wex的Scalers Talk第四轮新概念朗读持续力训练Day155 20190311

练习材料：

L30-1：The death of a ghost

For years, villagers believed that Endley Farm was hunted. The farm was owned by two brothers, Joe and Bob Cox. They employed a few farmhands, but no one was willing to work there long. Every time a worker gave up his job, he told the same story. Farm labourers said that they always woke up to find that work had been done overnight. Hay had been cut and cowsheds had been cleaned. A farm worker, who stayed up all night claimed to have seen a figure cutting corn in the moonlight. In time, it became an accepted fact the Cox brothers employed a conscientious ghost that did most of their work for them.

　　No one suspected that there might be someone else on the farm who had never been seen. This was indeed the case. A short time ago, villagers were astonished to learn that the ghost of Endley had died. Everyone went to the funeral, for the 'ghost' was none other than Eric Cox, a third brother who was supposed to have died as a young man. After the funeral, Joe and Bob revealed a secret which they had kept for over fifty years.

fɔː jɪəz, ˈvɪlɪʤəz bɪˈliːvd ðæt Endley fɑːm wɒz ˈhʌntɪd. ðə fɑːm wɒz əʊnd baɪ tuː ˈbrʌðəz, ˈʤəʊ ænd bɒb kɒks. ðeɪ ɪmˈplɔɪd ə fjuː ˈfɑːmhændz, bʌt nəʊ wʌn wɒz ˈwɪlɪŋ tuː wɜːk ðeə lɒŋ. ˈɛvri taɪm ə ˈwɜːkə geɪv ʌp hɪz ʤɒb, hiː təʊld ðə seɪm ˈstɔːri. fɑːm ˈleɪbərəz sɛd ðæt ðeɪ ˈɔːlweɪz wəʊk ʌp tuː faɪnd ðæt wɜːk hæd biːn dʌn ˌəʊvəˈnaɪt. heɪ hæd biːn kʌt ænd ˈkaʊʃɛdz hæd biːn kliːnd. ə fɑːm ˈwɜːkə, huː steɪd ʌp ɔːl naɪt kleɪmd tuː hæv siːn ə ˈfɪgə ˈkʌtɪŋ kɔːn ɪn ðə ˈmuːnlaɪt. ɪn taɪm, ɪt bɪˈkeɪm ən əkˈsɛptɪd fækt ðə kɒks ˈbrʌðəz ɪmˈplɔɪd ə ˌkɒnʃɪˈɛnʃəs gəʊst ðæt dɪd məʊst ɒv ðeə wɜːk fɔː ðɛm.

nəʊ wʌn səsˈpɛktɪd ðæt ðeə maɪt biː ˈsʌmwʌn ɛls ɒn ðə fɑːm huː hæd ˈnɛvə biːn siːn. ðɪs wɒz ɪnˈdiːd ðə keɪs. ə ʃɔːt taɪm əˈgəʊ, ˈvɪlɪʤəz wɜːr əsˈtɒnɪʃt tuː lɜːn ðæt ðə gəʊst ɒv Endley hæd daɪd. ˈɛvrɪwʌn wɛnt tuː ðə ˈfjuːnərəl, fɔː ðə gəʊst wɒz nʌn ˈʌðə ðæn ˈɛrɪk kɒks, ə θɜːd ˈbrʌðə huː wɒz səˈpəʊzd tuː hæv daɪd æz ə jʌŋ mæn. ˈɑːftə ðə ˈfjuːnərəl, ˈʤəʊ ænd bɒb rɪˈviːld ə ˈsiːkrɪt wɪʧ ðeɪ hæd kɛpt fɔːr ˈəʊvə ˈfɪfti jɪəz.

任务配置：

L0＋L4

知识笔记：

新词：farmhand 农业工人，雇农；labourer （尤指户外的）体力劳动者；overnight 在夜里；hay 干草；cowshed 牛棚；corn 谷物；conscientious 认真负责、正大光明的；suspect 怀疑；indeed 甚至，的确；funeral 葬礼，可比喻不愉快的事；reveal 揭露

词组：for years 多年来；be supposed to 被认为是；reveal a secret 揭露一个秘密；

练习感悟：

周一成功早起，认认真真做完了既定的任务。我还是很喜欢这种感觉。昨天晚上有句肺腑之言：“能洗个舒舒服服不怕弄脏自己的澡，洗完可以用大的毛巾擦干，体面地上床睡觉，就已经很知足了。哪里还敢再奢求睡个懒觉呢？”

这或许也算是一种痛苦的收获吧。