L52-1: Mud is mud
ɛl52-1: mʌd ɪz mʌd
My cousin, Harry, keeps a large curiously shaped bottle on permanent display in his study. Despite the fact that the bottle is tinted a delicate shade of green, an observant visitor would soon notice that it is filled with what looks like a thick greyish substance. If you were to ask Harry what was in the bottle, he would tell you that it contained perfumed mud. If you expressed doubt or surprise, he would immediately invite you to smell it and then to rub some into your skin. This brief experiment would dispel any further doubts you might have. The bottle really does contain perfumed mud. How Harry came into the possession of this outlandish stuff makes an interesting story which he is fond of relating. Furthermore, the acquisition of this bottle cured him of a bad habit he had been developing for years.
maɪ ˈkʌzn, ˈhæri, kiːps ə lɑːʤ ˈkjʊərɪəsli ʃeɪpt ˈbɒtl ɒn ˈpɜːmənənt dɪsˈpleɪ ɪn hɪz ˈstʌdi. dɪsˈpaɪt ðə fækt ðæt ðə ˈbɒtl ɪz ˈtɪntɪd ə ˈdɛlɪkɪt ʃeɪd ɒv griːn, ən əbˈzɜːvənt ˈvɪzɪtə wʊd suːn ˈnəʊtɪs ðæt ɪt ɪz fɪld wɪð wɒt lʊks laɪk ə θɪk ˈgreɪɪʃ ˈsʌbstəns. ɪf juː wɜː tuː ɑːsk ˈhæri wɒt wɒz ɪn ðə ˈbɒtl, hiː wʊd tɛl juː ðæt ɪt kənˈteɪnd pəˈfjuːmd mʌd. ɪf juː ɪksˈprɛst daʊt ɔː səˈpraɪz, hiː wʊd ɪˈmiːdiətli ɪnˈvaɪt juː tuː smɛl ɪt ænd ðɛn tuː rʌb sʌm ˈɪntuː jɔː skɪn. ðɪs briːf ɪksˈpɛrɪmənt wʊd dɪsˈpɛl ˈɛni ˈfɜːðə daʊts juː maɪt hæv. ðə ˈbɒtl ˈrɪəli dʌz kənˈteɪn pəˈfjuːmd mʌd. haʊ ˈhæri keɪm ˈɪntuː ðə pəˈzɛʃən ɒv ðɪs aʊtˈlændɪʃ stʌf meɪks ən ˈɪntrɪstɪŋ ˈstɔːri wɪʧ hiː ɪz fɒnd ɒv rɪˈleɪtɪŋ. ˈfɜːðəˈmɔː, ði ˌækwɪˈzɪʃ(ə)n ɒv ðɪs ˈbɒtl kjʊəd hɪm ɒv ə bæd ˈhæbɪt hiː hæd biːn dɪˈvɛləpɪŋ fɔː jɪəz.
任务配置：L0、L3、L4
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/ʌ/:发音时，舌端离下齿，舌尖轻触下齿，舌中部稍稍抬起，舌位介于低和中低之间，整个舌身在口腔处于低平状态。这是中元音中舌位最低的一个；牙床介于开于半开之间，是中元音中牙床开得最大的一个，双唇扁平，这个发音有点像啊音时，突然被卡住了脖子的感觉，所以叫“短啊音”；短元音，短促有力，收小腹。
练习感悟：今天把几个发不准的单词着重练习了下，舌头要打结了。明天尝试把这些词列出来，查一查音标和含义，今天练习时间是到1小时了，中间有些开小差。
