练习材料
L46-2:
Do it yourself
/duː/ /ɪt/ /jɔːˈsɛlf/
Even men who can hardly drive a nail in straight are
/ˈiːvən/ /mɛn/ /huː/ /kæn/ /ˈhɑːdli/ /draɪv/ /ə/ /neɪl/ /ɪn/ /streɪt/ /ɑː/
supposed to be born electricians, carpenters, plumbersand
/səˈpəʊzd/ /tuː/ /biː/ /bɔːn/ /ɪlɛkˈtrɪʃənz,/ /ˈkɑːpɪntəz,/ /ˈplʌməz/ /ænd/
mechanics. When lights fuse, furniture gets rickety, pipes get
/mɪˈkænɪks./ /wɛn/ /laɪts/ /fjuːz,/ /ˈfɜːnɪʧə/ /gɛts/ /ˈrɪkɪti,/ /paɪps/ /gɛt/
clogged, or vacuum cleaners fail to operate, some woman
/klɒgd,/ /ɔː/ /ˈvækjʊəm/ /ˈkliːnəz/ /feɪl/ /tuː/ /ˈɒpəreɪt,/ /sʌm/ /ˈwʊmən/
assume that their husbands will somehow put things right.
/əˈsjuːm/ /ðæt/ /ðeə/ /ˈhʌzbəndz/ /wɪl/ /ˈsʌmhaʊ/ /pʊt/ /θɪŋz/ /raɪt./
The worst thing about the do-it-yourself game is that
/ðə/ /wɜːst/ /θɪŋ/ /əˈbaʊt/ /ðə/ /ˈduːɪtjɔːˈsɛlf/ /geɪm/ /ɪz/ /ðæt/
sometimes even men live under the delusion that they can
/ˈsʌmtaɪmz/ /ˈiːvən/ /mɛn/ /lɪv/ /ˈʌndə/ /ðə/ /dɪˈluːʒən/ /ðæt/ /ðeɪ/ /kæn/
do anything, even when they have repeatedly been proved
/duː/ /ˈɛnɪθɪŋ,/ /ˈiːvən/ /wɛn/ /ðeɪ/ /hæv/ /rɪˈpiːtɪdli/ /biːn/ /pruːvd/
wrong. It is a question ofprideas much as anything else.
/rɒŋ./ /ɪt/ /ɪz/ /ə/ /ˈkwɛsʧən/ /ɒv/ /praɪd/ /æz/ /mʌʧ/ /æz/ /ˈɛnɪθɪŋ/ /ɛls./
Last spring my wife suggested that I call in a man to look at
/lɑːst/ /sprɪŋ/ /maɪ/ /waɪf/ /səˈʤɛstɪd/ /ðæt/ /aɪ/ /kɔːl/ /ɪn/ /ə/ /mæn/ /tuː/ /lʊk/ /æt/
our lawn mower. It had broken down the previous summer,
/ˈaʊə/ /lɔːn/ /ˈməʊə./ /ɪt/ /hæd/ /ˈbrəʊkən/ /daʊn/ /ðə/ /ˈpriːviəs/ /ˈsʌmə,/
and though I promised to repair it, I had never got round to
/ænd/ /ðəʊ/ /aɪ/ /ˈprɒmɪst/ /tuː/ /rɪˈpeər/ /ɪt,/ /aɪ/ /hæd/ /ˈnɛvə/ /gɒt/ /raʊnd/ /tuː/
it. I would not hear of the suggestion and said that I would
/ɪt./ /aɪ/ /wʊd/ /nɒt/ /hɪər/ /ɒv/ /ðə/ /səˈʤɛsʧən/ /ænd/ /sɛd/ /ðæt/ /aɪ/ /wʊd/
fix it myself. One Saturday afternoon, I hauled the machine
/fɪks/ /ɪt/ /maɪˈsɛlf./ /wʌn/ /ˈsætədeɪ/ /ˈɑːftəˈnuːn,/ /aɪ/ /hɔːld/ /ðə/ /məˈʃiːn/
into the garden and had a close look at it. As far as I could
/ˈɪntuː/ /ðə/ /ˈgɑːdn/ /ænd/ /hæd/ /ə/ /kləʊs/ /lʊk/ /æt/ /ɪt./ /æz/ /fɑːr/ /æz/ /aɪ/ /kʊd/
see, it needed only a minor adjustment: a turn of ascrew
/siː,/ /ɪt/ /ˈniːdɪd/ /ˈəʊnli/ /ə/ /ˈmaɪnər/ /əˈʤʌstmənt:/ /ə/ /tɜːn/ /ɒv/ /ə/ /skruː/
here, a little tightening up there, a drop of oil and it would be
/hɪə,/ /ə/ /ˈlɪtl/ /ˈtaɪtnɪŋ/ /ʌp/ /ðeə,/ /ə/ /drɒp/ /ɒv/ /ɔɪl/ /ænd/ /ɪt/ /wʊd/ /biː/
as good as new.
/æz/ /gʊd/ /æz/ /njuː./
任务配置：L0+L4
知识笔记：
1/ 單詞
drive a nail in straight - 直釘
carpenters - n. 木匠
plumbers - n. 水管工
resourceful - adj. 足智多谋的
fuse - v. 由于烧断保险丝而短路
rickety - adj. 要散架的，晃动的
clog - v. 堵塞
delusion - n. 错觉
a question of pride - 一個驕傲的問題
lawn mower - 割草机
hauled v. - 拖運
screw - n. 螺丝钉
2/音標
carpenters /ˈkɑːpɪntəz,/
plumbers /ˈplʌməz/
rickety /ˈrɪkɪti,/
clog /klɒgd,/
lawn mower /lɔːn/ /ˈməʊə./
hauled /hɔːld/
screw /skruː/
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