练习材料：

L5-(2): The facts

Meanwhile, theeditor was getting impatient, for the magazine would soon go to press. He sent thejournalist two more faxes, but received no reply. He sent yet another faxinforming the journalist that if he did not reply soon he would be fired. Whenthe journalist again failed to reply, the editor reluctantly published thearticle as it had originally been written. A week later, the editor at lastreceived a fax from the journalist. Not only had the poor man been arrested,but he had been sent to prison as well. However, he had at last been allowed tosend a fax in which he informed the editor that he had been arrested whilecounting the 1,084 steps leading to the 15-foot wall which surrounded thepresident's palace.

ðə fækts

ˈmiːnˈwaɪl, ði ˈɛdɪtə wɒz ˈgɛtɪŋ ɪmˈpeɪʃənt, fɔː ðə ˌmægəˈziːn wʊd suːn gəʊ tuː prɛs. hiː sɛnt ðə ˈʤɜːnəlɪst tuː mɔː ˈfæksɪz, bʌt rɪˈsiːvd nəʊ rɪˈplaɪ. hiː sɛnt jɛt əˈnʌðə fæks ɪnˈfɔːmɪŋ ðə ˈʤɜːnəlɪst ðæt ɪf hiː dɪd nɒt rɪˈplaɪ suːn hiː wʊd biː ˈfaɪəd. wɛn ðə ˈʤɜːnəlɪst əˈgɛn feɪld tuː rɪˈplaɪ, ði ˈɛdɪtə rɪˈlʌktəntli ˈpʌblɪʃt ði ˈɑːtɪkl æz ɪt hæd əˈrɪʤɪnəli biːn ˈrɪtn. ə wiːk ˈleɪtə, ði ˈɛdɪtər æt lɑːst rɪˈsiːvd ə fæks frɒm ðə ˈʤɜːnəlɪst. nɒt ˈəʊnli hæd ðə pʊə mæn biːn əˈrɛstɪd, bʌt hiː hæd biːn sɛnt tuː ˈprɪzn æz wɛl. haʊˈɛvə, hiː hæd æt lɑːst biːn əˈlaʊd tuː sɛnd ə fæks ɪn wɪʧ hiː ɪnˈfɔːmdði ˈɛdɪtə ðæt hiː hæd biːn əˈrɛstɪd waɪl ˈkaʊntɪŋ ðiː 1,084 stɛps ˈliːdɪŋ tuːðiː 15-fʊt wɔːl wɪʧ səˈraʊndɪd ðə ˈprɛzɪdənts ˈpælɪs.

任务配置：L0+L1+L4

知识笔记：

单词：1、reluctantly：勉强，2、originally：起初，原来

音标：/æ/ 双唇扁平，舌前微升，舌尖抵住下龈，牙床开，软鄂升起，唇自然开放。 是字母a在闭音节或重读闭音节中的发音

练习感悟： 今天的文章不难，但是要读到达标却也不是特别容易，录了三遍才达标，不过中间停顿或者读错的确实是比较少的。