练习材料
[Day 1577 2019-01-20]
L5-(1): The facts
Editors of newspapers and magazines often go to extremes to provide their readers with unimportant facts and statistics. Last year a journalist had been instructed by a well-known magazine to write an article on the president's palace in a new African republic. When the article arrived, the editor read the first sentence and then refused to publish it. The article began: 'Hundreds of steps lead to the high wall which surrounds the president's palace'. The editor at once sent the journalist a fax instructing him to find out the exact number of steps and the height of the wall.
The journalist immediately set out to obtain these important facts, but he took a long time to send them.
[deɪ1577 2019-01-20]
ɛl5-(1): ðə fækts
ˈɛdɪtəz ɒv ˈnjuːzˌpeɪpəz ænd ˌmægəˈziːnz ˈɒf(ə)n gəʊ tuː ɪksˈtriːmz tuː prəˈvaɪd ðeə ˈriːdəz wɪð ˌʌnɪmˈpɒtənt fækts ændstəˈtɪstɪks. lɑːst jɪər ə ˈʤɜːnəlɪst hæd biːn ɪnˈstrʌktɪd baɪ ə wɛl-nəʊn ˌmægəˈziːn tuː raɪt ən ˈɑːtɪkl ɒn ðə ˈprɛzɪdənts ˈpælɪs ɪn ənjuː ˈæfrɪkən rɪˈpʌblɪk. wɛn ði ˈɑːtɪkl əˈraɪvd, ði ˈɛdɪtə riːd ðə fɜːst ˈsɛntəns ænd ðɛn ˌriːˈfjuːzd tuː ˈpʌblɪʃ ɪt. ði ˈɑːtɪklbɪˈgæn: ˈhʌndrədz ɒv stɛps liːd tuː ðə haɪ wɔːl wɪʧ səˈraʊndz ðə ˈprɛzɪdənts ˈpælɪs. ði ˈɛdɪtər æt wʌns sɛnt ðə ˈʤɜːnəlɪst əfæks ɪnˈstrʌktɪŋ hɪm tuː faɪnd aʊt ði ɪgˈzækt ˈnʌmbər ɒv stɛps ænd ðə haɪt ɒv ðə wɔːl.
ðə ˈʤɜːnəlɪst ɪˈmiːdiətli sɛt aʊt tuː əbˈteɪn ðiːz ɪmˈpɔːtənt fækts, bʌt hiː tʊk ə lɒŋ taɪm tuː sɛnd ðɛm.
任务配置：L0+L4
笔记：editor编辑，extreme极端，journalist新闻记者，palace王宫
感悟：基础不扎实，越走越吃力，焦虑。要多做事情，多行动，突破困境。
