练习材料：

L48-3: The silentvillage

Sitting down on adilapidated wooden fence near the field, we opened a couple of tins of sardinesand had a picnic lunch. All at once, I noticed that my wife seemed to be filledwith alarm. Looking up I saw that we were surrounded by children in rags who werelooking at us silently as we ate. We offered them food and spoke to themkindly, but they remained motionless. I concluded that they were simply shy ofstrangers. When we later walked down the main street of the village, we werefollowed by a silent procession of children. The village which had seemeddeserted, immediately came to life. Faces appeared at windows. Men in shirtsleeves stood outside their houses and glared at us. Old women in black shawlspeered at us from doorways. The most frightening thing of all was that not asound could be heard. There was no doubt that we were unwelcome visitors. Weneeded no further warning. Turning back down the main street, we quickened ourpace and made our way rapidly towards the stream where we hoped the boatman waswaiting.

ðə ˈsaɪlənt ˈvɪlɪʤ

ˈsɪtɪŋ daʊn ɒn ə dɪˈlæpɪdeɪtɪd

ˈwʊdn fɛns nɪə ðə fiːld, wiː ˈəʊpənd ə ˈkʌpl ɒv tɪnz ɒv sɑːˈdiːnz ænd hæd ə ˈpɪknɪk lʌnʧ. ɔːl æt wʌns,

aɪ ˈnəʊtɪst ðæt maɪ waɪf siːmd tuː biː fɪld wɪð əˈlɑːm. ˈlʊkɪŋ ʌp aɪ sɔː ðæt wiː wɜː səˈraʊndɪd

baɪ ˈʧɪldrən ɪn ræɡz huː wɜː ˈlʊkɪŋ æt ʌs ˈsaɪləntli æz wiː ɛt. wiː ˈɒfəd ðɛm fuːd ænd spəʊk

tuː ðɛm ˈkaɪndli, bʌt ðeɪ rɪˈmeɪnd ˈməʊʃənləs. aɪ kənˈkluːdɪd ðæt ðeɪ wɜː ˈsɪmpli

ʃaɪ ɒv ˈstreɪnʤəz. wɛn wiː ˈleɪtə wɔːkt daʊn ðə meɪn striːt ɒv ðə ˈvɪlɪʤ, wiː wɜː

ˈfɒləʊd baɪ ə ˈsaɪlənt prəˈsɛʃᵊn ɒv ˈʧɪldrən. ðə ˈvɪlɪʤ wɪʧ hæd siːmd dɪˈzɜːtɪd,

ɪˈmiːdiətli keɪm tuː laɪf. ˈfeɪsɪz əˈpɪəd æt ˈwɪndəʊz. mɛn ɪn ʃɜːt sliːvz stʊd

ˌaʊtˈsaɪd ðeə ˈhaʊzɪz ænd ɡleəd æt ʌs. əʊld ˈwɪmɪn ɪn blæk ʃɔːlz pɪəd æt ʌs frɒm ˈdɔːweɪz. ðə məʊstˈfraɪtnɪŋ θɪŋ ɒv ɔːl wɒz ðæt nɒt ə saʊnd kʊd biː hɜːd. ðeə wɒz nəʊ daʊt ðæt wiːwɜːr ʌnˈwɛlkəm ˈvɪzɪtəz. wiː ˈniːdɪd nəʊ ˈfɜːðə ˈwɔːnɪŋ. ˈtɜːnɪŋ bæk daʊn ðə meɪnstriːt, wiː ˈkwɪkənd ˈaʊə peɪs ænd meɪd ˈaʊə weɪ ˈræpɪdli təˈwɔːdz ðə striːm weəwiː həʊpt ðə ˈbəʊtmən wɒz ˈweɪtɪŋ.

任务配置：L0 + L4

知识笔记：

单词：1、dilapidated：破旧的，年久失修的，2、fence：栅栏，篱笆，围栏，3、in rags：衣衫褴褛的，4、motionless：一动不动的，静止的，5、procession：队列，行列，6、in shirt sleeves：只穿了衬衣，7、shawl：披肩，披巾，8、peered：仔细看，端详，9、doorway：门道，门口，出入口，10、quicken：加快，加速，quicken our pace：加快步伐，11、

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练习感悟：这篇文章也不算多难，录了两遍达标。