练习材料：

L49-2: The idealservant

Though my auntpursued what was, in those days, an enlightened policy, in that she neverallowed her domestic staff to work more than eight hours a day, she wasextremely difficult to please. While she always criticized the fickleness ofhuman nature, she carried on an unrelenting search for the ideal servant to theend of her days, even after she had been sadly disillusioned by Bessie.Bessieworked for Aunt Harriet for three years. During that time she so gained myaunt's confidence that she was put in charge of the domestic staff. AuntHarriet could not find words to praise Bessie's industriousness and efficiency.In addition to all her other qualifications, Bessie was an expert cook. Sheacted the role of the perfect servant for three years before Aunt Harrietdiscovered her 'little weakness'. After being absent from the Gables for a week,my aunt unexpectedly returned one afternoon with a party of guests andinstructed Bessie to prepare dinner.

ði aɪˈdɪəl ˈsɜːvənt

ðəʊ maɪ ɑːnt pəˈsjuːd wɒt wɒz, ɪn ðəʊz deɪz, ən ɪnˈlaɪtnd ˈpɒlɪsi, ɪn ðæt ʃiː ˈnɛvər əˈlaʊd hɜː dəʊˈmɛstɪk stɑːf tuː wɜːk mɔː ðæn eɪt ˈaʊəz ə deɪ, ʃiː wɒz ɪksˈtriːmli ˈdɪfɪkəlt tuː pliːz. waɪl ʃiː ˈɔːlweɪz ˈkrɪtɪsaɪzd ðə ˈfɪklnɪs ɒv ˈhjuːmən ˈneɪʧə, ʃiː ˈkærid ɒn ən ˌʌnrɪˈlɛntɪŋ sɜːʧ fɔː ði aɪˈdɪəl ˈsɜːvənt tuː ði ɛnd ɒv hɜː deɪz, ˈiːvən ˈɑːftə ʃiː hæd biːn ˈsædli ˌdɪsɪˈluːʒənd baɪ Bessie.Bessie wɜːkt fɔːr ɑːnt ˈhærɪət fɔː θriː jɪəz. ˈdjʊərɪŋ ðæt taɪm ʃiː səʊ geɪnd maɪ ɑːnts ˈkɒnfɪdəns ðæt ʃiː wɒz pʊt ɪn ʧɑːʤ ɒv ðə dəʊˈmɛstɪk stɑːf. ɑːnt ˈhærɪət kʊd nɒt faɪnd wɜːdz tuː preɪz Bessie's ɪnˈdʌstrɪəsnəs ænd ɪˈfɪʃənsi. ɪn əˈdɪʃ(ə)n tuː ɔːl hɜːr ˈʌðə ˌkwɒlɪfɪˈkeɪʃənz, Bessie wɒz ən ˈɛkspɜːt kʊk. ʃiː ˈæktɪd ðə rəʊl ɒv ðə ˈpɜːfɪkt ˈsɜːvənt fɔː θriː jɪəz bɪˈfɔːr ɑːnt ˈhærɪət dɪsˈkʌvəd hɜː ˈlɪtl ˈwiːknɪs. ˈɑːftə ˈbiːɪŋ ˈæbsənt frɒm ðə ˈgeɪblz fɔːr ə wiːk, maɪ ɑːnt ˌʌnɪksˈpɛktɪdli rɪˈtɜːnd wʌn ˈɑːftəˈnuːn wɪð ə ˈpɑːti ɒv gɛsts ænd ɪnˈstrʌktɪd Bessie tuː prɪˈpeəˈdɪnə.

任务配置：L0+L4

知识笔记：

单词：1、pursue：追求，奉行，推行，2、enlightened：开明，合意的，3、policy：政策，方针，学说，4、criticize：批评，批判，指责，5、fickleness：反复无常，6、unrelenting：反复无常，7、disillusioned：幻灭，8、confidence：信任，信心，信赖，自信，9、put in charge of：负责，10、praise：称赞，赞扬，11、industriousness：勤奋，12、efficiency：效率，爽利，13、in addition to：此外，除了……之外，14、qualification：资质，条件，15、expert：专家，行家，16、a party of guests：一群客人

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练习感悟： 今天这篇文章生词稍微多些，读起来非常拗口，录了好几遍了，都还是读起来结结巴巴的。