练习材料
Lesson 9-2 Royal espionage
Alfred stayed in the camp a week before he returned to Athelney. The force there assembled was trivial compared with the Danish horde. But Alfred had deduced that the Danes were no longer fit for prolonged battle: and that their commissariat had no organization, but depended on irregular raids.
So, faced with the Danish advance, Alfred did not risk open battle but harried the enemy. He was constantly on the move, drawing the Danes after him. His patrols halted the raiding parties: hunger assailed the Danish army. Now Alfred began a long series of skirmishes -- and within a month the Danes had surrendered. The episode could reasonably serve as a unique epic of royal espionage!
/ˈlɛsən/ 9-2 /ˈrɔɪəl/ /ˈɛspiənɑʤ/
/ˈælfrəd/ /steɪd/ /ɪn/ /ðə/ /kæmp/ /ə/ /wik/ /bɪˈfɔr/ /hi/ /rɪˈtɜrnd/ /tu/ Athelney. /ðə/ /fɔrs/ /ðɛr/ /əˈsɛmbəld/ /wʌz/ /ˈtrɪviəl/ /kəmˈpɛrd/ /wɪð/ /ðə/ /ˈdeɪnɪʃ/ /hɔrd/. /bʌt/ /ˈælfrəd/ /hæd/ /dɪˈdust/ /ðæt/ /ðə/ /deɪnz/ /wɜr/ /noʊ/ /ˈlɔŋgər/ /fɪt/ /fɔr/ /prəˈlɔŋd/ /ˈbætəl/: /ænd/ /ðæt/ /ðɛr/ commissariat /hæd/ /noʊ/ /ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən/, /bʌt/ /dɪˈpɛndəd/ /ɑn/ /ɪˈrɛgjələr/ /reɪdz/.
/soʊ/, /feɪst/ /wɪð/ /ðə/ /ˈdeɪnɪʃ/ /ədˈvæns/, /ˈælfrəd/ /dɪd/ /nɑt/ /rɪsk/ /ˈoʊpən/ /ˈbætəl/ /bʌt/ /ˈhɛrid/ /ði/ /ˈɛnəmi/. /hi/ /wʌz/ /ˈkɑnstəntli/ /ɑn/ /ðə/ /muv/, /ˈdrɔɪŋ/ /ðə/ /deɪnz/ /ˈæftər/ /hɪm/. /hɪz/ /pəˈtroʊlz/ /ˈhɔltəd/ /ðə/ /ˈreɪdɪŋ/ /ˈpɑrtiz/: /ˈhʌŋgər/ /əˈseɪld/ /ðə/ /ˈdeɪnɪʃ/ /ˈɑrmi/. /naʊ/ /ˈælfrəd/ /bɪˈgæn/ /ə/ /lɔŋ/ /ˈsɪriz/ /ʌv/ /ˈskɜrmɪʃɪz/ -- /ænd/ /wɪˈðɪn/ /ə/ /mʌnθ/ /ðə/ /deɪnz/ /hæd/ /səˈrɛndərd/. /ði/ /ˈɛpəˌsoʊd/ /kʊd/ /ˈrizənəbli/ /sɜrv/ /æz/ /ə/ /juˈnik/ /ˈɛpɪk/ /ʌv/ /ˈrɔɪəl/ /ˈɛspiənɑʤ/!
