练习材料：
Lesson 24-2 A skeleton in the cupboard
I once spend an uncomfortable weekend which I shall never forget at his house. George showed me to the guestroom which, he said, was rarely used. He told me to unpack my things and then come down to dinner. After I had stacked my shirts and underclothes in two empty drawers, I decided to hang one of the tow suits I had brought with me in the cupboard. I opened the cupboard door and then stood in front of it petrified. A skeleton was dangling before my eyes. The sudden movement of the door made it sway slightly and it gave me the impression that it was about to leap out at me. Dropping my suit, I dashed downstairs to tell George. This was worse than "a terrible secret'; this was a read skeleton! But George was unsympathetic. “Oh, that,” he said with a smile as if he were talking about an old friend. “That's Sebastian. You forget that I was a medical student once upon a time.”
aɪ wʌns spɛnd ən ʌnˈkʌmfətəbl ˈwiːkˈɛnd wɪʧ aɪ ʃæl ˈnɛvə fəˈgɛt æt hɪz haʊs. ʤɔːʤ ʃəʊd miː tuː ðə ˈgɛstrʊm wɪʧ, hiː sɛd, wɒz ˈreəli juːzd. hiː təʊld miː tuː ʌnˈpæk maɪ θɪŋz ænd ðɛn kʌm daʊn tuː ˈdɪnə. ˈɑːftər aɪ hæd stækt maɪ ʃɜːts ænd ˈʌndəkləʊðz ɪn tuː ˈɛmpti drɔːz, aɪ dɪˈsaɪdɪd tuː hæŋ wʌn ɒv ðə təʊ sjuːts aɪ hæd brɔːt wɪð miː ɪn ðə ˈkʌpəd. aɪ ˈəʊpənd ðə ˈkʌpəd dɔːr ænd ðɛn stʊd ɪn frʌnt ɒv tuː sjuːts aɪ hæd brɔːt wɪð miː ɪn ðə ˈkʌpəd. aɪ ˈəʊpənd ðə ˈkʌpəd dɔːr ænd ðɛn stʊd ɪn frʌnt ɒv ɪt sjuːts aɪ hæd brɔːt wɪð miː ɪn ðə ˈkʌpəd. aɪ ˈəʊpənd ðə ˈkʌpəd dɔːr ænd ðɛn stʊd ɪn frʌnt ɒv ɪt ˈpɛtrɪfaɪd. ə ˈskɛlɪtn wɒz ˈdæŋglɪŋ bɪˈfɔː maɪ aɪz. ðə ˈsʌdn ˈmuːvmənt ɒv ðə dɔː meɪd ɪt sweɪ ˈslaɪtli ænd ɪt geɪv miː ði ɪmˈprɛʃən ðæt ɪt wɒz əˈbaʊt tuː liːp aʊt æt miː. ˈdrɒpɪŋ maɪ sjuːt, aɪ dæʃt ˌdaʊnˈsteəz tuː tɛl ʤɔːʤ. ðɪs wɒz wɜːs ðæn "ə ˈtɛrəbl ˈsiːkrɪt; ðɪs wɒz ə riːd ˈskɛlɪtn! bʌt ʤɔːʤ wɒz ˌʌnˌsɪmpəˈθɛtɪk. “əʊ, ðæt,” hiː sɛd wɪð ə smaɪl æz ɪf hiː wɜː ˈtɔːkɪŋ əˈbaʊt ən əʊld frɛnd. “ðæts sɪˈbæstɪən. juː fəˈgɛt ðæt aɪ wɒz ə ˈmɛdɪkəl ˈstjuːdənt wʌns əˈpɒn ə taɪm.”
任务配置：
L0＋L4
知识笔记：
新词：guestroom （私人住宅的）客房；unpack 打开行李取出；stack 排列，堆；drawer 抽屉；petrify 吓呆，使麻木；dangling 悬挂着；dash 猛冲，赶紧离开；movement 活动，乐章；sway 摇摆；slightly 轻微地；unsympathetic 不同情的
词组：come down to 屈尊做某事，简而言之是为了…；leap out at sb 跳出来扑向某人；
练习感悟：
今天起得刚刚好，还是偏早的那种！很棒。
