练习材料:
Lesson 66 Sweet as honey!
In 1963 aLancaster bomber crashed on Wallis Island, a remote place in the South Pacific,a long way west of Samoa. The plane wasn't too badly damaged, but over theyears, the crash was forgotten and the wreck remained undisturbed. Then in1989, twenty-six years after the crash, the plane was accidentally rediscoveredin an aerial survey of the island. By this time, a Lancaster bomber inreasonable condition was rare and worth rescuing. The French authorities hadthe plane packaged and moved in parts back to France. Now a group ofenthusiasts are going to have the plane restored. It has four Rolls-RoyceMerlin engines, but the group will need to have only three of them rebuilt.Imagine their surprise and delight when they broke open the packing cases andfound that the fourth engine was sweet as honey -- still in perfect condition.A colony of bees had turned the engine into a hive and it was totally preservedin beeswax!
swiːt æz ˈhʌni!
ɪn 1963 ə ˈlæŋkəstə ˈbɒmə kræʃt ɒn ˈwɒlɪs ˈaɪlənd, ə rɪˈməʊt pleɪs ɪn ðə saʊθ pəˈsɪfɪk, ə lɒŋ weɪ wɛst ɒv səˈməʊə. ðə pleɪn wɒznt tuː ˈbædli ˈdæmɪʤd, bʌt ˈəʊvə ðə jɪəz, ðə kræʃ wɒz fəˈgɒtn ænd ðə rɛk rɪˈmeɪnd ˌʌndɪˈstɜːbd. ðɛn ɪn 1989, ˈtwɛnti-sɪks jɪəz ˈɑːftə ðə kræʃ, ðə pleɪn wɒz ˌæksɪˈdɛntəli ˌriːdɪsˈkʌvəd ɪn ən ˈeərɪəl ˈsɜːveɪ ɒv ði ˈaɪlənd. baɪ ðɪs taɪm, ə ˈlæŋkəstə ˈbɒmər ɪn ˈriːznəbl kənˈdɪʃən wɒz reər ænd wɜːθ ˈrɛskjuːɪŋ. ðə frɛnʧ ɔːˈθɒrɪtiz hæd ðə pleɪn ˈpækɪʤd ænd muːvd ɪn pɑːts bæk tuː ˈfrɑːns. naʊ ə gruːp ɒv ɪnˈθjuːzɪæsts ɑː ˈgəʊɪŋ tuː hæv ðə pleɪn rɪsˈtɔːd. ɪt hæz fɔː rəʊlz-rɔɪs ˈmɜːlɪn ˈɛnʤɪnz, bʌt ðə gruːp wɪl niːd tuː hæv ˈəʊnli θriː ɒv ðɛm ˌriːˈbɪlt. ɪˈmæʤɪn ðeə səˈpraɪz ænd dɪˈlaɪt wɛn ðeɪ brəʊk ˈəʊpən ðə ˈpækɪŋ ˈkeɪsɪz ænd faʊnd ðæt ðə fɔːθˈɛnʤɪn wɒz swiːt æz ˈhʌni -- stɪl ɪn ˈpɜːfɪktkənˈdɪʃən. ə ˈkɒləni ɒv biːz hæd tɜːnd ði ˈɛnʤɪn ˈɪntuː ə haɪv ænd ɪt wɒz ˈtəʊtliprɪˈzɜːvd ɪn ˈbiːzwæks!
任务配置:L0+L1+ L4
知识笔记:
单词:1、bomber:轰炸机,2、remote:偏僻,偏远,3、wreck:破坏,击毁,4、undisturbed:不受打扰的,5、aerial:空气的,空想的,天线,6、reasonable:合理的,7、rescuing:营救,8、enthusiast:爱好者,9、colony:殖民地,群体,10、hive:蜂巢,11、preserve:保存,保持,12、beeswax:蜂蜡
音标:/ʌ/ 双唇平放,牙床半开,舌尖抵住下龈,舌后微微升起,发短促之“阿”音 是字母o或u在单词中的发音
练习感悟: 这篇相对来说比较有难度,不过录了三遍就过了,还是可以的