练习材料:
L50-1: New Year resolutions
The New Year is a time for resolutions. Mentally, at least, most of us could compile formidable lists of 'dos' and 'don'ts'. The same old favorites recur year in year out with monotonous regularity. We resolve to get up earlier each morning, eat less, find more time to play with the children, do a thousand and one jobs about the house, be nice to people we don't' like, drive carefully, and take the dog for a walk every day. Past experience has taught us that certain accomplishments are beyond attainment. If we remain inveterate smokers, it is only because we have so often experienced the frustration that results from failure.Most of us fail in our efforts at self-improvement because our schemes are too ambitious and we never have time to carry them out. We also make the fundamental error of announcing our resolutions to everybody so that we look even more foolish when we slip back into our bad old ways. Aware of these pitfalls, this year I attempted to keep my resolutions to myself.
ðə njuː jɪər ɪz ə taɪm fɔː ˌrɛzəˈluːʃənz. ˈmɛntəli, æt liːst, məʊst ɒv ʌs kʊd kəmˈpaɪl ˈfɔːmɪdəbl lɪsts ɒv duːz ænd 'don'ts'. ðə seɪm əʊld ˈfeɪvərɪts rɪˈkɜː jɪər ɪn jɪər aʊt wɪð məˈnɒtnəs ˌrɛgjʊˈlærɪti. wiː rɪˈzɒlv tuː gɛt ʌp ˈɜːlɪər iːʧ ˈmɔːnɪŋ, iːt lɛs, faɪnd mɔː taɪm tuː pleɪ wɪð ðə ˈʧɪldrən, duː ə ˈθaʊzənd ænd wʌn ʤɒbz əˈbaʊt ðə haʊs, biː naɪs tuː ˈpiːpl wiː dəʊnt laɪk, draɪv ˈkeəfli, ænd teɪk ðə dɒg fɔːr ə wɔːk ˈɛvri deɪ. pɑːst ɪksˈpɪərɪəns hæz tɔːt ʌs ðæt ˈsɜːtn əˈkɒmplɪʃmənts ɑː bɪˈjɒnd əˈteɪnmənt. ɪf wiː rɪˈmeɪn ɪnˈvɛtərɪt ˈsməʊkəz, ɪt ɪz ˈəʊnli bɪˈkɒz wiː hæv səʊ ˈɒf(ə)n ɪksˈpɪərɪənst ðə frʌsˈtreɪʃən ðæt rɪˈzʌlts frɒm ˈfeɪljə.məʊst ɒv ʌs feɪl ɪn ˈaʊər ˈɛfəts æt sɛlf-ɪmˈpruːvmənt bɪˈkɒz ˈaʊə skiːmz ɑː tuː æmˈbɪʃəs ænd wiː ˈnɛvə hæv taɪm tuː ˈkæri ðɛm aʊt. wiː ˈɔːlsəʊ meɪk ðə ˌfʌndəˈmɛntl ˈɛrər ɒv əˈnaʊnsɪŋ ˈaʊə ˌrɛzəˈluːʃənz tuː ˈɛvrɪbɒdi səʊ ðæt wiː lʊk ˈiːvən mɔː ˈfuːlɪʃ wɛn wiː slɪp bæk ˈɪntuː ˈaʊə bæd əʊld weɪz. əˈweər ɒv ðiːz ˈpɪtfɔːlz, ðɪs jɪər aɪ əˈtɛmptɪd tuː kiːp maɪ ˌrɛzəˈluːʃənz tuː maɪˈsɛlf.
任务配置:
L0+L4