练习材料:
L39-1: Nothing toworry about
The rough roadacross the plain soon became so bad that we tried to get Bruce to drive back tothe village we had come from. Even though the road was littered with bouldersand pitted with holes, Bruce was not in the least perturbed. Glancing at hismap, he informed us that the next village was a mere twenty miles away. It wasnot that Bruce always underestimated difficulties. He simply had no sense ofdanger at all. No matter what the conditions were, he believed that a carshould be driven as fast as it could possibly go.
As we bumped over thedusty track, we swerved to avoid large boulders. The wheels scooped up stoneswhich hammered ominously under the car. We felt sure that sooner or later astone would rip a hole in our petrol tank or damage the engine.
Because of this,we kept looking back, wondering if we were leaving a trail of oil and petrolbehind us.
ˈnʌθɪŋ tuː ˈwʌri əˈbaʊt
ðə rʌf əˈkrɒs ðə
pleɪn suːn bɪˈkeɪm səʊ bæd ðæt wiː traɪd tuː ɡɛt bruːs tuː draɪv bæk tuː ðə ˈvɪlɪʤ wiː hæd kʌm frɒm.
ˈiːvən ðəʊ ðə rəʊd wɒz ˈlɪtəd wɪð ˈbəʊldəz ænd ˈpɪtɪd wɪð həʊlz, bruːs wɒz nɒt ɪn
ðə liːst pəˈtɜːbd. ˈɡlɑːnsɪŋ æt hɪz mæp, hiː ɪnˈfɔːmd ʌs ðæt ðə nɛkst
ˈvɪlɪʤ wɒz ə mɪə ˈtwɛnti maɪlz əˈweɪ. ɪt wɒz nɒt ðæt bruːs ˈɔːlweɪz ˌʌndəˈrɛstɪmeɪtɪd
ˈdɪfɪkəltiz. hiː ˈsɪmpli hæd nəʊ sɛns ɒv ˈdeɪnʤər æt ɔːl. nəʊ ˈmætə wɒt ðə kənˈdɪʃᵊnz
wɜː, hiː bɪˈliːvd ðæt ə kɑː ʃʊd biː ˈdrɪvn æz fɑːst æz ɪt kʊd ˈpɒsəbli ɡəʊ.
æz wiː bʌmpt ˈəʊvər
eɪ ˈdʌsti træk, wiː swɜːvd tuː əˈvɔɪd lɑːʤ ˈbəʊldəz. ðə wiːlz skuːpt ʌp stəʊnz wɪʧ ˈhæməd ˈɒmɪnəsli
ˈʌndə ðə kɑː. wiː fɛlt ʃʊə ðæt ˈsuːnər ɔː ˈleɪtər ə stəʊnwʊd rɪp ə həʊl ɪn ˈaʊə ˈpɛtrəl tæŋk ɔː ˈdæmɪʤ ði ˈɛnʤɪn.
bɪˈkɒz ɒv ðɪs, wiːkɛpt ˈlʊkɪŋ bæk, ˈwʌndərɪŋ ɪf wiː wɜː ˈliːvɪŋ ə treɪl ɒv ɔɪl ænd ˈpɛtrəl bɪˈhaɪndʌs.
任务配置:L0 + L4
知识笔记:
单词:1、rough:粗糙的,不平滑的,2、boulder:巨石,漂砾,3、pitted:表面有小点的,坑坑洼洼的,4、perturbed:烦恼的,不安的,5、underestimate:低估,轻视,6、dusty:尘土飞扬,布满灰尘的,7、bump:碰撞,bump over:颠婆,8、swerve:转向,急转弯,9、scoop:捡起,拿起,勺子,铲子,10、hammer:锤子,榔头,捶打,11、ominous:不祥的,不吉利的,12、rip:裂开,撕破,(织物或纸张)撕开的大口子,13、trail:追踪,踪迹,痕迹,14、petrol:汽油
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练习感悟:感冒时读这个就是艰难,读得很辛苦,还好这篇文章难度不大,语速没那么快。