练习材料：
Lesson thirty-one Success story
Yesterday afternoon Frank Hawkins was telling me about his experiences as a young man. Before he retired, Frank was the head of a very large business company, but as a boy he used to work in a small shop. It was his job to repair bicycles and at that time he used to work fourteen hours a day. He saved money for years and in 1958 he bought a small work-shop of his own. In his twenties, Frank used to make spare parts for aeroplanes. At that time he had two helpers. In a few years, the small work-shop had become a large factory which employed seven hundred and twenty-eight people. Frank smiled when he remembered his hard early years and the long road to success. He was still smiling when the door opened and his wife came in. She wanted him to repair their grandson's bicycle!
ˈlɛsən ˈθɜrdi-wʌn səkˈsɛs ˈstɔri
ˈjɛstərˌdeɪ ˌæftərˈnun fræŋk ˈhɔkɪnz wʌz ˈtɛlɪŋ mi əˈbaʊt hɪz ɪkˈspɪriənsɪz æz ə jʌŋ mən.
bɪˈfɔr hi rɪˈtaɪrd, fræŋk wʌz ðə hɛd ʌv əˈvɛri lɑrʤ ˈbɪznəs ˈkʌmpəni, bʌt æz ə bɔɪ hi juzd tu wɜrk ɪn ə smɔl ʃɑp.
ɪt wʌz hɪz ʤɑb tu rɪˈpɛr ˈbaɪsɪkəlz ænd æt ðæt taɪm hijuzd tu wɜrk ˈfɔrˈtin ˈaʊərz ə deɪ.
hi seɪvd ˈmʌni fɔr jɪrz ænd ɪn 1958 hi bɑt ə smɔl wɜrk-ʃɑp ʌv hɪz oʊn.
ɪn hɪz ˈtwɛntiz, fræŋk juzd tu meɪk spɛr pɑrts fɔr aeroplanes.
æt ðæt taɪm hi hæd tu ˈhɛlpərz.
ɪn ə fju jɪrz, ðə smɔl wɜrk-ʃɑp hæd bɪˈkʌm ə lɑrʤˈfæktəri wɪʧ ɛmˈplɔɪd ˈsɛvən ˈhʌndrəd ænd ˈtwɛnti-eɪt ˈpipəl.
fræŋk smaɪld wɛn hi rɪˈmɛmbərd hɪz hɑrd ˈɜrli jɪrz ænd ðə lɔŋ roʊdtu səkˈsɛs.
hi wʌz stɪl ˈsmaɪlɪŋ wɛn ðə dɔr ˈoʊpənd ænd hɪz waɪf keɪm ɪn.
ʃi ˈwɑntəd hɪm tu rɪˈpɛr ðɛr ˈgrændˌsʌnz ˈbaɪsɪkəl!
任务配置：L0+L1+L4
知识笔记：
1.
a. To provide work to (someone) for pay: agreed to employ the job applicant.
b. To engage the attention or activity of; occupy: employed himself for an hour reading blogs.
2. To put (something) to use or service: employed a pen to open the package; employed her skills in the new job.
3. To devote (time, for example) to an activity or purpose: employed several months in learning Swahili.
1.
a. To refrain from harming, injuring, destroying, or killing: The general spared the city from a bombardment.
b. To leave undamaged or unharmed: The oldest trees in the forest were spared from the fire.
c. To refrain from denouncing or distressing; treat leniently or with consideration: The teacher spared the student's feelings by not criticizing her.
d. To allow (someone) to avoid experiencing or doing (something): spared myself the trouble of going to the store.
Please spare me (= do not tell me) the gruesome details.
那些让人毛骨悚然的细节就请你不要讲了。
»You could have spared yourself an unnecessary trip by phoning in advance.
你要是先打个电话就用不着跑这一趟了。
2.
a. To hold back from; withhold or avoid: spared no expense for the celebration.
no effort / expense, etc. 尽力、破费等
4. [VN] to do everything possible to achieve sth or to do sth well without trying to limit the time or money involved
• 不吝惜(时间、金钱):
»He spared no effort to make her happy again.
为使她重新快乐起来,他想尽了办法。
»No expense was spared in furnishing the new office.
装潢新办公室不惜工本。
b. To use or supply with restraint: Don't spare the mustard.
3. To give or grant out of one's resources; afford: Can you spare ten minutes?
adj. spar·er, spar·est
1.
a. Kept in reserve: spare parts.
b. Being in excess of what is needed; extra: spare cash.
c. Free for other use; unoccupied: spare time.
2.
a. Not lavish, abundant, or excessive; meager: a spare breakfast.
b. Lean and trim: a runner with a spare figure.
c. Not elaborate or ornate; simple: a writer's spare style.
n.
1. A replacement, especially a tire, reserved for future need.
2. Sports
a. The act of knocking down all ten pins with two successive rolls of a bowling ball.
b. The score so made.
Idiom:
to spare
In addition to what is needed: We paid our bills and had money to spare.
音标学习：
练习感悟：
1. experiences模仿了很久，原声在es结尾这里语调变化，升高了。按照自己的读法，我会降调读，所以模仿了很久才学会。
2.把录音时长看成了最后一句的时间，1分27秒，录了很多遍，为什么都在15s左右，崩溃。越念越不对劲，赶快重新看了时长，1分13秒。被自己蠢哭了
3. 觉得松元音很好玩，发的漂亮不容易。
4.今天听了一小段屠蓓的朗读音频，觉得英式英语真好听呀，斯文优雅的感觉，听了超级舒服。
5.今天很认真的练习了，一个一个音发清晰。这样的结果是，刚开始的时候觉得好多音我都不会发了，练到后面熟练了，就顺畅多了。好多觉得自己会发的音，刚开始就模仿的像，然后不断地重复练习，就会轻松很多。所以，模仿正确的，即使你不知道理论，但是由于练习模仿的多，口腔已经形成记忆了，要发哪个音，舌头、牙齿、嘴型，你不用下命令，它们自己就完成了。所以，练习太重要了。模仿到了一定量，就会发现一切都上了轨道了，当然前提是一定要模仿正确的。一开始就学正确的，然后不断练习模仿，这条路就走的顺了好多。
最后在足够多的量的基础上，深入挖掘，较真，将实践与理论知识相结合，不仅能够准确的发音，也能够准确的判断并且说出每个音标发音时，口腔器官，如舌前部、舌身、软腭等等这些部位的正确摆放或者上抬程度等等。
最后的最后，提醒自己，提升练习有时间要做，不然进步不大。