练习材料：
L36-1：A chance ina million
We are lesscredulous than we used to be. In the nineteenth century, a novelist would bringhis story to a conclusion by presenting his readers with a series ofcoincidences -- most of them wildly improbable. Readers happily accepted thefact that an obscure maidservant was really the hero's mother. A long-lostbrother, who was presumed dead, was really alive all the time and wickedlyplotting to bring about the hero's downfall. And so on. Modern readers wouldfind such naive solution totally unacceptable. Yet, in real life, circumstancesdo sometimes conspire to bring about coincidences which anyone but a nineteenthcentury novelist would find incredible.
When I was a boy,my grandfather told me how a German taxi driver, Franz Bussman, found a brotherwho was thought to have been killed twenty years before. While on a walking tourwith his wife, he stopped to talk to a workman. After they had gone on, Mrs.Bussman commented on the workman's close resemblance to her husband and evensuggested that he might be his brother.
ə ʧɑːns ɪn ə ˈmɪljən
wiː ɑː lɛs ˈkrɛdjʊləs ðæn wiː juːzd tuː biː. ɪn ðə ˈnaɪnˈtiːŋθ ˈsɛnʧʊri, ə ˈnɒvəlɪst wʊd brɪŋ hɪz ˈstɔːri tuː ə kənˈkluːʒən baɪ prɪˈzɛntɪŋ hɪz ˈriːdəz wɪð ə ˈsɪəriːz ɒv kəʊˈɪnsɪdənsɪz -- məʊst ɒv ðɛm ˈwaɪldli ɪmˈprɒbəbl. ˈriːdəz ˈhæpɪli əkˈsɛptɪd ðə fækt ðæt ən əbˈskjʊə ˈmeɪdˈsɜːvənt wɒz ˈrɪəli ðə ˈhɪərəʊz ˈmʌðə. ə lɒŋ-lɒst ˈbrʌðə, huː wɒz prɪˈzjuːmd dɛd, wɒz ˈrɪəli əˈlaɪv ɔːl ðə taɪm ænd ˈwɪkɪdli ˈplɒtɪŋ tuː brɪŋ əˈbaʊt ðə ˈhɪərəʊz ˈdaʊnfɔːl. ænd səʊ ɒn. ˈmɒdən ˈriːdəz wʊd faɪnd sʌʧ nɑːˈiːv səˈluːʃən ˈtəʊtli ˌʌnəkˈsɛptəbl. jɛt, ɪn rɪəl laɪf,ˈsɜːkəmstənsɪz duː ˈsʌmtaɪmz kənˈspaɪə tuː brɪŋ əˈbaʊt kəʊˈɪnsɪdənsɪz wɪʧ ˈɛnɪwʌnbʌt ə ˈnaɪnˈtiːŋθ ˈsɛnʧʊri ˈnɒvəlɪst wʊd faɪnd ɪnˈkrɛdəbl.
wɛn aɪ wɒz ə bɔɪ, maɪ ˈgrændˌfɑːðə təʊld miː haʊ ə ˈʤɜːmən ˈtæksi ˈdraɪvə, frænz Bussman, faʊnd ə ˈbrʌðə huː wɒz θɔːt tuː hæv biːn kɪld ˈtwɛnti jɪəz bɪˈfɔː. waɪl ɒn ə ˈwɔːkɪŋ tʊə wɪð hɪz waɪf, hiː stuːpt tuː tɔːk tuː ə ˈwɜːkmən. ˈɑːftə ðeɪ hæd gɒn ɒn, Mrs. Bussman ˈkɒmɛntɪdɒn ðə ˈwɜːkmənz kləʊs rɪˈzɛmbləns tuː hɜː ˈhʌzbənd ænd ˈiːvən səˈʤɛstɪd ðæt hiːmaɪt biː hɪz ˈbrʌðə.
任务配置：L0+L1+L4
知识笔记：
单词：1、credulous：轻信，2、novelist：小说家，3、conclusion：结论，断案，4、present：展现，5、coincidences：巧合，6、improbable：不可能的，7、obscure：朦胧，晦涩，8、maidservant：女仆，9、presumed：假设，10、wickedly：邪恶地，11、plot：密谋，暗算，12、downfall：倒台，13、naive：幼稚的，14、solution：解决方案，15、conspire：合谋，共谋，16、tour：旅游，旅行，17、workman：工人，18、comment on：对某事发表评论，19、resemblance：相似，20、
音标：/aɪ/ 将口张开略圆，舌后升起，舌尖向后收缩，由发“阿”音平稳过渡到发“一”音。 是字母i或y在单词中的读音
练习感悟： 单词较多，读起来较拗口，还是有点难度的今天这篇。
