水风的ScalersTalk第四轮新概念朗读持续力训练Day 170 20190326

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L37-2：The Westhaven Express

Neither was I surprise when the train stopped at Widley, a tiny station a few miles along the line. Even a mighty express train can be held up by signals. But when the train dawdled at station after station, I began to wonder, It suddenly dawned on me that this express was not roaring down the line at ninety miles an hour, but barely chugging along at thirty. One hour and seventeen minutes passed and we had not even covered half the distance. I asked a passenger if this was the Westhaven Express, but he had not even heard of it. I determined to lodge a complaint as soon as we arrived. Two hours later, I was talking angrily to the station master at Westhaven. When he denied the train's existence, I borrowed his copy of the timetable. There was a note of triumph in my voice when I told him that it was there in black and white. Glancing at it briefly, he told me to look again. A tiny asterisk conducted me to a footnote at the bottom of the page. It said: “This service has been suspended.”

/ɛl/37-2：/ðə/ Westhaven /ɪkˈsprɛs/

/ˈniðər/ /wʌz/ /aɪ/ /sərˈpraɪz/ /wɛn/ /ðə/ /treɪn/ /stɑpt/ /æt/ Widley, /ə/ /ˈtaɪni/ /ˈsteɪʃən/ /ə/ /fju/ /maɪlz/ /əˈlɔŋ/ /ðə/ /laɪn/. /ˈivɪn/ /ə/ /ˈmaɪti/ /ɪkˈsprɛs/ /treɪn/ /kæn/ /bi/ /hɛld/ /ʌp/ /baɪ/ /ˈsɪgnəlz/. /bʌt/ /wɛn/ /ðə/ /treɪn/ /ˈdɔdəld/ /æt/ /ˈsteɪʃən/ /ˈæftər/ /ˈsteɪʃən/, /aɪ/ /bɪˈgæn/ /tu/ /ˈwʌndər/, /ɪt/ /ˈsʌdənli/ /dɔnd/ /ɑn/ /mi/ /ðæt/ /ðɪs/ /ɪkˈsprɛs/ /wʌz/ /nɑt/ /ˈrɔrɪŋ/ /daʊn/ /ðə/ /laɪn/ /æt/ /ˈnaɪnti/ /maɪlz/ /ən/ /ˈaʊər/, /bʌt/ /ˈbɛrli/ /ˈʧʌgɪŋ/ /əˈlɔŋ/ /æt/ /ˈθɜrdi/. /wʌn/ /ˈaʊər/ /ænd/ /ˈsɛvənˈtin/ /ˈmɪnəts/ /pæst/ /ænd/ /wi/ /hæd/ /nɑt/ /ˈivɪn/ /ˈkʌvərd/ /hæf/ /ðə/ /ˈdɪstəns/. /aɪ/ /æskt/ /ə/ /ˈpæsənʤər/ /ɪf/ /ðɪs/ /wʌz/ /ðə/ Westhaven /ɪkˈsprɛs/, /bʌt/ /hi/ /hæd/ /nɑt/ /ˈivɪn/ /hɜrd/ /ʌv/ /ɪt/. /aɪ/ /dɪˈtɜrmənd/ /tu/ /lɑʤ/ /ə/ /kəmˈpleɪnt/ /æz/ /sun/ /æz/ /wi/ /əˈraɪvd/. /tu/ /ˈaʊərz/ /ˈleɪtər/, /aɪ/ /wʌz/ /ˈtɔkɪŋ/ /ˈæŋgrəli/ /tu/ /ðə/ /ˈsteɪʃən/ /ˈmæstər/ /æt/ Westhaven. /wɛn/ /hi/ /dɪˈnaɪd/ /ðə/ /treɪnz/ /ɛgˈzɪstəns/, /aɪ/ /ˈbɑˌroʊd/ /hɪz/ /ˈkɑpi/ /ʌv/ /ðə/ /ˈtaɪmˌteɪbəl/. /ðɛr/ /wʌz/ /ə/ /noʊt/ /ʌv/ /ˈtraɪəmf/ /ɪn/ /maɪ/ /vɔɪs/ /wɛn/ /aɪ/ /toʊld/ /hɪm/ /ðæt/ /ɪt/ /wʌz/ /ðɛr/ /ɪn/ /blæk/ /ænd/ /waɪt/. /ˈglænsɪŋ/ /æt/ /ɪt/ /ˈbrifli/, /hi/ /toʊld/ /mi/ /tu/ /lʊk/ /əˈgɛn/. /ə/ /ˈtaɪni/ /ˈæstərɪsk/ /kənˈdʌktəd/ /mi/ /tu/ /ə/ /ˈfʊtˌnoʊt/ /æt/ /ðə/ /ˈbɑtəm/ /ʌv/ /ðə/ /peɪʤ/. /ɪt/ /sɛd/: “/ðɪs/ /ˈsɜrvəs/ /hæz/ /bɪn/ /səˈspɛndəd/.”