LemonIce的ScalersTalk第四轮新概念朗读持续力训练Day155 20190311

L30-1：The death of a ghost

For years, villagers believed that Endley Farm was haunted. 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.

任务配置：L0+L4

词音：hunted,employed,cowsheds,conscientious

词义：haunted  闹鬼的；farmhands  农场工人；cowsheds  牛棚；牛舍；corn  谷物；conscientious  认真的；尽责的

练习感悟：

这段时间英语学习投入的不多，研究生复试处理完了，读课文就需要提高精力投入啦，挂载了三项英语任务，朗读、笔译、读外刊，好好地做下来还真的是特大的工作量。

一句话，就是干。