练习材料：

L37-2：TheWesthaven Express

Neither was Isurprised when the train stopped at Widley, a tiny station a few miles alongthe line. Even a mighty express train can be held up by signals. But when thetrain dawdled at station after station, I began to wonder, It suddenly dawnedon me that this express was not roaring down the line at ninety miles an hour,but barely chugging along at thirty. One hour and seventeen minutes passed andwe had not even covered half the distance. I asked a passenger if this was theWesthaven Express, but he had not even heard of it. I determined to lodge acomplaint as soon as we arrived. Two hours later, I was talking angrily to thestation master at Westhaven. When he denied the train's existence, I borrowedhis copy of the timetable. There was a note of triumph in my voice when I toldhim that it was there in black and white. Glancing at it briefly, he told me tolook again. A tiny asterisk conducted me to a footnote at the bottom of thepage. It said: “This service has been suspended.”

ðə Westhaven ɪksˈprɛs

ðə treɪn ˈdɔːdld

æt ˈsteɪʃᵊn ˈɑːftə ˈsteɪʃᵊn, aɪ bɪˈɡæn tuː ˈwʌndə, ɪt ˈsʌdnli dɔːnd ɒn miː ðæt

ðɪs ɪksˈprɛs wɒz nɒt ˈrɔːrɪŋ daʊn ðə laɪn æt ˈnaɪnti maɪlz ən ˈaʊə, bʌt ˈbeəli

ˈʧʌɡɪŋ əˈlɒŋ æt ˈθɜːti. wʌn ˈaʊər ænd ˈsɛvnˈtiːn

ˈmɪnɪts pɑːst ænd wiː hæd nɒt ˈiːvən ˈkʌvəd hɑːf ðə ˈdɪstəns. aɪ ɑːskt ə ˈpæsɪnʤər ɪf ðɪs wɒz ðə Westhaven ɪksˈprɛs,

bʌt hiː hæd nɒt ˈiːvən hɜːd ɒv ɪt. aɪ dɪˈtɜːmɪnd tuː lɒʤ ə kəmˈpleɪnt æz suːn

æz wiː əˈraɪvd. tuː ˈaʊəz ˈleɪtə, aɪ wɒz ˈtɔːkɪŋ ˈæŋɡrɪli tuː ðə ˈsteɪʃᵊn ˈmɑːstər æt Westhaven. wɛn hiː dɪˈnaɪd ðə treɪnz

ɪɡˈzɪstəns, aɪ ˈbɒrəʊd hɪz ˈkɒpi ɒv ðə ˈtaɪmˌteɪbᵊl.

ðeə wɒz ə nəʊt ɒv ˈtraɪəmf ɪn maɪ vɔɪs wɛn aɪ təʊld hɪm ðæt ɪt wɒz ðeər ɪn blæk

ænd waɪt. ˈɡlɑːnsɪŋ æt ɪt ˈbriːfli, hiː təʊld miː tuː lʊk əˈɡɛn. ə ˈtaɪni ˈæstərɪsk kənˈdʌktɪd miː tuː əˈfʊtnəʊt æt ðə ˈbɒtəm ɒv ðə peɪʤ. ɪt sɛd: “ðɪs ˈsɜːvɪs hæz biːn səsˈpɛndɪd.”

任务配置：L0 + L4

知识笔记：

单词：1、dawdle：混日子，胡混，磨蹭，2、dawn on sb：使某人意识到，使某人明白，3、barely：仅仅，几乎没有，4、chugging：发出突突声，一饮而尽，5、lodge：正式提出，乡间小屋，6、triumph：胜利，巨大成功，重大成就，7、asterisk：星号，加星号于，8、conduct：行为，举止，实施，执行，引导，9、footnote：脚注，10、suspended：悬，挂，吊，暂停

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练习感悟：难度很大，又拗口，语速又快，语句也有点难懂，录了五六遍才勉强达标。