练习材料
Lesson 24-1 A skeleton in the cupboard
We often read in novels how a seemingly respectable person or family has some terrible secret which has been concealed from strangers for years. The English language possesses a vivid saying to describe this sort of situation. The terrible secret is called 'a skeleton in the cupboard'. At some dramatic moment in the story, the terrible secret becomes known and a reputation is ruined. The reader's hair stands on end when he reads in the final pages of the novel that the heroine a dear old lady who had always been so kind to everybody, had, in her youth, poisoned every one of her five husbands.
It is all very well for such things to occur in fiction. To varying degrees, we all have secrets which we do not want even our closest friends to learn, but few of us have skeletons in the cupboard. The only person I know who has a skeleton in the cupboard is George Carlton, and he is very pound of the fact. George studied medicine in his youth. Instead of becoming a doctor, however, he became a successful writer of detective stories.
ˈlɛsn 24-1 ə ˈskɛlɪtn ɪn ðə ˈkʌpəd
wiː ˈɒf(ə)n riːd ɪn ˈnɒvəlz haʊ ə ˈsiːmɪŋli rɪsˈpɛktəbl ˈpɜːsn ɔː ˈfæmɪli hæz sʌm ˈtɛrəbl ˈsiːkrɪt wɪʧ hæz biːn kənˈsiːld frɒmˈstreɪnʤəz fɔː jɪəz. ði ˈɪŋglɪʃ ˈlæŋgwɪʤ pəˈzɛsɪz ə ˈvɪvɪd ˈseɪɪŋ tuː dɪsˈkraɪb ðɪs sɔːt ɒv ˌsɪtjʊˈeɪʃən. ðə ˈtɛrəbl ˈsiːkrɪt ɪz kɔːld əˈskɛlɪtn ɪn ðə ˈkʌpəd. æt sʌm drəˈmætɪk ˈməʊmənt ɪn ðə ˈstɔːri, ðə ˈtɛrəbl ˈsiːkrɪt bɪˈkʌmz nəʊn ænd ə ˌrɛpju(ː)ˈteɪʃən ɪzrʊɪnd. ðə ˈriːdəz heə stændz ɒn ɛnd wɛn hiː riːdz ɪn ðə ˈfaɪnl ˈpeɪʤɪz ɒv ðə ˈnɒvəl ðæt ðə ˈhɛrəʊɪn ə dɪər əʊld ˈleɪdi huː hædˈɔːlweɪz biːn səʊ kaɪnd tuː ˈɛvrɪbɒdi, hæd, ɪn hɜː juːθ, ˈpɔɪznd ˈɛvri wʌn ɒv hɜː faɪv ˈhʌzbəndz.
ɪt ɪz ɔːl ˈvɛri wɛl fɔː sʌʧ θɪŋz tuː əˈkɜːr ɪn ˈfɪkʃən. tuː ˈveəriɪŋ dɪˈgriːz, wiː ɔːl hæv ˈsiːkrɪts wɪʧ wiː duː nɒt wɒnt ˈiːvən ˈaʊə ˈkləʊsɪstfrɛndz tuː lɜːn, bʌt fjuː ɒv ʌs hæv ˈskɛlɪtnz ɪn ðə ˈkʌpəd. ði ˈəʊnli ˈpɜːsn aɪ nəʊ huː hæz ə ˈskɛlɪtn ɪn ðə ˈkʌpəd ɪz ʤɔːʤCarlton, ænd hiː ɪz ˈvɛri paʊnd ɒv ðə fækt. ʤɔːʤ ˈstʌdɪd ˈmɛdsɪn ɪn hɪz juːθ. ɪnˈstɛd ɒv bɪˈkʌmɪŋ ə ˈdɒktə, haʊˈɛvə, hiː bɪˈkeɪmə səkˈsɛsfʊl ˈraɪtər ɒv dɪˈtɛktɪv ˈstɔːriz.
任务配置：L0+L4
笔记：skeleton骷髅、seemingly表面上地、respectable体面的、conceal隐藏，隐瞒，ruin毁坏、fiction小说
感悟：对的事，要天天做。