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新概念英语第二册 Lesson 24
Lesson twenty-four It could be worse. First listen and then answer the question: had the writer's money been stolen?
[ˈlɛsən] [ˈtwɛnti]-[fɔr] [ɪt] [kəd] [bi] [wɜrs]. [fɜrst] [ˈlɪsən] [ənd] [ðɛn] [ˈænsər] [ðə] [ˈkwɛsʧən]: [həd] [ðə] [ˈraɪtərz] [ˈmʌni] [bɪn] [ˈstoʊlən]?
I entered the hotel manager's office and sat down. I had just lost 50 pounds and I felt very upset. "I left the money in my room," I said, "and it's not there now." The manager was sympathetic, but he could do nothing. "Everyone's losing money these days," he said. He started to complain about this wicked world but was interrupted by a knock at the door. A girl came in and put an envelope on his desk. It contained 50 pounds. "I found this outside this gentleman's room" She said. "Well," I said to the manager, "there is still some honesty in this world!"
[aɪ] [ˈɛntərd] [ðə] [hoʊˈtɛl] [ˈmænɪʤərz] [ˈɔfəs] [ənd] [sæt] [daʊn]. [aɪ] [həd] [ʤəst] [lɔst] 50 [paʊndz] [ənd] [aɪ] [fɛlt] [ˈvɛri] [əpˈsɛt]. "[aɪ] [lɛft] [ðə] [ˈmʌni] [ɪn] [maɪ] [rum]," [aɪ] [sɛd], "[ənd] [ɪts] [nɑt] [ðɛr] [naʊ]." [ðə] [ˈmænəʤər] [wəz] [ˌsɪmpəˈθɛtɪk], [bət] [hi] [kəd] [dʊ] [ˈnʌθɪŋ]. "[ˈɛvriˌwʌnz] [ˈluzɪŋ] [ˈmʌni] [ðiz] [deɪz]," [hi] [sɛd]. [hi] [ˈstɑrtəd] [tə] [kəmˈpleɪn] [əˈbaʊt] [ðɪs] [ˈwɪkəd] [wɜrld] [bət] [wəz] [ˌɪntəˈrʌptɪd] [baɪ] [ə] [nɑk] [ət] [ðə] [dɔr]. [ə] [gɜrl] [keɪm] [ɪn] [ənd] [pʊt] [ən] [ˈɛnvəˌloʊp] [ɑn] [ɪz] [dɛsk]. [ɪt] [kənˈteɪnd] 50 [paʊndz]. "[aɪ] [faʊnd] [ðɪs] [ˈaʊtˈsaɪd] [ðɪs] [ˈʤɛntəlˌmʌnz] [rum]" [ʃi] [sɛd]. "[wɛl]," [aɪ] [sɛd] [tə] [ðə] [ˈmænəʤər], "[ðər] [ɪz] [stɪl] [səm] [ˈɑnəsti] [ɪn] [ðɪs] [wɜrld]!"
练习材料（每天自己打写一遍熟悉文章）：
任务配置：L0 + L4
知识笔记：
单词/词组：
- It could be,
- sympathetic, [ˌsɪmpəˈθɛtɪk], 有同情心的；表示同情的
- could do nothing
- wicked, [ˈwɪkəd]
- honesty, some honesty, 不可数名词，诚实;正直;坦诚
- in this world
朗读重点：
音标发音: /ɛ/
lesson, twenty-four, then, question, entered, hotel, felt, very, upset, left, said, there, sympathetic, everyone, envelope, gentleman, well.
现在来看看我们应该如何正确的发出/e/这个音。
1）嘴唇向两侧微微分开，上下齿之间大约可容纳一个小指头尖的距离。
2）舌前部在发音过程中抬起，舌尖稍微接触下齿背。
3）发音时下巴逐渐向下移动，震动声带，发出/e/音。
练习感悟：
Answer: No, the writer truly left the money somewhere, but not in his room, outside his room instead.
Thoughts: 每日精进就是确认自己的朗读首先自己挑不出问题了。
