练习材料 Lesson 25-1 The Cutty Sark 时长:1‘29
One of the most famous sailing ships of the nineteenth century, the Cutty Sark, can still be seen at Greenwich.
wʌn ɒv ðə məʊst ˈfeɪməs ˈseɪlɪŋ ʃɪps ɒv ðə ˈnaɪnˈtiːŋθ ˈsɛnʧʊri, ðə ˈkʌti Sark, kæn stɪl biː siːn æt ˈgrɪnɪʤ.
She stands on dry land and is visited by thousands of people each year.
ʃiː stændz ɒn draɪ lænd ænd ɪz ˈvɪzɪtɪd baɪ ˈθaʊzəndz ɒv ˈpiːpl iːʧ jɪə.
She serves as an impressive reminder of the great ships of past.
ʃiː sɜːvz æz ən ɪmˈprɛsɪv rɪˈmaɪndər ɒv ðə greɪt ʃɪps ɒv pɑːst.
Before they were replaced by steamships, sailing vessels like the Cutty Sark were used to carry tea from China and wool from Australia.
bɪˈfɔː ðeɪ wɜː rɪˈpleɪst baɪ ˈstiːmʃɪps, ˈseɪlɪŋ ˈvɛslz laɪk ðə ˈkʌti Sark wɜː juːzd tuː ˈkæri tiː frɒm ˈʧaɪnə ænd wʊl frɒm ɒˈstreɪliːə.
The Cutty Sark was onev of the fastest sailing ships that has ever been built.
ðə ˈkʌti Sark wɒz wʌn ðə ɒv ˈfɑːstɪst ˈseɪlɪŋ ʃɪps ðæt hæz ˈɛvə biːn bɪlt.
The only other ship to match her was the Thermopylae.
ði ˈəʊnli ˈʌðə ʃɪp tuː mæʧ hɜː wɒz ðə Thermopylae.
Both these ships set out from Shanghai on June 18th, 1872 on an exciting race to England.
bəʊθ ðiːz ʃɪps sɛt aʊt frɒm ʃæŋˈhaɪ ɒn ʤuːn 18th, 1872 ɒn ən ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ reɪs tuː ˈɪŋglənd.
This race, which went on for exactly four exactly four months, was the last of its kind.
ðɪs reɪs, wɪʧ wɛnt ɒn fɔːr ɪgˈzæktli fɔːr ɪgˈzæktli fɔː mʌnθs, wɒz ðə lɑːst ɒv ɪts kaɪnd.
It marked the end of the great tradition of ships with sails and the beginning of a new era.
ɪt mɑːkt ði ɛnd ɒv ðə greɪt trəˈdɪʃən ɒv ʃɪps wɪð seɪlz ænd ðə bɪˈgɪnɪŋ ɒv ə njuː ˈɪərə.
The first of the two ships to reach Java after the race had begun was the Thermopylae, but on the Indian Ocean, the Cutty Sark took lead.
ðə fɜːst ɒv ðə tuː ʃɪps tuː riːʧ ˈʤɑːvə ˈɑːftə ðə reɪs hæd bɪˈgʌn wɒz ðə Thermopylae, bʌt ɒn ði ˈɪndiən ˈəʊʃən, ðə ˈkʌti Sark tʊk liːd.
It seemed certain that she would be the first ship home, but during the race she had a lot of bad luck.
ɪt siːmd ˈsɜːtn ðæt ʃiː wʊd biː ðə fɜːst ʃɪp həʊm, bʌt ˈdjʊərɪŋ ðə reɪs ʃiː hæd ə lɒt ɒv bæd lʌk.
任务配置:L0+L4
知识笔记:
era: a period of time of which particular events or stages of development are typical
She was one of the more remarkable women of her era
练习感悟:还是挺难读的 读了大概有5遍的样子 时间上如果要做到和原文一致 就不得不放弃很多细节的东西。细节和时间都兼顾的话需要更多次的练习