听力材料
What a relief it was when the boulders suddenly disappeared, giving way to a stretch of plain where the only obstacles were clumps of bushes. But there was worse to come. Just ahead of us there was a huge fissure. In response to renewed pleadings, Bruce stopped. Though we all got out to examine the fissure, he remained in the car. We informed him that the fissure extended for fifty years and was tow feet wide and four feet deep. Even this had no effect. Bruce went into a low gear and drove at a terrifying speed, keeping the front wheels astride the crack as he followed its zigzag course. Before we had time to worry about what might happen, we were back on the plain again. Bruce consulted the map once more and told us that the village was now only fifteen miles away. Our next obstacle was a shallow pool of water about half a mile across. Bruce charged at it, but in the middle, the car came to a grinding half. A yellow light on the dashboard flashed angrily and Bruce cheerfully announced that there was no oil in the engine!
wɒt ə rɪˈliːf ɪt wɒz wɛn ðə ˈbəʊldəz ˈsʌdnli ˌdɪsəˈpɪəd, ˈgɪvɪŋ weɪ tuː ə strɛʧ ɒv pleɪn weə ði ˈəʊnli ˈɒbstəklz wɜː klʌmps ɒv ˈbʊʃɪz. bʌt ðeə wɒz wɜːs tuː kʌm. ʤʌst əˈhɛd ɒv ʌs ðeə wɒz ə hjuːʤ ˈfɪʃə. ɪn rɪsˈpɒns tuː rɪˈnjuːd ˈpliːdɪŋz, bruːs stɒpt. ðəʊ wiː ɔːl gɒt aʊt tuː ɪgˈzæmɪn ðə ˈfɪʃə, hiː rɪˈmeɪnd ɪn ðə kɑː. wiː ɪnˈfɔːmd hɪm ðæt ðə ˈfɪʃər ɪksˈtɛndɪd fɔː ˈfɪfti jɪəz ænd wɒz təʊ fiːt waɪd ænd fɔː fiːt diːp. ˈiːvən ðɪs hæd nəʊ ɪˈfɛkt. bruːs wɛnt ˈɪntuː ə ləʊ gɪər ænd drəʊv æt ə ˈtɛrɪfaɪɪŋ spiːd, ˈkiːpɪŋ ðə frʌnt wiːlz əsˈtraɪd ðə kræk æz hiː ˈfɒləʊd ɪts ˈzɪgzæg kɔːs. bɪˈfɔː wiː hæd taɪm tuː ˈwʌri əˈbaʊt wɒt maɪt ˈhæpən, wiː wɜː bæk ɒn ðə pleɪn əˈgɛn. bruːs kənˈsʌltɪd ðə mæp wʌns mɔːr ænd təʊld ʌs ðæt ðə ˈvɪlɪʤ wɒz naʊ ˈəʊnli ˈfɪfˈtiːn maɪlz əˈweɪ. ˈaʊə nɛkst ˈɒbstəkl wɒz ə ˈʃæləʊ puːl ɒv ˈwɔːtər əˈbaʊt hɑːf ə maɪl əˈkrɒs. bruːs ʧɑːʤd æt ɪt, bʌt ɪn ðə ˈmɪdl, ðə kɑː keɪm tuː ə ˈgraɪndɪŋ hɑːf. ə ˈjɛləʊ laɪt ɒn ðə ˈdæʃbɔːd flæʃt ˈæŋgrɪli ænd bruːs ˈʧɪəfʊli əˈnaʊnst ðæt ðeə wɒz nəʊ ɔɪl ɪn ði ˈɛnʤɪn!
任务配置L0+L4
知识点: get sb to do Sth 说服某人做某事；not in the least 一点儿也不；完全不；giving way to a stretch of plain 出现了一片平原；clumps of bushes 一簇簇灌木丛；there was worse to come 更糟糕的事等着我们；huge fissure/ˈfɪʃər/大裂缝；shallow pool of water 浅水塘；charge at 冲向；no oil in the engine 发动机没油了。
学习感悟：
短文的第二部分比昨天的绕口一些，还好周末早晨时间宽裕一些。翻了翻课本，马上开始第三单元了，第三单元文章内容又多了不少，加油吧！
