练习材料：Lesson 74 75
任务配置：L0
知识笔记：
Lesson74Out of the limelight/ˈlaɪm.laɪt/
An ancient bus stopped by a dry river bed and a party of famous actors and actresses /ˈæk.trəs/got off. Dressed in dark glasses and old clothes, they had taken special precautions/prɪˈkɔː.ʃən/so that no one should recognize them. But as they soon discovered, disguises/dɪsˈɡaɪz/can sometimes be too perfect.
'This is a wonderful place for a picnic,' said Gloria Gleam.
' It couldn't be better, Gloria,' Brinksley Meers agreed. 'No newspaper men, no film fans! Why don't we come more often ?'
Meanwhile, two other actors, Rockwall Slinger and Merlin Greeves, had carried two large food baskets to a shady/ˈʃeɪ.di/spot under some trees. When they had all made themselves comfortable, a stranger appeared. He looked very angry.
'Now you get out of here, all of you!' he shouted: ' I'm sheriff/ˈʃer.ɪf/here. Do you see that notice? It says" No Camping"-in case you can't read!'
' Look, sheriff, 'said Rockwall,' don't be too hard on us. I'm Rockwall Slinger and this is Merlin Greeves.'
' Oh, is it ?' said the sheriff with a sneer/snɪər/. 'Well, I'm Brinksley Meers, and my other name is Gloria Gleam. Now you get out of here fast!’
river bed 河床
limelight众人注目的中心
precaution预防措施anactionthat is done topreventsomethingunpleasantordangeroushappening
Lesson75 SOS
When a light passenger plane/pleɪn/flew off course some time ago, it crashed in the mountains and its pilot/ˈpaɪ.lət/was killed. The only passengers, a young woman and her two baby daughters, were unhurt. It was the middle of winter. Snow lay thick on the ground. The woman knew that the nearest village was miles away. When it grew dark. she turned a suitcase/ˈsuːt.keɪs/into a bed and put the children inside it, covering them with all the clothes she could find. During the night, it got terribly cold. The woman kept as near as she could to the children and even tried to get into the case herself, but it was too small. Early next morning she heard planes passing overhead and wondered how she could send a signal. Then she had an idea. She stamped out the letters' SOS' in the snow. Fortunately, a pilot saw the signal and sent a message by radio to the nearest town. It was not long before a helicopter arrived on the scene/siːn/to rescue the survivors of the plane crash.