练习材料
The secretary told me that Mr. Harmsworth would see me. I felt very nervous when I went into his office. He did not look up from his desk when I entered. After I had sat down, he said that business was very bad. He told me that the firm could not afford to pay such large salaries. Twenty people had already left. I knew that my turn had come. 'Mr. Harmsworth,' I said in a weak voice. 'Don't interrupt,' he said. Then he smiled and told me I would receive an extra thousand pounds a year!
音标版
[ðə] [ˈsɛkrətri] [təʊld] [miː] [ðæt]Mr. Harmsworth[wʊd] [siː] [miː]. [aɪ] [fɛlt] [ˈvɛri] [ˈnɜːvəs] [wɛn] [aɪ] [wɛnt] [ˈɪntuː] [hɪz] [ˈɒfɪs]. [hiː] [dɪd] [nɒt] [lʊk] [ʌp] [frɒm] [hɪz] [dɛsk] [wɛn] [aɪ] [ˈɛntəd]. [ˈɑːftər] [aɪ] [hæd] [sæt] [daʊn], [hiː] [sɛd] [ðæt] [ˈbɪznɪs] [wɒz] [ˈvɛri] [bæd]. [hiː] [təʊld] [miː] [ðæt] [ðə] [fɜːm] [kʊd] [nɒt] [əˈfɔːd] [tuː] [peɪ] [sʌʧ] [lɑːʤ] [ˈsæləriz]. [ˈtwɛnti] [ˈpiːpl] [hæd] [ɔːlˈrɛdi] [lɛft]. [aɪ] [njuː] [ðæt] [maɪ] [tɜːn] [hæd] [kʌm]. 'Mr. Harmsworth,' [aɪ] [sɛd] [ɪn] [ə] [wiːk] [vɔɪs]. [dəʊnt] [ˌɪntəˈrʌpt],' [hiː] [sɛd]. [ðɛn] [hiː] [smaɪld] [ænd] [təʊld] [miː] [aɪ] [wʊd] [rɪˈsiːv] [ən] [ˈɛkstrə] [ˈθaʊzənd] [paʊndz] [ə] [jɪə]!
任务配置:L0+L1
知识点:今天的文章中主要采用的是一般过去时,整体在叙述过去发生的事情。
例外:Twenty people had already left.
联系上文,老板说付不起那么多人的工资,并且下一句说“我知道该轮到我了。所以这20人是已经走了的,并且在他们谈话之前就已经走了,谈话都是过去式了,在过去时间点之前发生并且已经完成的事情,用过去完成式,“离开”不是被动形式,因为人是自己离开的,所以直接用left就行。
I knew that my turn had come.
“我知道现在轮到我了”。作者知道20个人已经离开了,在她进办公室的时候,她观察到领导的态度和反应,认为自己也即将要离开公司。作者认为的“轮到我了”,是在她“知道”之前发生的,所以用过去完成式。
练习感悟:
昨天愣是分不清楚舌头平放和卷舌的区别,今天找到感觉了,几乎不怎么动舌头,需要伸、缩、顶牙齿等等,其余的翘舌等动作就不需要了。
好吧,仍旧没有关注音标,感觉s最后出的卷子会是跟音标有关的,要么是需要读的内容,要么是就某个音标,找出含有此音标的单词,目前只有这两个猜测啦。