练习材料
L30-2：The death of a ghost
Eric had been the eldest son of the family, very much older than his two brothers. He had been obliged to join the army during the Second World War. As he hated army life, he decided to desert his regiment. When he learnt that he would be sent abroad, he returned to the farm and his father hid him until the end of the war. Fearing the authorities, Eric remained in hiding after the war as well. His father told everybody that Eric had been killed in action. The only other people who knew the secret were Joe and Bob. They did not even tell their wives. When their father died, they thought it their duty to keep Eric in hiding. All these years, Eric had lived as a recluse. He used to sleep during the day and work at night, quite unaware of the fact that he had become the ghost of Endley. When he died, however, his brothers found it impossible to keep the secret any longer.
音标查询
[ɛl]30-2：[ðə] [dɛθ] [əv] [ə] [goʊst]
[ˈɛrɪk] [həd] [bɪn] [ði] [ˈɛldəst] [sʌn] [əv] [ðə] [ˈfæməli], [ˈvɛri] [mʌʧ] [ˈoʊldər] [ðən] [ɪz] [tu] [ˈbrʌðərz]. [hi] [həd] [bɪn] [əˈblaɪʤd] [tə] [ʤɔɪn] [ði] [ˈɑrmi] [ˈdʊrɪŋ] [ðə] [ˈsɛkənd] [wɜrld] [wɔr]. [əz] [hi] [ˈheɪtəd] [ˈɑrmi] [laɪf], [hi] [ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd] [tə] [ˈdɛzɜrt] [ɪz] [ˈrɛʤəmənt]. [wɛn] [hi] [lɜrnt] [ðət] [hi] [wəd] [bi] [sɛnt] [əˈbrɔd], [hi] [rɪˈtɜrnd] [tə] [ðə] [fɑrm] [ənd] [ɪz] [ˈfɑðər] [hɪd] [ɪm] [ənˈtɪl] [ði] [ɛnd] [əv] [ðə] [wɔr]. [ˈfɪrɪŋ] [ði] [əˈθɔrətiz], [ˈɛrɪk] [rɪˈmeɪnd] [ɪn] [ˈhaɪdɪŋ] [ˈæftər] [ðə] [wɔr] [əz] [wɛl]. [hɪz] [ˈfɑðər] [toʊld] [ˈɛvriˌbɑdi] [ðət] [ˈɛrɪk] [həd] [bɪn] [kɪld] [ɪn] [ˈækʃən]. [ði] [ˈoʊnli] [ˈʌðər] [ˈpipəl] [hu] [nu] [ðə] [ˈsikrət] [wər] [ʤoʊ] [ənd] [bɑb]. [ðeɪ] [dɪd] [nɑt] [ˈivɪn] [tɛl] [ðɛr] [waɪvz]. [wɛn] [ðɛr] [ˈfɑðər] [daɪd], [ðeɪ] [θɔt] [ɪt] [ðɛr] [ˈduti] [tə] [kip] [ˈɛrɪk] [ɪn] [ˈhaɪdɪŋ]. [ɔl] [ðiz] [jɪrz], [ˈɛrɪk] [həd] [laɪvd] [əz] [ə] [rɪˈklus]. [hi] [juzd] [tə] [slip] [ˈdʊrɪŋ] [ðə] [deɪ] [ənd] [wɜrk] [ət] [naɪt], [kwaɪt] [ˌʌnəˈwɛr] [əv] [ðə] [fækt] [ðət] [hi] [həd] [bɪˈkʌm] [ðə] [goʊst] [əv] Endley. [wɛn] [hi] [daɪd], [ˌhaʊˈɛvər], [hɪz] [ˈbrʌðərz] [faʊnd] [ɪt] [ɪmˈpɑsəbəl] [tə] [kip] [ðə] [ˈsikrət] [ˈɛni] [ˈlɔŋgər].
