练习材料：
L47-2: Too high aprice?
Burglar alarmsgoing off at any time of the day or night serve only to annoy passers-by andactually assist burglars to burgle. Car alarms constantly scream at us in thestreet and are a source of profound irritation. A recent survey of the effectsof noise revealed (surprisingly?) that dogs barking incessantly in the night ratedthe highest form of noise pollution on a scale ranging from 1 to 7.
The surveyrevealed a large number of sources of noise that we really dislike. Lawn mowerswhining on a summer's day, late-night parties in apartment blocks, noisyneighbours, vehicles of all kinds, especially large container trucks thunderingthrough quiet villages, planes and helicopters flying overhead, large radioscarried round in public places and played at maximum volume. New technology hasalso made its own contribution to noise. A lot of people object to mobilephones, especially when they are used in public places like restaurants or onpublic transport. Loud conversations on mobile phones invade our thoughts orinterrupt the pleasure of meeting friends for a quiet chat. The noise pollutionsurvey revealed a rather surprising and possibly amusing old fashioned sourceof noise. It turned out to be snoring! Men were found to be the worstoffenders.
tuː haɪ ə praɪs?
ˈbɜːglər əˈlɑːmz ˈgəʊɪŋ ɒf æt ˈɛni taɪm ɒv ðə deɪ ɔː naɪt sɜːv ˈəʊnli tuː əˈnɔɪ ˈpɑːsəz-baɪ ænd ˈækʧʊəli əˈsɪst ˈbɜːgləz tuː ˈbɜːgl. kɑːr əˈlɑːmz ˈkɒnstəntli skriːm æt ʌs ɪn ðə striːt ænd ɑːr ə sɔːs ɒv prəˈfaʊnd ˌɪrɪˈteɪʃən. ə ˈriːsnt ˈsɜːveɪ ɒv ði ɪˈfɛkts ɒv nɔɪz rɪˈviːld (səˈpraɪzɪŋli?) ðæt dɒgz ˈbɑːkɪŋ ɪnˈsɛsntli ɪn ðə naɪt ˈreɪtɪd ðə ˈhaɪɪstfɔːm ɒv nɔɪz pəˈluːʃən ɒn ə skeɪl ˈreɪnʤɪŋ frɒm 1 tuː 7. ðə ˈsɜːveɪ rɪˈviːld ə lɑːʤ ˈnʌmbər ɒv ˈsɔːsɪz ɒv nɔɪz ðæt wiː ˈrɪəli dɪsˈlaɪk. lɔːn ˈməʊəz ˈwaɪnɪŋ ɒn ə ˈsʌməz deɪ, leɪt-naɪt ˈpɑːtiz ɪn əˈpɑːtmənt blɒks, ˈnɔɪzi ˈneɪbəz, ˈviːɪklz ɒv ɔːl kaɪndz, ɪsˈpɛʃəli lɑːʤ kənˈteɪnə trʌks ˈθʌndərɪŋ θruː ˈkwaɪət ˈvɪlɪʤɪz, pleɪnz ænd ˈhɛlɪkɒptəz ˈflaɪɪŋ ˈəʊvɛhɛd, lɑːʤ ˈreɪdɪəʊz ˈkærid raʊnd ɪn ˈpʌblɪk ˈpleɪsɪz ænd pleɪd æt ˈmæksɪməm ˈvɒljʊm. njuː tɛkˈnɒləʤi hæz ˈɔːlsəʊ meɪd ɪts əʊn ˌkɒntrɪˈbjuːʃən tuː nɔɪz. ə lɒt ɒv ˈpiːpl ˈɒbʤɪkt tuː ˈməʊbaɪl fəʊnz, ɪsˈpɛʃəli wɛn ðeɪ ɑː juːzd ɪn ˈpʌblɪk ˈpleɪsɪz laɪk ˈrɛstrɒnts ɔːr ɒn ˈpʌblɪk ˈtrænspɔːt. laʊd ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃənz ɒn ˈməʊbaɪl fəʊnz ɪnˈveɪd ˈaʊə θɔːts ɔːr ˌɪntəˈrʌpt ðə ˈplɛʒər ɒv ˈmiːtɪŋ frɛndz fɔːr ə ˈkwaɪət ʧæt. ðə nɔɪz pəˈluːʃən ˈsɜːveɪ rɪˈviːld ə ˈrɑːðə səˈpraɪzɪŋ ænd ˈpɒsəbli əˈmjuːzɪŋ əʊld ˈfæʃənd sɔːs ɒv nɔɪz. ɪt tɜːndaʊt tuː biː ˈsnɔːrɪŋ! mɛn wɜː faʊnd tuː biː ðə wɜːst əˈfɛndəz.
任务配置：L0+ L4
知识笔记：
单词：1、burglar：窃贼，2、alarm：警报，忧虑，3、annoy：惹恼，4、assist：助攻，协助，5、burgle：盗窃，6、constantly：不断地，7、scream：尖叫，惊叫，8、profound：深刻的，深厚，9、irritation：烦扰，刺激，10、reveal：透露，揭示，11、surprisingly：出气，非常，12、incessantly：不已，连天，13、rated：额定，公称，14、scale：规模，尺度，比例，15、ranging：测距，16、whining：发牢骚，17、block：块，18、container：容器，集装箱，19、thundering：雷鸣般地，20、helicopter：直升机，21、maximum volume：最大音量，22、object to：反对，23、restaurant：餐厅，24、survey：调查，25、snoring：打鼾，26、offender：罪犯，27、turn out：结果是
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练习感悟： 这文章真的越来越难了，花了两三个小时，才终于把文章读达标了，好辛苦，好艰难
