练习材料：

A Festival for the Dead is held once a year in Japan. This festival is a cheerful occasion, for on this day, the dead are said to return to their homes and they are welcomed by the living. As they are expected to be hungry after their long journey, food is laid out for them. Specially-made lanterns are hung outside each house to help the dead to find their way. All night long, people dance and sing. In the early morning, the food that had been laid out for the dead is thrown into a river or into the sea as it is considered unlucky for anyone living to eat it. In towns that are near the sea, the tiny lanterns which had been hung in the streets the night before, are placed into the water when the festival is over. Thousands of lanterns slowly drift out to sea guiding the dead on their  return journey to the other world. This is a moving spectacle, for crowds of people stand on the shore watching the lanterns drifting away until they can be seen no more.

/ə/ /ˈfɛstəvəl/ /fɔr/ /ðə/ /dɛd/ /ɪz/ /hɛld/ /wʌns/ /ə/ /jɪr/ /ɪn/ /ʤəˈpæn/. /ðɪs/ /ˈfɛstəvəl/ /ɪz/ /ə/ /ˈʧɪrfəl/ /əˈkeɪʒən/, /fɔr/ /ɑn/ /ðɪs/ /deɪ/, /ðə/ /dɛd/ /ɑr/ /sɛd/ /tu/ /rɪˈtɜrn/ /tu/ /ðɛr/ /hoʊmz/ /ænd/ /ðeɪ/ /ɑr/ /ˈwɛlkəmd/ /baɪ/ /ðə/ /'lɪvɪŋ/. /æz/ /ðeɪ/ /ɑr/ /ɪkˈspɛktəd/ /tu/ /bi/ /'hʌŋgri/ /ˈæftər/ /ðɛr/ /lɔŋ/ /ˈʤɜrni/, /fud/ /ɪz/ /leɪd/ /aʊt/ /fɔr/ /ðɛm/. /ˈspɛʃəli/-/meɪd/ /ˈlæntərnz/ /ɑr/ /hʌŋ/ /ˈaʊtˈsaɪd/ /iʧ/ /haʊs/ /tu/ /hɛlp/ /ðə/ /dɛd/ /tu/ /faɪnd/ /ðɛr/ /weɪ/. /ɔl/ /naɪt/ /lɔŋ/, /ˈpipəl/ /dæns/ /ænd/ /sɪŋ/. /ɪn/ /ði/ /'ɜrli/ /ˈmɔrnɪŋ/, /ðə/ /fud/ /ðæt/ /hæd/ /bɪn/ /leɪd/ /aʊt/ /fɔr/ /ðə/ /dɛd/ /ɪz/ /θroʊn/ /'ɪntu/ /ə/ /ˈrɪvər/ /ɔr/ /ˈɪntu/ /ðə/ /si/ /æz/ /ɪt/ /ɪz/ /kənˈsɪdərd/ /ənˈlʌki/ /fɔr/ /ˈɛniˌwʌn/ /'lɪvɪŋ/ /tu/ /it/ /ɪt/. /ɪn/ /taʊnz/ /ðæt/ /ɑr/ /nɪr/ /ðə/ /si/, /ðə/ /ˈtaɪni/ /ˈlæntərnz/ /wɪʧ/ /hæd/ /bɪn/ /hʌŋ/ /ɪn/ /ðə/ /strits/ /ðə/ /naɪt/ /bɪˈfɔr/, /ɑr/ /pleɪst/ /ˈɪntu/ /ðə/ /ˈwɔtər/ /wɛn/ /ðə/ /ˈfɛstəvəl/ /ɪz/ /ˈoʊvər/. /ˈθaʊzəndz/ /ʌv/ /'læntərnz/ /ˈsloʊli/ /drɪft/ /aʊt/ /tu/ /si/ /'gaɪdɪŋ/ /ðə/ /dɛd/ /ɑn/ /ðɛr/ /rɪˈtɜrn/ /ˈʤɜrni/ /tu/ /ði/ /ˈʌðər/ /wɜrld/. /ðɪs/ /ɪz/ /ə// ˈmuvɪŋ/ /ˈspɛktəkəl/, /fɔr/ /kraʊdz/ /ʌv/ /ˈpipəl/ /stænd/ /ɑn/ /ðə/ /ʃɔr/ /ˈwɑʧɪŋ/ /ðə/ /ˈlæntərnz/ /'drɪftɪŋ/ /əˈweɪ/ /ənˈtɪl/ /ðeɪ/ /kæn/ /bi/ /sin/ /noʊ/ /mɔr/.

任务配置：L0+L4

知识笔记：

这篇文章中仍然还有这些词不太熟：

welcomed /ˈwɛlkəmd/

expected /ɪkˈspɛktəd/

lanterns /ˈlæntərnz/

outside /ˈaʊtˈsaɪd/

each /iʧ/

unlucky /ənˈlʌki/

anyone /ˈɛniˌwʌn/

placed /pleɪst/

spectacle /ˈspɛktəkəl/

until /ənˈtɪl/

seen /sin/

晚上复习一遍之后，expected /ɪkˈspɛktəd/这个词的音标/k/后面多加了个/ə/。

练习感悟：

水滴石穿也是通过持续不断地滴水才能将石头穿透。所以，早读也是如此，需要持之以恒的练习，才能稍微见到变化。