưng không phải với tất cả các từ, như tonight đ𝓡ọc là /tə´nait/.
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Joey's friend: Don’t go anywhere.
Joey: No problem, I’ll be right here.
Teacher: Nice to see you again, Maria.
Maria: Hello, Mrs. Lafferty.
Teacher: Welcome. What is your name?
Joey: I’m Joey.
Teacher: Joey, you have a wonderful accent.
Joey: Thank you.
Teacher: Joey, this is an English🦄 as a Second Language class for beginners.
Are you sure you’re in the right place?
Joey: (looking ꦰat Maria) Oh, I’m in ✱the right place.
Teacher: Let’s get started.
Teacher: I hope that everybody practiced counting to ꦐ10 over the weekend𒀰.
Class: Yes.
Teacher: Great, let’s do it together.
𝔉Class: One, two, three, four, five six, seven, eight, nine, 10.
Boris: Eleven, Twelve.
Teacher: Very good, Boris. Somebody’s gonna get a gold star.
Boris: Thanks, thanks.
Joey: Thirteen, fourteen, fifteen.
Teacher: Okay, Joey, why don’t you pick it up where Renata left off? Now, this is a hard part, so take your time.
Joey: Oh, boy. Yeah𒐪, this is This looks tough. The bell rang and the students all went to the auditorium wit♏h their Teacher. Boom. That’s right, Boris, you heard it. Auditorium.
Maria: I am so lucky to be with the smartest boy in class. Some words are so tug.
Joey: Tug? Oh, remember, I told you that the GH sometimes sounds like an F. It’s tough. Like rough or laugh.
Maria: Oh, Joeꦫy. Make love to me tonight꧑ (pronouncing “to-nifed).
Joey: That is good English.
Teacher: Okay. I’d like everyone to take out their homework on✨ the subjunctive tense.
Maria: (to Joey) You didn’t do it?
Joey: (pointing to his head) I got it.
Teacher: If the pres🐬ent tense of the verb to be is 📖I am then the subjunctive tense is, “If I ” – Joey?
Joey: I was.
Teacher: Oh, I’m sorry, that’s not correct.
Boris: It’s, “if I were.”
Teacher: Very good, Boris.
Renata: Joey are stupid.
Joey: Joey is stupid, Renata.