练习材料
L45-2:
The power of the press
/ðə/ /ˈpaʊər/ /ɒv/ /ðə/ /prɛs/
But they suddenly became the parents of quintuplets, four
/bʌt/ /ðeɪ/ /ˈsʌdnli/ /bɪˈkeɪm/ /ðə/ /ˈpeərənts/ /ɒv/ /,kwɪn'tjʊplɪts,/ /fɔː/
girls and a boy, an event which radically changed their
/gɜːlz/ /ænd/ /ə/ /bɔɪ,/ /ən/ /ɪˈvɛnt/ /wɪʧ//ˈrædɪkəli//ʧeɪnʤd/ /ðeə/
lives. The day after the birth of the five children an aeroplane
/lɪvz.ðə/ /deɪ/ /ˈɑːftə/ /ðə/ /bɜːθ/ /ɒv/ /ðə/ /faɪv/ /ˈʧɪldrən/ /ən/ /ˈeərəpleɪn/
arrived in Aberdeen bringing 60 reporters and
/əˈraɪvd/ /ɪn/ /ˌæbəˈdiːn/ /ˈbrɪŋɪŋ/ /60/ /rɪˈpɔːtəz/ /ænd/
photographers.The rise to fame was swift. Television
/fəˈtɒgrəfəz./ /ðə/ /raɪz/ /tuː/ /feɪm/ /wɒz/ /swɪft./ /ˈtɛlɪˌvɪʒən/
cameras and newspapers carried the news to everyone in
/ˈkæmərəz/ /ænd/ /ˈnjuːzˌpeɪpəz/ /ˈkærid/ /ðə/ /njuːz/ /tuː/ /ˈɛvrɪwʌn/ /ɪn/
the country.Newspapers and magazines offered the family
/ðə/ /ˈkʌntri.ˈnjuːzˌpeɪpəz/ /ænd/ /ˌmægəˈziːnz/ /ˈɒfəd/ /ðə/ /ˈfæmɪli/
huge sums for the exclusive rights to publish stories and
/hjuːʤ/ /sʌmz/ /fɔː/ /ði/ /ɪksˈkluːsɪv/ /raɪts/ /tuː/ /ˈpʌblɪʃ/ /ˈstɔːriz/ /ænd/
photographs. Gifts poured in not only from unknown people,
/ˈfəʊtəgrɑːfs./ /gɪfts/ /pɔːd/ /ɪn/ /nɒt/ /ˈəʊnli/ /frɒm/ /ʌnˈnəʊn/ /ˈpiːpl,/
but from baby food and soap manufacturers who wished to
/bʌt/ /frɒm/ /ˈbeɪbi/ /fuːd/ /ænd/ /səʊp//ˌmænjʊˈfækʧərəz/ /huː/ /wɪʃt/ /tuː/
advertise their products. The old farmhouse the family lived
/ˈædvətaɪz/ /ðeə/ /ˈprɒdʌkts./ /ði/ /əʊld/ /ˈfɑːmhaʊs/ /ðə/ /ˈfæmɪli/ /lɪvd/
in was to be replaced by a new $500,000 home. Reporters
/ɪn/ /wɒz/ /tuː/ /biː/ /rɪˈpleɪst/ /baɪ/ /ə/ /njuː/ /$500,000/ /həʊm./ /rɪˈpɔːtəz/
kept pressing for interviews so lawyers had to be employed
/kɛpt/ /ˈprɛsɪŋ/ /fɔːr/ /ˈɪntəvjuːz/ /səʊ/ /ˈlɔːjəz/ /hæd/ /tuː/ /biː/ /ɪmˈplɔɪd/
to act as spokesmen for the family at press conferences.
/tuː/ /ækt/ /æz/ /spokesmen/ /fɔː/ /ðə/ /ˈfæmɪli/ /æt/ /prɛs/ /ˈkɒnfərənsɪz./
While the five babies were still quietly sleeping in oxygen
/waɪl/ /ðə/ /faɪv/ /ˈbeɪbiz/ /wɜː/ /stɪl/ /ˈkwaɪətli/ /ˈsliːpɪŋ/ /ɪn/ /ˈɒksɪʤən/
tents in a hospital nursery, their parents were paying the
/tɛnts/ /ɪn/ /ə/ /ˈhɒspɪtl/ /ˈnɜːsəri,/ /ðeə/ /ˈpeərənts/ /wɜː/ /ˈpeɪɪŋ/ /ðiː/
price for fame. It would never again be possible for them to
/praɪs/ /fɔː/ /feɪm./ /ɪt/ /wʊd/ /ˈnɛvər/ /əˈgɛn/ /biː/ /ˈpɒsəbl/ /fɔː/ /ðɛm/ /tuː/
lead normal lives. They had become the victims of
/liːd/ /ˈnɔːməl/ /lɪvz./ /ðeɪ/ /hæd/ /bɪˈkʌm/ /ðə/ /ˈvɪktɪmz/ /ɒv/
commercialization, for their names had acquired a market
/kəˌmɜːʃəlaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n,/ /fɔː/ /ðeə/ /neɪmz/ /hæd/ /əˈkwaɪəd/ /ə/ /ˈmɑːkɪt/
value. Instead of being five new family members, these
/ˈvæljuː./ /ɪnˈstɛd/ /ɒv/ /ˈbiːɪŋ/ /faɪv/ /njuː/ /ˈfæmɪli/ /ˈmɛmbəz,/ /ðiːz/
children had immediately become a commodity.
/ˈʧɪldrən/ /hæd/ /ɪˈmiːdiətli/ /bɪˈkʌm/ /ə/ /kəˈmɒdɪti./
任务配置：L0+L4
知识笔记：
1/ 單詞
quintuplet - n. 五胞胎之一
radically - adv. 彻底地，完全地
swift - v. 迅速
nursery - n. 育婴室，保育室
tents - n. 帳篷
2/音標
quintuplet /,kwɪn'tjʊplɪts,/
radically /ˈrædɪkəli/
soap /səʊp/
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