Lesson 83 After the elections
The former Prime Minister, Mr. Wentworth Lane, was defeated in the recent elections. He is now retiring from political life and has gone abroad. My friend, Patrick, has always been a fanatical opponent of Mr. Lane's Radical Progressive Party. After the elections, Patrick went to the former Prime Minister's house. When he asked if Mr. Lane lived there, the policeman on duty told him that since his defeat, the ex-Prime Minister had gone abroad. On the following day, Patrick went to the house again. The same policeman was just walking slowly past the entrance, when Patrick asked the same question. Though a little suspicious this time, the policeman gave him the same answer. The day after, Patrick went to the house once more and asked exactly the same question. This time, the policeman lost his temper.' I told you yesterday and the day before yesterday,' he shouted, 'Mr. Lane was defeated in the elections. He has retired from political life and gone to live abroad!' I know,' answered Patrick,' but I love to hear you say it!'
任务配置：
L0+L4
temper跟mood的区别是什么呢？有什么相同之处吗？
Temper can refer to a tendency to become unreasonably angry. If you’re not sure whether you have a temper, ask your friends — but don’t get mad if you dislike what they have to say.
Temper has a number of related yet distinct meanings. In addition to describing a tendency to anger, temper can also refer to one’s mood in general; if you use the word in this sense, you might describe someone's temper as "angry" or "mild." Temper can also be used as a verb meaning “to restrain.” If you have a nasty temper, you might try tempering your temper by counting to ten whenever you’re tempted to throw a "temper tantrum," or fit.(第一次知道tantrum这次个，看的wimpy kid，超级搞笑的小屁孩儿，那段“快乐读书”的日子一去不复返了)
Are you feeling good or bad, cheerful or irritable right now? This is your mood.
Mood refers to how you feel at the present time. If you want to ask your boss for a raise, wait until he or she is in a good mood. Don't ask, though, if he or she is "in a mood" - that means the person is grumpy. If you are in the mood for something like ice cream or spicy food, you would like to have it now. Mood can also describe the attitude of a group of people or the feeling of a film, novel or piece of music.
语音知识：
unvoiced: only air passes through the mouth
voiced: make the sound with the vocal cords
stop consonants: there are two parts to each sound
1. Stop in airflow
2. Release
the back of the tongue reaches up to touch the soft palate, which is closed; the tip of the tongue can remain forward. lightly touching the back of bottom front teeth; the jaw drops a little bit and the lips are open.
the lip position doesn't matter for these sounds, so the lips might start forming the next sound, like great, you can start the mouth position for R as we make the G
当后面跟着辅音时，g跟K没有release的动作，直接往下读另外一个单词。这样就像一个整体很顺畅的往下，更符合自然语流。
练习感悟：
1.当你不走心的朗读时，你的手指怎么都不想发送这样的朗读。虽然听上去也很不错，但是你自己知道，你在放水。
2. 读得正确，再加上Rachel的讲解，一下子就有一种茅塞顿开的感觉，原来我发这个音，舌头在这，声带在震动，嘴唇是这样摆的，有一种完完全全摸着口腔读一遍的感觉，比如今天学习的，以前就觉得简单，一个清辅音，不震动声带，一个浊辅音，震动声带；今天听了讲解，明白了，舌头跟软腭接触发音，然后要让它俩分开，气流冲出去，所以实际上是两个步骤，一个是停止，一个是释放。
3. 家里的娃儿笑点异于大人，突然想起来: 笑点低用英语怎么说呢？ amused by even the weakest joke, ready to laugh at the smallest thing; 那么，笑点呢？funny bits, humorous parts, punchline
He forgot the punchline and the joke fell flat.
4. 昨天还碰到了一个单词fast，可以当动词跟名词用，只有一个意思，“节食、禁食、斋戒”，幸亏只有这么一个意思。
to go on a fast/ to break or end your fast
5. same这个词，原文有多处，发现发的不够自然，双元音发的不够清晰好听，还有m，因为太赶着要发鼻音了，所以把前面的元音忽略了。赶快看看rachel如何讲M的发音。
M is a voiced consonant, pressing the lips together lightly while making the sound with the vocal cords.牙齿要分开一点，这样好准备发下一个音，这样的话，有点感觉舌头往后拉
because the soft palate is lowered, air comes up through the nasal passages
so it's a nasal consonant.
you can feel the vibration in your nose.
手指放在鼻子处感受下~~~
总共有3个Nasal consonants
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