练习材料:
Lesson 22-2 Byheart
One night, thegaoler decided to play a joke on his colleague to find out if, after so manyperformances, he had managed to learn the contents of the letter by heart.
The curtain wentup on the final act of the play and revealed the aristocrat sitting alonebehind bars in his dark cell. Just then, the gaoler appeared with the preciousletter in his hands. He entered the cell and presented the letter to thearistocrat. But the copy he gave him had not been written out in full as usual.It was simply a blank sheet of paper. The gaoler looked on eagerly, anxious tosee if his fellow actor had at last learnt his lines. The noble stared at theblank sheet of paper for a few seconds. Then, squinting his eyes, he said:"The light is dim. Read the letter to me”. And he promptly handed thesheet of paper to the gaoler. Finding that he could not remember a word of theletter either, the gaoler replied: “The light is indeed dim, sire, I must getmy glasses.” With this, he hurried off the stage. Much to the aristocrat'samusement, the gaoler returned a few moments later with a pair of glasses andthe usual copy of the letter witch he proceeded to read to the prisoner.
baɪ hɑːt
wʌn naɪt, ðə ˈʤeɪlə
dɪˈsaɪdɪd tuː pleɪ ə ʤəʊk ɒn hɪz ˈkɒliːɡ tuː faɪnd aʊt ɪf, ˈɑːftə səʊ ˈmɛni pəˈfɔːmənsɪz, hiː hæd ˈmænɪʤd tuː lɜːn
ðə ˈkɒntɛnts ɒv ðə ˈlɛtə baɪ hɑːt.
ðə ˈkɜːtn wɛnt ʌp ɒn
ðə ˈfaɪnl ækt ɒv ðə pleɪ ænd rɪˈviːld ði ˈærɪstəkræt ˈsɪtɪŋ əˈləʊn bɪˈhaɪnd bɑːz ɪn hɪz dɑːk sɛl. ʤʌst ðɛn, ðə ˈʤeɪlər əˈpɪəd wɪð ðə ˈprɛʃəs ˈlɛtər
ɪn hɪz bændz. hiː ˈɛntəd ðə sɛl ænd prɪˈzɛntɪd ðə ˈlɛtə tuː ði ˈærɪstəkræt. bʌt
ðə ˈkɒpi hiː ɡeɪv hɪm hæd nɒt biːn ˈrɪtn aʊt ɪn fʊl æz
ˈjuːʒʊəl. ɪt wɒz ˈsɪmpli ə blæŋk ʃiːt ɒv ˈpeɪpə. ðə ˈʤeɪlə lʊkt ɒn ˈiːɡəli, ˈæŋkʃəs tuː siː ɪf hɪz ˈfɛləʊ ˈæktə
hæd æt lɑːst lɜːnt hɪz laɪnz. ðə ˈnəʊbᵊl steəd æt ðə
blæŋk ʃiːt ɒv ˈpeɪpə fɔːr ə fjuː ˈsɛkəndz. ðɛn, ˈskwɪntɪŋ hɪz aɪz, hiː sɛd:
"ðə laɪt ɪz dɪm. riːd ðə ˈlɛtə tuː miː”. ænd hiː ˈprɒmptli ˈhændɪd ðə ʃiːt
ɒv ˈpeɪpə tuː ðə ˈʤeɪlə. ˈfaɪndɪŋ ðæt hiː kʊd nɒt rɪˈmɛmbər ə wɜːd ɒv ðə ˈlɛtər
ˈaɪðə, ðə ˈʤeɪlə rɪˈplaɪd: “ðə laɪt ɪz ɪnˈdiːd dɪm, ˈsaɪə, aɪ mʌst ɡɛt maɪ ˈɡlɑːsɪz.” wɪð ðɪs, hiː ˈhʌrɪd ɒf ðə steɪʤ. mʌʧ tuː ði ˈærɪstəkræts əˈmjuːzmənt,
ðə ˈʤeɪlə rɪˈtɜːnd ə fjuː ˈməʊmənts ˈleɪtə wɪð ə peər ɒv ˈɡlɑːsɪz ænd ðə ˈjuːʒʊəl ˈkɒpi ɒv ðə ˈlɛtə wɪð hiː prəˈsiːdɪdtuː riːd tuː ðə ˈprɪznə.
任务配置:L0 + L4
知识笔记:
单词:1、reveal:揭示,显示,透露,2、bars:酒吧,柜台,封,堵,阻挡,behind bars:在雨中,3、cell:牢房,小房间,细胞,4、eagerly:渴望地,急切地,热切地,5、squinting:眯着眼睛看,斜视,6、proceed:继续,前往
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练习感悟:这篇文章的难度开始起来了,又拗口,时长又长,而且语速还挺快,录了三四遍才达标。