练习材料：

L53-1: In thepublic interest

The Scandinaviancountries are much admired all over the world for their enlightened socialpolicies. Sweden has evolved an excellent system for protecting the individualcitizen from highhanded or incompetent public officers. The system has workedso well, that it has been adopted in other countries too. The Swedes were the firstto recognize that public officials like civil servants, police officers, healthinspectors or tax-collectors can make mistakes or act over-zealously in thebelief that they are serving the public. As long ago as 1809, the SwedishParliament introduced a scheme to safeguard the interest of the individual. Aparliamentary committee representing all political parties appoints a personwho is suitably qualified to investigate private grievances against the State.The official title of the person is 'Justiteombudsman', but the Swedes commonlyrefer to him as the 'J.O.' or 'Ombudsman'.

ɪn ðə ˈpʌblɪk ˈɪntrɛst

ðə ˌskændəˈneɪviən

ˈkʌntriz ɑː mʌʧ ədˈmaɪəd ɔːl ˈəʊvə ðə wɜːld fɔː ðeər ɪnˈlaɪtnd

ˈsəʊʃəl ˈpɒləsiz. ˈswɪdən hæz ɪˈvɒlvd ən ˈɛksələnt ˈsɪstəm fɔː prəˈtɛktɪŋ ði ˌɪndɪˈvɪʤuəl

ˈsɪtɪzn frɒm ˈhaɪˈhændɪd ɔːr ɪnˈkɒmpɪtənt ˈpʌblɪk ˈɒfɪsəz. ðə ˈsɪstəm hæz wɜːkt

səʊ wɛl, ðæt ɪt hæz biːn əˈdɒptɪd ɪn ˈʌðə ˈkʌntriz tuː. ðə swiːdz wɜː ðə fɜːst

tuː ˈrɛkəɡnaɪz ðæt ˈpʌblɪk əˈfɪʃᵊlz laɪk ˈsɪvl ˈsɜːvənts,

pəˈliːs ˈɒfɪsəz, hɛlθ ɪnˈspɛktəz ɔː ˈtækskəˌlɛktəz kæn meɪk mɪsˈteɪks ɔːr ækt ˈəʊvə-ˈzɛləsli

ɪn ðə bɪˈliːf ðæt ðeɪ ɑː ˈsɜːvɪŋ ðə ˈpʌblɪk. æz lɒŋ əˈɡəʊ æz 2009, ðə ˈswiːdɪʃ ˈpɑːləmənt ˌɪntrəˈdjuːst ə skiːm tuː ˈseɪfɡɑːd ði ˈɪntrɛst ɒv ði ˌɪndɪˈvɪʤuəl. ə ˌpɑːləˈmɛntəri kəˈmɪti ˌrɛprɪˈzɛntɪŋ ɔːl pəˈlɪtɪkəl

ˈpɑːtiz əˈpɔɪnts ə ˈpɜːsᵊn huː ɪz ˈsjuːtəbᵊli

ˈkwɒlɪfaɪd tuː ɪnˈvɛstɪɡeɪt ˈpraɪvɪt ˈɡriːvənsɪz əˈɡɛnst ðə steɪt. ði əˈfɪʃᵊl ˈtaɪtl ɒv ðə ˈpɜːsᵊn ɪz 'Justiteombudsman', bʌtðə swiːdz ˈkɒmənli rɪˈfɜː tuː hɪm æz ðə ʤeɪ.əʊ.' ɔːr ˈɒmbʊdzmən.

任务配置：L0 + L4

知识笔记：

单词：1、enlightened：开明，合意的，2、evolve：发展，演变，3、highhanded：霸道，高压，4、incompetent：无能的，5、adopt in：采用，采纳，6、civil：国内的，民间的，7、zealously：热心地，8、belief：信仰，信念，信心，9、parliament：议会，国会，10、safeguard：保障，维护，保护，保卫，11、parliamentary：议会，议员，12、committee：委员会，13、represent：表现，表示，代表，14、appoint：任命，委任，15、suitably：适当地，合适地，16、investigate：调查，探讨，考察，17、grievance：委屈，不平，牢骚，18、

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练习感悟：还好，虽然生词有点多，但是不拗口，语速也不是特别快，录了两遍就达标了。