/ɑ/ and /ɔ/	self exercise
/ɑ/ and /ɔ/	自我練習
/ɑ/, /ɔ/	draw lots
/ɑ/, /ɔ/	抽簽
words	cotton socks
單詞	棉襪
calm	father-in-law
安靜	岳父
palm	the father of waters
手掌	江河之父（如尼羅河、密西西比河等）
odd, all	what's more
奇怪——一切	而且
boss, ball	draw to a halt
老板——球	停下來
lock, lawn	water in the pot
鎖——草坪	罐子里的水
not, naught	as far as possible
不——零	盡可能
pot, pause	sentences
罐子——中止	句子
top, talk	Come on!
頂端——談話	來！
self exercise	Guess what!
自我練習	你猜怎么著！
cop, cause	Don't walk on the lawn.
警察（口語）——原因	不要在草坪上走。
fox, fall	To top it all I lost my job.
狐貍——落下	更糟的是我又丟掉了工作。
hot, hall	Don't bother your father.
熱——廳	不要打攪你的父親。
socks, saw	Could you drop me off at the department store.
襪子——看見（過去式）	你能讓我在百貨公司下車嗎？
watch, walk	Farmers harvest their crops in fall.
看——走路	農民秋天收獲莊稼。
Now compare	She poured out her heart.
現在比較一下	她傾吐肺腑。
/ɑr/, /ɔr/	She dropped a bombshell and told him she wanted a divorce.
/ɑr/, /ɔr/	她突然告訴他說想要離婚。
bar, board	You can't palm off that story on your father.
酒吧間——木板	你那套話騙不過你父親的。
car, corn	More often than not people don't realize what their rights are.
汽車——谷物	人們常常意識不到他們的權利是什么。
far, fork	The out-of-pocket cots caused by the tornado are no less than four million dollars.
遠——叉	龍卷風造成的直接經濟損失不少于四百萬美元。
hard, horse	I picked him for a swindler the first time I saw him and I wasn't far wrong.
努力——馬	我第一次見他就看出他是個騙子，我可是沒怎么看錯。
large, Lord	self exercise
大——上帝	自我練習
mark, more	Tell you what!
標記——更多	你聽我說！
park, pork	It's a promise.
公園——豬肉	我保證。
tar, torch	Hard to tell.
柏油——火炬	難說。
phrases	Let's call it a day.
短語	今天就到這里。
top talks	Hold your jaw.
最高級談話	別嘮叨了。
coffee shop	How far have you got?
咖啡店	你做了多少了。
hot water	The office is on the fourth floor.
熱水	辦公司在四樓。
calm authority	There are more and more social problems.
無聲的權威	社會問題越來越多了。
sports car	The pot calls the kettle black.
賽車	嚴于責人，寬于律己。
drawing board	The wish is father to the thought.
畫桌	愿望是思想之父。
warm applause	The army was called in to restore order.
熱烈的鼓掌歡迎	部隊集合起來重整隊形。
law and order
法律和秩序
the calm before the storm
暴風雨前的平靜

self exercise
自我練習
draw lots
抽簽
cotton socks
棉襪
father-in-law
岳父
the father of waters
江河之父（如尼羅河、密西西比河等）
what's more
而且
draw to a halt
停下來
water in the pot
罐子里的水
as far as possible
盡可能
sentences
句子
Come on!
來！
Guess what!
你猜怎么著！
Don't walk on the lawn.
不要在草坪上走。
To top it all I lost my job.
更糟的是我又丟掉了工作。
Don't bother your father.
不要打攪你的父親。
Could you drop me off at the department store.
你能讓我在百貨公司下車嗎？
Farmers harvest their crops in fall.
農民秋天收獲莊稼。
She poured out her heart.
她傾吐肺腑。
She dropped a bombshell and told him she wanted a divorce.
她突然告訴他說想要離婚。
You can't palm off that story on your father.
你那套話騙不過你父親的。
More often than not people don't realize what their rights are.
人們常常意識不到他們的權利是什么。
The out-of-pocket cots caused by the tornado are no less than four million dollars.
龍卷風造成的直接經濟損失不少于四百萬美元。
I picked him for a swindler the first time I saw him and I wasn't far wrong.
我第一次見他就看出他是個騙子，我可是沒怎么看錯。
self exercise
自我練習
Tell you what!
你聽我說！
It's a promise.
我保證。
Hard to tell.
難說。
Let's call it a day.
今天就到這里。
Hold your jaw.
別嘮叨了。
How far have you got?
你做了多少了。
The office is on the fourth floor.
辦公司在四樓。
There are more and more social problems.
社會問題越來越多了。
The pot calls the kettle black.
嚴于責人，寬于律己。
The wish is father to the thought.
愿望是思想之父。
The army was called in to restore order.
部隊集合起來重整隊形。