练习材料:
Lesson46 Expensive and uncomfortable
When a plane from
London arrived at Sydney airport, workers began to unload a number of wooden
boxes which contained clothing. No one could account for the fact that one of
the boxes was extremely heavy. It suddenly occurred to one of the workers to
open up the box. He was astonished at what he found. A man was lying in the box
on top of a pile of woolen goods. He was so surprised at being discovered that
he did not even try to run away. After he was arrested, the man admitted hiding
in the box before the plane left London. He had had a long and uncomfortable
trip, for he had been confined to the wooden box for over eighteen hours. The
man was ordered to pay £3,500 for the cost of the trip. The normal price of a ticket is£2,000 !
ɪksˈpɛnsɪv ænd ʌnˈkʌmfətəbl
wɛn ə pleɪn frɒm
ˈlʌndən əˈraɪvd æt ˈsɪdni ˈeəpɔːt, ˈwɜːkəz bɪˈgæn tuː ʌnˈləʊd ə ˈnʌmbər ɒv ˈwʊdn
ˈbɒksɪz wɪʧ kənˈteɪnd ˈkləʊðɪŋ. nəʊ wʌn kʊd əˈkaʊnt fɔː ðə fækt ðæt wʌn ɒv ðə
ˈbɒksɪz wɒz ɪksˈtriːmli ˈhɛvi. ɪt ˈsʌdnli əˈkɜːd tuː wʌn ɒv ðə ˈwɜːkəz tuː ˈəʊpən
ʌp ðə bɒks. hiː wɒz əsˈtɒnɪʃt æt wɒt hiː faʊnd. ə mæn wɒz ˈlaɪɪŋ ɪn ðə bɒks ɒn
tɒp ɒv ə paɪl ɒv ˈwʊlən gʊdz. hiː wɒz səʊ səˈpraɪzd æt ˈbiːɪŋ dɪsˈkʌvəd ðæt hiː
dɪd nɒt ˈiːvən traɪ tuː rʌn əˈweɪ. ˈɑːftə hiː wɒz əˈrɛstɪd, ðə mæn ədˈmɪtɪd ˈhaɪdɪŋ ɪn ðə bɒksbɪˈfɔː ðə pleɪn lɛft ˈlʌndən. hiː hæd hæd ə lɒŋ ænd ʌnˈkʌmfətəbl trɪp, fɔː hiːhæd biːn kənˈfaɪnd tuː ðə ˈwʊdn bɒks fɔːr ˈəʊvər ˌeɪˈtiːn ˈaʊəz. ðə mæn wɒz ˈɔːdədtuː peɪ
£3,500 fɔː ðə kɒst ɒv ðə trɪp. ðə ˈnɔːməl
praɪs ɒv ə ˈtɪkɪt ɪz£2,000 !
任务配置:L0+L1+ L4
知识笔记:
单词:1、unload:卸下,2、contain:包含,包藏,3、account for:交待,解释,4、extremely:极其,非常,5、astonish at:震惊于,惊讶于,6、pile:桩,堆,7、woolen:羊毛,8、confined:受限制,受困
音标:/t∫/ 双唇微开,先用舌尖抵上齿龈,突然张开,使气流外冲而成音,发“吃”音。
练习感悟: 虽然录得不完全好,但是一遍就过了,也就懒得再来一遍了