Lesson63 She was notamused
Jeremy Hampden has a large circle of friends and is verypopular at parties. Everybody admireshim for his great sense of humor--everybody, that is, excepthis six- year-old daughter,Jenny. Recently, one of Jeremy's closest friends asked him to make a speechat a wedding reception. This is the sort of thing that Jeremy loves.He prepared the speechcarefully and went to the wedding with Jenny. He had included a large number of funny storiesin the speech and, of course, it was a great success.As soon as he had finished, Jenny told him she wanted to go home. Jeremywas a little disappointedby this but he did as his daughter asked. On the way home, he asked Jenny ifshe had enjoyed the speech.To his surprise, she said she hadn't.Jeremy asked her why this wasso and she told him that she did not like to see so many people laughing at him!
ˈʤɛrɪmi Hampden hæz ə lɑːʤ ˈsɜːkl ɒv frɛndz ænd ɪz ˈvɛri ˈpɒpjʊlər æt ˈpɑːtiz. ˈɛvrɪbɒdi ədˈmaɪəz hɪm fɔː hɪz greɪt sɛns ɒvˈhjuːmə--ˈɛvrɪbɒdi, ðæt ɪz, ɪkˈsɛpt hɪz sɪks- jɪər-əʊld ˈdɔːtə, ˈʤɛni. ˈriːsntli, wʌn ɒv ˈʤɛrɪmiz ˈkləʊsɪst frɛndz ɑːskt hɪm tuː meɪk əspiːʧ æt ə ˈwɛdɪŋ rɪˈsɛpʃən. ðɪs ɪz ðə sɔːt ɒv θɪŋ ðæt ˈʤɛrɪmi lʌvz. hiː prɪˈpeəd ðə spiːʧ ˈkeəfli ænd wɛnt tuː ðə ˈwɛdɪŋ wɪðˈʤɛni. hiː hæd ɪnˈkluːdɪd ə lɑːʤ ˈnʌmbər ɒv ˈfʌni ˈstɔːriz ɪn ðə spiːʧ ænd, ɒv kɔːs, ɪt wɒz ə greɪt səkˈsɛs. æz suːn æz hiː hædˈfɪnɪʃt, ˈʤɛni təʊld hɪm ʃiː ˈwɒntɪd tuː gəʊ həʊm. ˈʤɛrɪmi wɒz ə ˈlɪtl ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪd baɪ ðɪs bʌt hiː dɪd æz hɪz ˈdɔːtər ɑːskt. ɒn ðəweɪ həʊm, hiː ɑːskt ˈʤɛni ɪf ʃiː hæd ɪnˈʤɔɪd ðə spiːʧ. tuː hɪz səˈpraɪz, ʃiː sɛd ʃiː ˈhædnt. ˈʤɛrɪmi ɑːskt hɜː waɪ ðɪs wɒz səʊænd ʃiː təʊld hɪm ðæt ʃiː dɪd nɒt laɪk tuː siː səʊ ˈmɛni ˈpiːpl ˈlɑːfɪŋ æt hɪm!
