练习材料:
L31-2：A lovable eccentric
Dickie left the shop without a word and returned carrying a large cloth bag.
As it was extremely heavy,
he dumped it on the counter.
The assistant asked him to leave,
but Dickie paid no attention to him and requested to see the manager.
Recognizing who the customer was,
the manager was most apologetic and reprimanded the assistant severely.
When Dickie was given the watch,
he presented the assistant with the cloth bag.
It contained $300 in pennies.
He insisted on the assistant's counting the money before he left -- 30,000 pennies in all!
On another occasion,
he invited a number of important critics to see his private collection of modern paintings.
This exhibition received a great deal of attention in the press,
for though the pictures were supposed to be the work of famous artists,
they had in fact been painted by Dickie.
It took him four years to stage this elaborate joke simply to prove that critics do not always know what they are talking about.
应用配置：L0+L4
知识笔记： extremely/ɛkˈstrimli dumped/dʌmpt counter/kaʊntər apologetic/əˌpɑləˈʤɛtɪk reprimanded/rɛprəˌmændɪd severely/səˈvɪrli elaborate/ɪˈlæbrət
练习感悟：今天的录制在病房里，尽量压低了声音，加上有点鼻塞的影响，听得出来很明显的呼吸声。持续不间断，继续。
