L40-1: Who’s who
It has never been explained why university students seem to enjoy practical jokes more than else. Students specialize in a particular type of practical joke: the hoax. Inviting the fire brigade to put out a nonexistent fire is a crude form of deception which no self-respecting student would ever indulge in. Students often create amusing situations which are funny to everyone except the victims.
When a student recently saw two workmen using a pneumatic drill outside his university, he immediately telephoned the police and informed them that two students dressed up as workmen were tearing up the road with a pneumatic drill. As soon as he had hung up, he went over to the workmen and told them that if a policeman ordered them to go away, they were not take him seriously.
He added that a student had dressed up as a policeman and was playing all sorts of silly jokes on people. Both the police and the workmen were grateful to the student for this piece of advance information.
音标:ɛl40-1: huːz huː
ɪt hæz ˈnɛvə biːn ɪksˈpleɪnd waɪ ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsɪti ˈstjuːdənts siːm tuː ɪnˈʤɔɪ ˈpræktɪkəl ʤəʊks mɔː ðæn ɛls. ˈstjuːdənts ˈspɛʃəlaɪz ɪn ə pəˈtɪkjʊlə taɪp ɒv ˈpræktɪkəl ʤəʊk: ðə həʊks. ɪnˈvaɪtɪŋ ðə ˈfaɪə brɪˈgeɪd tuː pʊt aʊt ə nonexistent ˈfaɪər ɪz ə kruːd fɔːm ɒv dɪˈsɛpʃən wɪʧ nəʊ sɛlf-rɪsˈpɛktɪŋ ˈstjuːdənt wʊd ˈɛvər ɪnˈdʌlʤ ɪn. ˈstjuːdənts ˈɒf(ə)n kri(ː)ˈeɪt əˈmjuːzɪŋ ˌsɪtjʊˈeɪʃənz wɪʧ ɑː ˈfʌni tuː ˈɛvrɪwʌn ɪkˈsɛpt ðə ˈvɪktɪmz.
wɛn ə ˈstjuːdənt ˈriːsntli sɔː tuː ˈwɜːkmən ˈjuːzɪŋ ə nju(ː)ˈmætɪk drɪl ˌaʊtˈsaɪd hɪz ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsɪti, hiː ɪˈmiːdiətli ˈtɛlɪfəʊnd ðə pəˈliːs ænd ɪnˈfɔːmd ðɛm ðæt tuː ˈstjuːdənts drɛst ʌp æz ˈwɜːkmən wɜː ˈteərɪŋ ʌp ðə rəʊd wɪð ə nju(ː)ˈmætɪk drɪl. æz suːn æz hiː hæd hʌŋ ʌp, hiː wɛnt ˈəʊvə tuː ðə ˈwɜːkmən ænd təʊld ðɛm ðæt ɪf ə pəˈliːsmən ˈɔːdəd ðɛm tuː gəʊ əˈweɪ, ðeɪ wɜː nɒt teɪk hɪm ˈsɪərɪəsli.
hiː ˈædɪd ðæt ə ˈstjuːdənt hæd drɛst ʌp æz ə pəˈliːsmən ænd wɒz ˈpleɪɪŋ ɔːl sɔːts ɒv ˈsɪli ʤəʊks ɒn ˈpiːpl. bəʊθ ðə pəˈliːs ænd ðə ˈwɜːkmən wɜː ˈgreɪtfʊl tuː ðə ˈstjuːdənt fɔː ðɪs piːs ɒv ədˈvɑːns ˌɪnfəˈmeɪʃən.
任务配置:L0+L4
知识笔记:1.hoax骗局，戏弄
2.deception欺骗，骗局。
3.self_respectting自重的
4.indulge使沉迷
5.pneumatic气动的
6.drill钻
silly无意义的
练习感悟:1.心怀感恩，遇见美好。任何小事都值得慢慢推敲和经营。也成为日常喜欢的小事
