练习材料： L22-2：By heart 时长：89s
One night, the gaoler decided to play a joke on his colleague to find out if, after so many performances, he had managed to learn the contents of the letter by heart.
The curtain went up on the final act of the play and revealed the aristocrat sitting alone behind bars in his dark cell.
Just then, the gaoler appeared with the precious letter in his hands.
He entered the cell and presented the letter to the aristocrat.
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 to see if his fellow actor had at last learnt his lines.
The noble stared at the blank 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 the sheet of paper to the gaoler.
Finding that he could not remember a word of the letter either, the gaoler replied: “The light is indeed dim, sire, I must get my glasses.” With this, he hurried off the stage.
Much to the aristocrat's amusement, the gaoler returned a few moments later with a pair of glasses and the usual copy of the letter with he proceeded to read to the prisoner.
任务配置：L0+L4
知识笔记：
squint v.
1.[i][t] 瞇着眼睛看to look at sth with your eyes partly shut in order to keep out bright light or to see better
2.[i] 斜视to look in a different direction from the other eye
3.[i] (人）患斜视to have eyes that look in different directions
n. 1.[c] [ususing] 斜视a condition of the eye muscles which causes each eye to look in a different direction
2.[sing] (informal) 瞥；瞟a short look
eg: Most people look startled, squint at me as though I'm a few chocolates short of a full box, then assure me that yes, they're comfortable.
多数人会一惊，眯着眼睛看着我，仿佛我的脑子是少了一根筋，然后，对我保证说，是的，他们感到舒适。
dim adj.
光线light 1.暗淡的；昏暗的；微弱的not bright
地方place 2.不明亮的；光线暗淡的；昏暗的where you cannot see well because there is not much light
形状shape 3.不分明的；不清楚的；朦胧的；隐约的that you cannot see well because there is not much light
眼睛eyes 4.看不清的；视力差的；模糊的not able to see well
记忆memories 5.不清晰的；模糊的that you cannot remember or imagine clearly
人person 6.(informal) 迟钝的；愚笨的；愚蠢的not intelligent
境况situation 7.不明朗的；不乐观的not giving any reason to have hope; not good
短语： take a dim view of sb/sth 对…持不赞成（或怀疑）态度；对…没有好感to disapprove of sb/sth; to not have a good opinion of sb/sth
作为动词：
光线light 1.[i][t] ~ (sth) （使）变暗淡，变微弱，变昏暗if a lightdims or if youdim it, it becomes or you make it less bright
感觉；品质feeling/quality 2.[i][t] ~ (sth) （使）减弱，变淡漠，失去光泽if a feeling or qualitydims , or if sthdims it, it becomes less strong
练习感悟：很难读的一篇，单词不熟悉的很多，也很绕。
The noble stared at the blank sheet of paper for a few seconds. the gaoler returned a few moments later with a pair of glasses 总是想读成 a few minute. 体会到了什么叫一张嘴就出错。
最后一句Much to the aristocrat's amusement, 连续两个a开始的单词，特别绕。
还有aristocrat前面的冠词the 发的是/ði/ 但当后面不是元音的时候又发/ðə/，所以每次读到 the aristocrat就开始卡。。
