L12(2):Life on a desert island
Two men who recently spent five days on a coral island wished they had stayed there longer. They were taking a badly damaged boat from the Virgin Islands to Miami to have it repaired. During the journey, their boat began to sink. They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and cans of beer and rowed for a few miles across the Caribbean until they arrived at a tiny coral island. There were hardly any trees on the island and there was no water, but this did not prove to be a problem. The men collected rainwater in the rubber dinghy. As they had brought a spear gun with them, they had plenty to eat. They caught lobster and fish every day,and, as one of them put it 'ate like kings'. When a passing tanker rescued them five days later, both men were genuinely sorry that they had to leave.
音标:tu mɛn hu ˈrisəntli spɛnt faɪv deɪz ɑn ə ˈkɔrəl ˈaɪlənd wɪʃt ðeɪ hæd steɪd ðɛr ˈlɔŋgər. ðeɪ wɜr ˈteɪkɪŋ ə ˈbædli ˈdæməʤd boʊt frʌmðə ˈvɜrʤɪn ˈaɪləndz tu maɪˈæmi tu hæv ɪt rɪˈpɛrd. ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˈʤɜrni, ðɛr boʊt bɪˈgæn tu sɪŋk. ðeɪ ˈkwɪkli ˈloʊdəd ə smɔl ˈrʌbər ˈdɪŋiwɪð fud, ˈmæʧəz, ænd kænz ʌv bɪr ænd roʊd fɔr ə fju maɪlz əˈkrɔs ðə kəˈrɪbiən ənˈtɪl ðeɪ əˈraɪvd æt ə ˈtaɪni ˈkɔrəl ˈaɪlənd. ðɛr wɜrˈhɑrdli ˈɛni triz ɑn ði ˈaɪlənd ænd ðɛr wʌz noʊ ˈwɔtər, bʌt ðɪs dɪd nɑt pruv tu bi ə ˈprɑbləm. ðə mɛn kəˈlɛktəd ˈreɪnˌwɔtər ɪn ðəˈrʌbər ˈdɪŋi. æz ðeɪ hæd brɔt ə spɪr gʌn wɪð ðɛm, ðeɪ hæd ˈplɛnti tu it. ðeɪ kɑt ˈlɑbstər ænd fɪʃ ˈɛvəri deɪ,ænd, æz wʌn ʌv ðɛm pʊtɪt eɪt laɪk kɪŋz. wɛn ə ˈpæsɪŋ ˈtæŋkər ˈrɛskjud ðɛm faɪv deɪz ˈleɪtər, boʊθ mɛn wɜr ˈʤɛnjəwənli ˈsɑri ðæt ðeɪ hæd tu liv.
训练任务:L0+L4
训练感想:又是生生的把两天的任务一起完成,安慰自己的是总算没有落下,但是反思自己这样其实很不对,压力也大,一万年太久,只争朝夕,深知订远大目标没有必要,不要想着以后能干啥,就想到把就近的几天的任务好好完成就够了,把明天的任务好好完成就够了,把握每一个明天。