练习材料：
L5-(1): The facts
Editors ofnewspapers and magazines often go to extremes to provide their readers with unimportantfacts and statistics. Last year a journalist had been instructed by awell-known magazine to write an article on the president's palace in a newAfrican republic. When the article arrived, the editor read the first sentenceand then refused to publish it. The article began: 'Hundreds of steps lead tothe high wall which surrounds the president's palace'. The editor at once sentthe journalist a fax instructing him to find out the exact number of steps andthe height of the wall.
The journalist immediatelyset out to obtain these important facts, but he took a long time to send them.
ðə fækts
ˈɛdɪtəz ɒv ˈnjuːzˌpeɪpəz ænd ˌmægəˈziːnz ˈɒf(ə)n gəʊ tuː ɪksˈtriːmz tuː prəˈvaɪd ðeə ˈriːdəz wɪð ˌʌnɪmˈpɒtənt fækts ænd stəˈtɪstɪks. lɑːst jɪər ə ˈʤɜːnəlɪst hæd biːn ɪnˈstrʌktɪd baɪ ə wɛl-nəʊn ˌmægəˈziːn tuː raɪt ən ˈɑːtɪkl ɒn ðə ˈprɛzɪdənts ˈpælɪs ɪn ə njuː ˈæfrɪkən rɪˈpʌblɪk. wɛn ði ˈɑːtɪkl əˈraɪvd, ði ˈɛdɪtə riːd ðə fɜːst ˈsɛntəns ænd ðɛn ˌriːˈfjuːzd tuː ˈpʌblɪʃ ɪt. ði ˈɑːtɪkl bɪˈgæn: ˈhʌndrədz ɒv stɛps liːd tuː ðə haɪ wɔːlwɪʧ səˈraʊndz ðə ˈprɛzɪdənts ˈpælɪs. ði ˈɛdɪtər æt wʌns sɛnt ðə ˈʤɜːnəlɪst əfæks ɪnˈstrʌktɪŋ hɪm tuː faɪnd aʊt ði ɪgˈzækt ˈnʌmbər ɒv stɛps ænd ðə haɪt ɒv ðəwɔːl.
ðə ˈʤɜːnəlɪst ɪˈmiːdiətlisɛt aʊt tuː əbˈteɪn ðiːz ɪmˈpɔːtənt fækts, bʌt hiː tʊk ə lɒŋ taɪm tuː sɛnd ðɛm.
任务配置：L0+L1+ L4
知识笔记：
单词：1、extremes：极端，2、statistics：统计数据，统计学，3、journalist：记者，4、African：非洲人，非洲的，5、hundreds of steps：数百级台阶，6、obtain：获取，获得，取得，
音标：/r/ 唇形稍圆，舌身略凹，舌尖上卷，振动声带。
练习感悟：这篇文章不难，不过我个人的状态感觉不是很好，所以读起来还是有打结的地方
