练习材料：
NCE--第三册
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：
今天有群里的同学给出了点评。感谢Monica！
练习感悟：
今天的课文不算难，但是朗读效果不好。生词问题没解决好，赶速度的同时有些已经纠正过的读音又出现了错误，群里的同学也指出了。比如，said。
figure的美音[ˈfɪgjər]有一个［j］，也是Monica同学指出的，感谢！
朗读要下更多功夫，加油。