瘦肉-ScalersTalk第四轮新概念朗读持续力训练Day128 20190418

L46-1: Do it yourself

Even men who can hardly drive a nail in straight are supposed to be born electricians, carpenters, plumbers and mechanics. When lights fuse, furniture gets rickety, pipes get clogged, or vacuum cleaners fail to operate, some woman assume that their husbands will somehow put things right. The worst thing about the do-it-yourself game is that sometimes even men live under the delusion that they can do anything, even when they have repeatedly been proved wrong. It is a question of pride as much as anything else.

Last spring my wife suggested that I call in a man to look at our lawn mower. It had broken down the previous summer, and though I promised to repair it, I had never got round to it. I would not hear of the suggestion and said that I would fix it myself. One Saturday afternoon, I hauled the machine into the garden and had a close look at it. As far as I could see, it needed only a minor adjustment: a turn of a screw here, a little tightening up there, a drop of oil and it would be as good as new.

音标:ɛl46-1: duː ɪt jɔːˈsɛlf

ˈiːvən mɛn huː kæn ˈhɑːdli draɪv ə neɪl ɪn streɪt ɑː səˈpəʊzd tuː biː bɔːn ɪlɛkˈtrɪʃənz, ˈkɑːpɪntəz, ˈplʌməz ænd mɪˈkænɪks. wɛn laɪts fjuːz, ˈfɜːnɪʧə gɛts ˈrɪkɪti, paɪps gɛt klɒgd, ɔː ˈvækjʊəm ˈkliːnəz feɪl tuː ˈɒpəreɪt, sʌm ˈwʊmən əˈsjuːm ðæt ðeə ˈhʌzbəndz wɪl ˈsʌmhaʊ pʊt θɪŋz raɪt. ðə wɜːst θɪŋ əˈbaʊt ðə ˈduːɪtjɔːˈsɛlf geɪm ɪz ðæt ˈsʌmtaɪmz ˈiːvən mɛn lɪv ˈʌndə ðə dɪˈluːʒən ðæt ðeɪ kæn duː ˈɛnɪθɪŋ, ˈiːvən wɛn ðeɪ hæv rɪˈpiːtɪdli biːn pruːvd rɒŋ. ɪt ɪz ə ˈkwɛsʧən ɒv praɪd æz mʌʧ æz ˈɛnɪθɪŋ ɛls.

lɑːst sprɪŋ maɪ waɪf səˈʤɛstɪd ðæt aɪ kɔːl ɪn ə mæn tuː lʊk æt ˈaʊə lɔːn ˈməʊə. ɪt hæd ˈbrəʊkən daʊn ðə ˈpriːviəs ˈsʌmə, ænd ðəʊ aɪ ˈprɒmɪst tuː rɪˈpeər ɪt, aɪ hæd ˈnɛvə gɒt raʊnd tuː ɪt. aɪ wʊd nɒt hɪər ɒv ðə səˈʤɛsʧən ænd sɛd ðæt aɪ wʊd fɪks ɪt maɪˈsɛlf. wʌn ˈsætədeɪ ˈɑːftəˈnuːn, aɪ hɔːld ðə məˈʃiːn ˈɪntuː ðə ˈgɑːdn ænd hæd ə kləʊs lʊk æt ɪt. æz fɑːr æz aɪ kʊd siː, ɪt ˈniːdɪd ˈəʊnli ə ˈmaɪnər əˈʤʌstmənt: ə tɜːn ɒv ə skruː hɪə, ə ˈlɪtl ˈtaɪtnɪŋ ʌp ðeə, ə drɒp ɒv ɔɪl ænd ɪt wʊd biː æz gʊd æz njuː.

任务配置:L0+L4

知识笔记:1.

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