练习材料:
Lesson 25-1 TheCutty Sark
One of the mostfamous sailing ships of the nineteenth century, the Cutty Sark, can still beseen at Greenwich. She stands on dry land and is visited by thousands of peopleeach year. She serves as an impressive reminder of the great ships of the past.
Before they werereplaced by steamships, sailing vessels like the Cutty Sark were used to carrytea from China and wool from Australia. The Cutty Sark was one the fastestsailing ships that has ever been built. The only other ship to match her wasthe Thermopylae. Both these ships set out from Shanghai on June 18th, 1872 onan exciting race to England. This race, which went on for exactly four months,was the last of its kind. It marked the end of the great tradition of shipswith sails and the beginning of a new era.
The first of thetwo ships to reach Java after the race had begun was the Thermopylae, but onthe Indian Ocean, the Cutty Sark took the lead. It seemed certain that shewould be the first ship home, but during the race she had a lot of bad luck.
ðə ˈkʌti Sark
wʌn ɒv ðə məʊst ˈfeɪməs ˈseɪlɪŋ ʃɪps ɒv ðə ˈnaɪnˈtiːŋθ ˈsɛnʧʊri, ðə ˈkʌti Sark, kæn stɪl biː siːn æt ˈgrɪnɪʤ. ʃiː stændz ɒn draɪ lænd ænd ɪz ˈvɪzɪtɪd baɪ ˈθaʊzəndz ɒv ˈpiːpl iːʧ jɪə. ʃiː sɜːvz æz ən ɪmˈprɛsɪv rɪˈmaɪndər ɒv ðə greɪt ʃɪps ɒv pɑːst. bɪˈfɔː ðeɪ wɜː rɪˈpleɪst baɪ ˈstiːmʃɪps, ˈseɪlɪŋ ˈvɛslz laɪk ðə ˈkʌti Sark wɜː juːzd tuː ˈkæri tiː frɒm ˈʧaɪnə ænd wʊl frɒm ɒˈstreɪliːə. ðə ˈkʌti Sark wɒz wʌn ðə ˈfɑːstɪst ˈseɪlɪŋ ʃɪps ðæt hæz ˈɛvə biːn bɪlt. ði ˈəʊnli ˈʌðə ʃɪp tuː mæʧ hɜː wɒz ðə Thermopylae. bəʊθ ðiːz ʃɪps sɛt aʊt frɒm ʃæŋˈhaɪ ɒn ʤuːn 18th, 1872 ɒn ən ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ reɪs tuː ˈɪŋglənd. ðɪs reɪs, wɪʧ wɛnt ɒn fɔːr ɪgˈzæktli fɔːr ɪgˈzæktli fɔː mʌnθs, wɒz ðə lɑːst ɒv ɪts kaɪnd. ɪt mɑːkt ði ɛnd ɒv ðə greɪt trəˈdɪʃən ɒv ʃɪps wɪð seɪlz ændðə bɪˈgɪnɪŋ ɒv ə njuː ˈɪərə. ðə fɜːst ɒv ðə tuː ʃɪps tuː riːʧ ˈʤɑːvə ˈɑːftə ðə reɪs hæd bɪˈgʌn wɒz ðə Thermopylae, bʌt ɒn ðiˈɪndiən ˈəʊʃən, ðə ˈkʌti Sark tʊk liːd. ɪt siːmd ˈsɜːtn ðæt ʃiː wʊd biː ðə fɜːstʃɪp həʊm, bʌt ˈdjʊərɪŋ ðə reɪs ʃiː hæd ə lɒt ɒv bæd lʌk.
任务配置:L0+L1+ L4
知识笔记:
单词:1、impressive reminder:印象深刻的提醒,2、vessels:船只,3、era:时代,4、
音标:/dʒ/ 双唇微开,先用舌尖抵上齿龈,突然张开,使气流外冲而成音,并振动声,发“之”音。
练习感悟:今天这篇文章,虽然难度不大,但是其实速度还是比较快的,而且长度也比较长,但是我录了两遍就达标了,还是挺不错的