Lesson 25-1 The Cutty Sark
One of the most famous sailing ships of the nineteenth century, the Cutty Sark, can still be seen at Greenwich. She stands on dry land and is visited by thousands of people each year. She serves as an impressive reminder of the great ships of past. Before they were replaced by steamships, sailing vessels like the Cutty Sark were used to carry tea from China and wool from Australia. The Cutty Sark was one the fastest sailing ships that has ever been built. The only other ship to match her was the Thermopylae. Both these ships set out from Shanghai on June 18th, 1872 on an exciting race to England. This race, which went on for exactly four exactly four months, was the last of its kind. It marked the end of the great tradition of ships with sails and the beginning of a new era.
The first of the two ships to reach Java after the race had begun was the Thermopylae, but on the Indian Ocean, the Cutty Sark took lead. It seemed certain that she would be the first ship home, but during the race she had a lot of bad luck.
任务配置：L0+L4
词音：Greenwich，vessels，Thermopylae，era，Java
词义：reminder 提醒的人/物
练习感悟：
浊化的二大规律 所谓浊化就是把清辅音读成浊辅音的规则
清辅音 [ P ] [ t ] [ k ] [ f ] [ s ] [ θ ]
浊辅音[ b ] [ d ] [ ɡ ] [ v ] [ z ] [ ð ] 上下是一一对应的 。这一规则不仅用在句子中，单词利也经常会用到。
1.元音+清辅音+元音
Eg. letter water
lз:t（d）∂ wɒ:t（d）∂
Stay out of this matter
ste-j-aƱt（d)-∂v ðis mæt（d）∂
2. 元音+T+L
battle cattle
bæt（d）l kæt（d）l
一句话，就是干。
