2019-01-11, starting at 2018-10-08, 新概念英语第二册 Lesson 96 The dead return
练习材料（每天自己打写一遍熟悉文章）：
Q: what happens to the lanterns at the end of the festival?
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 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.
[wʌt] [ˈhæpənz] [tə] [ðə] [ˈlæntərnz] [ət] [ði] [ɛnd] [əv] [ðə] [ˈfɛstəvəl]?
[ə] [ˈfɛstəvəl] [fər] [ðə] [dɛd] [əz] [hɛld] [wʌns] [ə] [jɪr] [ɪn] [ʤəˈpæn]. [ðɪs] [ˈfɛstəvəl] [əz] [ə] [ˈʧɪrfəl] [əˈkeɪʒən], [fər] [ɑn] [ðɪs] [deɪ], [ðə] [dɛd] [ər] [sɛd] [tə] [rɪˈtɜrn] [tə] [ðɛr] [hoʊmz] [ənd] [ðeɪ] [ər] [ˈwɛlkəmd] [baɪ] [ðə] [ˈlɪvɪŋ]. [əz] [ðeɪ] [ər] [ɪkˈspɛktəd] [tə] [bi] [ˈhʌŋgri] [ˈæftər] [ðɛr] [lɔŋ] [ˈʤɜrni], [fud] [əz] [leɪd] [aʊt] [fər] [ðɛm]. [ˈspɛʃəli]-[meɪd] [ˈlæntərnz] [ər] [hʌŋ] [ˈaʊtˈsaɪd] [iʧ] [haʊs] [tə] [hɛlp] [ðə] [dɛd] [tə] [faɪnd] [ðɛr] [weɪ]. [ɔl] [naɪt] [lɔŋ], [ˈpipəl] [dæns] [ənd] [sɪŋ]. [ɪn] [ði] [ˈɜrli] [ˈmɔrnɪŋ], [ðə] [fud] [ðət] [həd] [bɪn] [leɪd] [aʊt] [fər] [ðə] [dɛd] [əz] [θroʊn] [ˈɪntə] [ə] [ˈrɪvər] [ɔr] [ˈɪntə] [ðə] [si] [əz] [ɪt] [əz] [kənˈsɪdərd] [ənˈlʌki] [fər] [ˈɛniˌwʌn] [ˈlɪvɪŋ] [tʊ] [it] [ɪt]. [ɪn] [taʊnz] [ðət] [ər] [nɪr] [ðə] [si], [ðə] [ˈtaɪni] [ˈlæntərnz] [wɪʧ] [həd] [bɪn] [hʌŋ] [ɪn] [ðə] [strits] [ðə] [naɪt] [bɪˈfɔr], [ɑr] [pleɪst] [ˈɪntə] [ðə] [ˈwɔtər] [wɛn] [ˈfɛstəvəl] [əz] [ˈoʊvər]. [ˈθaʊzəndz] [əv] [ˈlæntərnz] [ˈsloʊli] [drɪft] [aʊt] [tə] [si] [ˈgaɪdɪŋ] [ðə] [dɛd] [ɑn] [ðɛr] [rɪˈtɜrn] [ˈʤɜrni] [tə] [ði] [ˈʌðər] [wɜrld]. [ðɪs] [ɪz] [ə] [ˈmuvɪŋ] [ˈspɛktəkəl], [fər] [kraʊdz] [əv] [ˈpipəl] [stænd] [ɑn] [ðə] [ʃɔr] [ˈwɑʧɪŋ] [ðə] [ˈlæntərnz] [ˈdrɪftɪŋ] [əˈweɪ] [ənˈtɪl] [ðeɪ] [kən] [bi] [sin] [noʊ] [mɔr].
任务配置：L0 + L3 + L4 (L0 朗读；L1 音标朗读；L2 点评；L3 复述；L4 读后感）
知识笔记：
单词/词组:
- the Dead, the living
… the dead are said to return to their homes and they are welcomed by the living. ……据说死去的人要回到他们的家里来，活着的人则对他们表示欢迎。
（1）the dead与the living 均为定冠词+ 形容词结构，表示某类人。（cf．第54课语法）
（2）被动语态 the dead are said 在这里的作用是缓和说话语气，因为对事情是否属实的把握不太大。（cf．第58课语法）
- a cheerful occasion
- for on this day
- be laid out，lay out 为短语动词，其含义之一为“摆出”、“摊开”。
- help the dead to find their way
- all night long，“整夜”
long 在这里是副词，表示“整个”、“在整段期间中”，通常与 all 连用：
It snowed all day long.
一整天都在下雪。
She stayed with her grandfather all summer long.
她整个夏天都和她爷爷呆在一起。
- be placed into
- drift out to sea
- the other world
world 可以与一些限定词连用以表示“今世／现世”、“来世”、“黄泉”等：
the next world / the world to come 来世
She believes that she will meet her dead parents in the other world.
她相信她会与她死去的父母在阴间重逢。
- a moving spectacle，moving 为形容词，表示“动人的”、“感人的”；spectacle，名词，表示”壮观的场面，景象“
- crowds of people
- drift away
1．drift vi.
（1）漂流，漂移：
Thousands of lanterns slowly drift out to sea.
成千上万只灯笼慢慢漂向大海。
The boat drifted gently across the water.
小船在水面上慢悠悠地漂流。
（2）漂泊，游荡：
He has lost his job and just drifts in the city all day long.
他失业了，成天就在这座城市里游荡。
He drifted from France to Italy.
他从法国漂泊到意大利。
- until they can be seen no more
- specially-made lanterns
specially-made 是个复合形容词，由副词+过去分词构成。在第60课的词汇学习中，我们学习了名词+ 名词构成的复合名词。过去分词经常与其他词构成复合形容词：
well-intentioned 善意的
well-known 著名的
well-preserved 保存／保养得好的
widespread 广泛流传的
candle-lit 点着蜡烛的
a horse-drawn cart 一辆二轮马车
a tree-lined street 林阴街道
- guide
2．guide vt.
（1）给……领路：
The old man guided the explorers through the forest.
老人领着探险队员们穿过森林。
These lanterns will guide the dead on their return journey to the other world.
这些灯笼将指引亡灵返回另一个世界。
（2）指导（……的行动）；影响（……的决策等）：
We should be always guided by truth.
我们应该永远受真理的指导。
Don't let your wife's opinion guide your actions.
别让你妻子的观点左右你的行动。
朗读重点：
- hung, [hʌŋ]
音标发音:
练习感悟：
Answer: These lanterns will be thrown into the water or sea to drift away guiding the dead on their return journey to the other world until they can be seen no more at the end of the festival.
Thoughts: 每日精进就是确认自己的朗读首先自己挑不出问题了（朗读10遍 and 音标 and 复述）。
总结：
- 新概念第二册共计96篇文章，完成49篇，其中48-72课完全缺失（因为那个月家里有事）
- 音标练习做了2-3个。
持续精进：
- 新概念第三册，争取做到80%以上的完成率
- 音标练习开始进行，共48个英语国际音标。