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L5-(2): The facts

Meanwhile, the editor was getting impatient, for the magazine would soon go to press. He sent the

/ˈmiːnˈwaɪl,/ /ði/ /ˈɛdɪtə/ /wɒz/ /ˈgɛtɪŋ/ /ɪmˈpeɪʃənt,/ /fɔː/ /ðə/ /ˌmægəˈziːn/ /wʊd/ /suːn/ /gəʊ/ /tuː/ /prɛs./ /hiː/ /sɛnt/ /ðiː/

journalist two more faxes, but received no reply. He sent yet another fax informing the journalist that if

/ˈʤɜːnəlɪst/ /tuː/ /mɔː/ /ˈfæksɪz,/ /bʌt/ /rɪˈsiːvd/ /nəʊ/ /rɪˈplaɪ./ /hiː/ /sɛnt/ /jɛt/ /əˈnʌðə/ /fæks/ /ɪnˈfɔːmɪŋ/ /ðə/ /ˈʤɜːnəlɪst/ /ðæt/ /ɪf/

he did not reply soon he would be fired. When the journalist again failed to reply, the editor reluctantly

/hiː/ /dɪd/ /nɒt/ /rɪˈplaɪ/ /suːn/ /hiː/ /wʊd/ /biː/ /ˈfaɪəd./ /wɛn/ /ðə/ /ˈʤɜːnəlɪst/ /əˈgɛn/ /feɪld/ /tuː/ /rɪˈplaɪ,/ /ði/ /ˈɛdɪtə/ /rɪˈlʌktəntli/

publishedthe article as it had originally been written. A week later, the editor at last received a fax from

/ˈpʌblɪʃt/ /ði/ /ˈɑːtɪkl/ /æz/ /ɪt/ /hæd/ /əˈrɪʤɪnəli/ /biːn/ /ˈrɪtn./ /ə/ /wiːk/ /ˈleɪtə,/ /ði/ /ˈɛdɪtər/ /æt/ /lɑːst/ /rɪˈsiːvd/ /ə/ /fæks/ /frɒm/

the journalist. Not only had the poor man been arrested, but he had been sent to prison as well.

/ðə/ /ˈʤɜːnəlɪst./ /nɒt/ /ˈəʊnli/ /hæd/ /ðə/ /pʊə/ /mæn/ /biːn/ /əˈrɛstɪd,/ /bʌt/ /hiː/ /hæd/ /biːn/ /sɛnt/ /tuː/ /ˈprɪzn/ /æz/ /wɛl./

However, he had at last been allowed to send a fax in which he informed the editor that he had been

/haʊˈɛvə,/ /hiː/ /hæd/ /æt/ /lɑːst/ /biːn/ /əˈlaʊd/ /tuː/ /sɛnd/ /ə/ /fæks/ /ɪn/ /wɪʧ/ /hiː/ /ɪnˈfɔːmd/ /ði/ /ˈɛdɪtə/ /ðæt/ /hiː/ /hæd/ /biːn/

arrested while counting the 1,084 steps leading to the 15-foot wall which surrounded the president's

/əˈrɛstɪd/ /waɪl/ /ˈkaʊntɪŋ/ /ðiː/ /1,084/ /stɛps/ /ˈliːdɪŋ/ /tuː/ /ðiː/ /15-fʊt/ /wɔːl/ /wɪʧ/ /səˈraʊndɪd/ /ðə/ /ˈprɛzɪdənts/

palace.

/ˈpælɪs./

任务配置：L0+L4

知识笔记：

1/ 單詞

N/A

2/音標

音標的變音 s / z / ed / st 讀法

练习感悟：

最後一段長句子，需留意停頓位及節奏，讀出來才有意思。