Lesson96 The dead return
A Festival for the Dead is held once a year in Japan. This festival is a cheerful occasion, for on this day, the dead are said to return to their homes and they are welcomed by the living. As they are expected to be hungry after their long journey, food is laid out for them. Specially-made lanterns are hung outside each house to help the dead to find their way. All night long, people dance and sing. In the early morning, the food that had been laid out for the dead is thrown into a river or into the sea as it is considered unlucky for anyone living to eat it. In towns that are near the sea, the tiny lanterns which had been hung in the streets the night before, are placed into the water when the festival is over. Thousands of lanterns slowly drift out to sea guiding the dead on their return journey to the other world. This is a moving spectacle, for crowds of people stand on the shore watching the lanterns drifting away until they can be seen no more.
任务配置：L0+L4
知识笔记：
词音:
lanterns，hung，spectacle。
词义：
lanterns 灯笼；spectacle 景象；场面；壮观；奇观。
短语：lay out 摆放；展示；摊开。
练习感悟：
就这样慢慢的把一本新概念二刷完了，持续朗读也到了第96天。96天一路读过来，并没觉得有什么事情，是真的让人没有一点时间去练习朗读的。对于帮助别人点评这一项，我其实是挺愿意的，但是练的时间久了，对于发音的准确性要求就高了起来，于是每到有动力去点评的时候，点开任意一个人的发音，然后仔细听起来，一个一个数着需要改进的地方，一个、两个、三个、四个......听了几句话，打消了继续听的念头。需要改的地方好像还挺多的，时间不多，下次再说。的确，群里的小伙伴有一部分人的发音让我听不出来多少需要改进的地方，但大家都围着给几位大神点评，再去多点评显得有点没实用性了。的确也有一部分人的进步是明显的，这一部分人互动也比较多，别人给的点评也比较多。然后的确也有一部分小伙伴，一直也在练，但是练了这么久，有一些音标的发音没法对上号，能持续练习是重要的，但更重要的是，练了得进步啊，不然练得再多，那还是原地踏步。充分发挥实干的精神，下周开始，我打算固定跟着听一部分小伙伴的发音，每天给出自己比较详尽的建议，自己进步，大家进步。
一句话，就是干。
