练习材料：
L40-1: Who’s who
It has never beenexplained why university students seem to enjoy practical jokes more thananyone else. Students specialize in a particular type of practical joke: thehoax. Inviting the fire brigade to put out a nonexistent fire is a crude formof deception which no self-respecting student would ever indulge in. Studentsoften create amusing situations which are funny to everyone except the victims.
When a studentrecently saw two workmen using a pneumatic drill outside his university, heimmediately telephoned the police and informed them that two students dressedup as workmen were tearing up the road with a pneumatic drill. As soon as hehad hung up, he went over to the workmen and told them that if a policemanordered them to go away, they were not take him seriously.
He added that astudent had dressed up as a policeman and was playing all sorts of silly jokeson people. Both the police and the workmen were grateful to the student forthis piece of advance information.
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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 ˈstjuːdəntˈriːsntli sɔː tuː ˈwɜːkmən ˈjuːzɪŋ ə nju(ː)ˈmætɪk drɪl ˌaʊtˈsaɪd hɪz ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsɪti,hiː ɪˈmiːdiətli ˈtɛlɪfəʊnd ðə pəˈliːs ænd ɪnˈfɔːmd ðɛm ðæt tuː ˈstjuːdənts drɛstʌp æz ˈwɜːkmən wɜː ˈteərɪŋ ʌp ðə rəʊd wɪð ə nju(ː)ˈmætɪk drɪl. æz suːn æz hiːhæd hʌŋ ʌp, hiː wɛnt ˈəʊvə tuː ðə ˈwɜːkmən ænd təʊld ðɛm ðæt ɪf ə pəˈliːsmən ˈɔːdədðɛm 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+L1+L4
知识笔记：
单词：1、practical：实际的，2、specialize：专精，专修，3、hoax：骗局，恶作剧，4、nonexistent：不存在的，5、crude：粗，粗野，6、deception：骗局，7、indulge：放纵，沉溺，8、victim：受害人，9、pneumatic：风，气动，drill：钻头，pneumatic drill：风钻，10、tear：撕，撕裂，眼泪，11、silly：愚蠢，无聊，12、advance：提前，进步
音标：/t/ 双唇微开，先用舌尖抵上齿龈，然后突然张开，使气流外冲而成音。
练习感悟： 这部分文章表面看起来很简单，单词也不算多，但是读起来特别拗口，而且语速也快，读了好久，才勉强过关，为了过关，什么语音语调，统统都抛弃了。
