练习材料
L30-1：
The death of a ghost
/ðə/ /dɛθ/ /ɒv/ /ə/ /gəʊst/
For years, villagers believed that Endley Farm was hunted.
/fɔː/ /jɪəz,/ /ˈvɪlɪʤəz/ /bɪˈliːvd/ /ðæt/ /Endley/ /fɑːm/ /wɒz/ /ˈhʌntɪd./
The farm was owned by two brothers, Joe and Bob Cox.
/ðə/ /fɑːm/ /wɒz/ /əʊnd/ /baɪ/ /tuː/ /ˈbrʌðəz,/ /ˈʤəʊ/ /ænd/ /bɒb/ /kɒks./
They employed a few farmhands,but no one was willing to
/ðeɪ/ /ɪmˈplɔɪd/ /ə/ /fjuː/ /ˈfɑːmhændz,/ /bʌt/ /nəʊ/ /wʌn/ /wɒz/ /ˈwɪlɪŋ/ /tuː/
work there long. Every time a worker gave up his job, he told
/wɜːk/ /ðeə/ /lɒŋ./ /ˈɛvri/ /taɪm/ /ə/ /ˈwɜːkə/ /geɪv/ /ʌp/ /hɪz/ /ʤɒb,/ /hiː/ /təʊld/
the same story. Farm labourers said that they always woke
/ðə/ /seɪm/ /ˈstɔːri./ /fɑːm/ /ˈleɪbərəz/ /sɛd/ /ðæt/ /ðeɪ/ /ˈɔːlweɪz/ /wəʊk/
up to find that work had been done overnight. Hay had been
/ʌp/ /tuː/ /faɪnd/ /ðæt/ /wɜːk/ /hæd/ /biːn/ /dʌn/ /ˌəʊvəˈnaɪt./ /heɪ/ /hæd/ /biːn/
cut and cowsheds had been cleaned. A farm worker, who
/kʌt/ /ænd/ /ˈkaʊʃɛdz/ /hæd/ /biːn/ /kliːnd./ /ə/ /fɑːm/ /ˈwɜːkə,/ /huː/
stayed up all night claimed to have seen a figure cutting corn
/steɪd/ /ʌp/ /ɔːl/ /naɪt/ /kleɪmd/ /tuː/ /hæv/ /siːn/ /ə/ /ˈfɪgə/ /ˈkʌtɪŋ/ /kɔːn/
in the moonlight. In time, it became an accepted fact the Cox
/ɪn/ /ðə/ /ˈmuːnlaɪt./ /ɪn/ /taɪm,/ /ɪt/ /bɪˈkeɪm/ /ən/ /əkˈsɛptɪd/ /fækt/ /ðə/ /kɒks/
brothers employed a conscientious ghost that did most of
/ˈbrʌðəz/ /ɪmˈplɔɪd/ /ə/ /ˌkɒnʃɪˈɛnʃəs/ /gəʊst/ /ðæt/ /dɪd/ /məʊst/ /ɒv/
their work for them.
/ðeə/ /wɜːk/ /fɔː/ /ðɛm./
No one suspected that there might be someone else on the
/nəʊ/ /wʌn/ /səsˈpɛktɪd/ /ðæt/ /ðeə/ /maɪt/ /biː/ /ˈsʌmwʌn/ /ɛls/ /ɒn/ /ðiː/
farm who had never been seen. This was indeed the case. A
/fɑːm/ /huː/ /hæd/ /ˈnɛvə/ /biːn/ /siːn./ /ðɪs/ /wɒz/ /ɪnˈdiːd/ /ðə/ /keɪs./ /eɪ/
short time ago, villagers were astonished to learn that the
/ʃɔːt/ /taɪm/ /əˈgəʊ,/ /ˈvɪlɪʤəz/ /wɜːr/ /əsˈtɒnɪʃt/ /tuː/ /lɜːn/ /ðæt/ /ðiː/
ghost of Endley have died. Everyone went to the funeral, for
/gəʊst/ /ɒv/ /Endley/ /hæv/ /daɪd./ /ˈɛvrɪwʌn/ /wɛnt/ /tuː/ /ðə/ /ˈfjuːnərəl,/ /fɔː/
the 'ghost' was none other than Eric Cox, a third brother who
/ðə/ /gəʊst/ /wɒz/ /nʌn/ /ˈʌðə/ /ðæn/ /ˈɛrɪk/ /kɒks,/ /ə/ /θɜːd/ /ˈbrʌðə/ /huː/
was supposed to have died as a young man. After the
/wɒz/ /səˈpəʊzd/ /tuː/ /hæv/ /daɪd/ /æz/ /ə/ /jʌŋ/ /mæn./ /ˈɑːftə/ /ðiː/
funeral, Joe and Bob revealed a secret which they had kept
/ˈfjuːnərəl,/ /ˈʤəʊ/ /ænd/ /bɒb/ /rɪˈviːld/ /ə/ /ˈsiːkrɪt/ /wɪʧ/ /ðeɪ/ /hæd/ /kɛpt/
for over fifty years.
/fɔːr/ /ˈəʊvə/ /ˈfɪfti/ /jɪəz./
任务配置：L0+L4
知识笔记：
1/ 單詞
was hunted - 在闹鬼
labourer - n. 劳动者
hay - n. 干草
cowsheds - n. 牛棚
corn - n. 谷物
conscientious - adj. 认真的
astonished v. - 驚訝的
2/音標
cowsheds /ˈkaʊʃɛdz/
conscientious /ˌkɒnʃɪˈɛnʃəs/
astonished /əsˈtɒnɪʃt/
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