练习材料

Lesson 24-1

A skeleton in the cupboard

/ə/ /ˈskɛlɪtn/ /ɪn/ /ðə/ /ˈkʌbəd/

We often read in novels how a seemingly respectable person

/wiː/ /ˈɒf(ə)n/ /riːd/ /ɪn/ /ˈnɒvəlz/ /haʊ/ /ə/ /ˈsiːmɪŋli/ /rɪsˈpɛktəbl/ /ˈpɜːsn/

or family has some terrible secret which has been concealed

/ɔː/ /ˈfæmɪli/ /hæz/ /sʌm/ /ˈtɛrəbl/ /ˈsiːkrɪt/ /wɪʧ/ /hæz/ /biːn/ /kənˈsiːld/

from strangers for years. The English language possesses a

/frɒm/ /ˈstreɪnʤəz/ /fɔː/ /jɪəz./ /ði/ /ˈɪŋglɪʃ/ /ˈlæŋgwɪʤ/ /pəˈzɛsɪz/ /eɪ/

vivid saying to describe this sort of situation. The terrible

/ˈvɪvɪd/ /ˈseɪɪŋ/ /tuː/ /dɪsˈkraɪb/ /ðɪs/ /sɔːt/ /ɒv/ /ˌsɪtjʊˈeɪʃən./ /ðə/ /ˈtɛrəbl/

secret is called 'a skeleton in the cupboard'. At some

/ˈsiːkrɪt/ /ɪz/ /kɔːld/ /ə/ /ˈskɛlɪtn/ /ɪn/ /ðə/ /ˈkʌbəd./ /æt/ /sʌm/

dramatic moment in the story, the terrible secret becomes

/drəˈmætɪk/ /ˈməʊmənt/ /ɪn/ /ðə/ /ˈstɔːri,/ /ðə/ /ˈtɛrəbl/ /ˈsiːkrɪt/ /bɪˈkʌmz/

known and a reputation is ruined. The reader's hair stands

/nəʊn/ /ænd/ /ə/ /ˌrɛpju(ː)ˈteɪʃən/ /ɪz/ /rʊɪnd./ /ðə/ /ˈriːdəz/ /heə/ /stændz/

on end when he reads in the final pagesof the novel that the

/ɒn/ /ɛnd/ /wɛn/ /hiː/ /riːdz/ /ɪn/ /ðə/ /ˈfaɪnl/ /ˈpeɪʤɪz/ /ɒv/ /ðə/ /ˈnɒvəl/ /ðæt/ /ðiː/

heroinea dear old lady who had always been so kind to

/ˈhɛrəʊɪn/ /ə/ /dɪər/ /əʊld/ /ˈleɪdi/ /huː/ /hæd/ /ˈɔːlweɪz/ /biːn/ /səʊ/ /kaɪnd/ /tuː/

everybody, had, in her youth, poisoned every one of her five

/ˈɛvrɪbɒdi,/ /hæd,/ /ɪn/ /hɜː/ /juːθ,/ /ˈpɔɪznd/ /ˈɛvri/ /wʌn/ /ɒv/ /hɜː/ /faɪv/

husbands.

/ˈhʌzbəndz./

It is all very well for such things to occurin fiction. To varying

/ɪt/ /ɪz/ /ɔːl/ /ˈvɛri/ /wɛl/ /fɔː/ /sʌʧ/ /θɪŋz/ /tuː/ /əˈkɜːr/ /ɪn/ /ˈfɪkʃən./ /tuː/ /ˈveəriɪŋ/

degrees, we all have secrets which we do not want even our

/dɪˈgriːz,/ /wiː/ /ɔːl/ /hæv/ /ˈsiːkrɪts/ /wɪʧ/ /wiː/ /duː/ /nɒt/ /wɒnt/ /ˈiːvən/ /ˈaʊə/

closest friends to learn, but few of us have skeletons in the

/ˈkləʊsɪst/ /frɛndz/ /tuː/ /lɜːn,/ /bʌt/ /fjuː/ /ɒv/ /ʌs/ /hæv/ /ˈskɛlɪtnz/ /ɪn/ /ðiː/

cupboard. The only person I know who has a skeleton in the

/ˈkʌbəd./ /ði/ /ˈəʊnli/ /ˈpɜːsn/ /aɪ/ /nəʊ/ /huː/ /hæz/ /ə/ /ˈskɛlɪtn/ /ɪn/ /ðiː/

cupboard is George Carlton, and he is very pound of the fact.

/ˈkʌbəd/ /ɪz/ /ʤɔːʤ/ /Carlton,/ /ænd/ /hiː/ /ɪz/ /ˈvɛri/ /paʊnd/ /ɒv/ /ðə/ /fækt./

George studied medicine in hisyouth. Instead of becoming a

/ʤɔːʤ/ /ˈstʌdɪd/ /ˈmɛdsɪn/ /ɪn/ /hɪz/ /juːθ./ /ɪnˈstɛd/ /ɒv/ /bɪˈkʌmɪŋ/ /eɪ/

doctor, however, he became a successful writer of detective

/ˈdɒktə,/ /haʊˈɛvə,/ /hiː/ /bɪˈkeɪm/ /ə/ /səkˈsɛsfʊl/ /ˈraɪtər/ /ɒv/ /dɪˈtɛktɪv/

stories.

/ˈstɔːriz./

任务配置：L0+L4

知识笔记：

1/ 單詞

A skeleton in the cupboard  - 家丑

skeleton - n. 骷髅

conceal - v. 隐藏，隐瞒

possesses - v. 具有

vivid - adj. 生动的

dramatic - adj. 令人激动的，扣人心弦的

ruin - v. 毁坏

heroine - n. 女主人公

fiction - n. 小说

2/音標

ruined /rʊɪnd./

concealed /kənˈsiːld/

youth /juːθ./

heroine /ˈhɛrəʊɪn/

cupboard  /ˈkʌbəd./

练习感悟：

中間一段很長的，需要注意停頓節奏