练习材料：
Lesson 24-1 Askeleton in the cupboard
We often read innovels how a seemingly respectable person or family has some terrible secretwhich has been concealed from strangers for years. The English languagepossesses a vivid saying to describe this sort of situation. The terriblesecret is called 'a skeleton in the cupboard'. At some dramatic moment in thestory, the terrible secret becomes known and a reputation is ruined. Thereader's hair stands on end when he reads in the final pages of the novel thatthe heroine a dear old lady who had always been so kind to everybody, had, inher youth, poisoned every one of her five husbands.
It is all very well for such things to occur in fiction. To varying degrees, we all have secrets which we do not want even our closest friends to learn, but few of us have skeletons in the cupboard. The only person I know who has a skeleton in the cupboard is George Carlton, and he is very pound of the fact. George studied medicine in his youth. Instead of becoming a doctor, however, he became a successful writer of detective stories.
ə ˈskɛlɪtn ɪn ðə ˈkʌbəd wiː ˈɒf(ə)n riːd ɪnˈnɒvəlz haʊ ə ˈsiːmɪŋli rɪsˈpɛktəbl ˈpɜːsn ɔː ˈfæmɪli hæz sʌm ˈtɛrəbl ˈsiːkrɪtwɪʧ hæz biːn kənˈsiːld frɒm ˈstreɪnʤəz fɔː jɪəz. ði ˈɪŋglɪʃ ˈlæŋgwɪʤ pəˈzɛsɪz əˈvɪvɪd ˈseɪɪŋ tuː dɪsˈkraɪb ðɪs sɔːt ɒv ˌsɪtjʊˈeɪʃən. ðə ˈtɛrəbl ˈsiːkrɪt ɪz kɔːldə ˈskɛlɪtn ɪn ðə ˈkʌbəd. æt sʌm drəˈmætɪk ˈməʊmənt ɪn ðə ˈstɔːri, ðə ˈtɛrəblˈsiːkrɪt bɪˈkʌmz nəʊn ænd ə ˌrɛpju(ː)ˈteɪʃən ɪz rʊɪnd. ðə ˈriːdəz heə stændz ɒnɛnd wɛn hiː riːdz ɪn ðə ˈfaɪnl ˈpeɪʤɪz ɒv ðə ˈnɒvəl ðæt ðə ˈhɛrəʊɪn ə dɪər əʊldˈleɪdi huː hæd ˈɔːlweɪz biːn səʊ kaɪnd tuː ˈɛvrɪbɒdi, hæd, ɪn hɜː juːθ, ˈpɔɪzndˈɛvri wʌn ɒv hɜː faɪv ˈhʌzbəndz.
ɪt ɪz ɔːl ˈvɛri wɛlfɔː sʌʧ θɪŋz tuː əˈkɜːr ɪn ˈfɪkʃən. tuː ˈveəriɪŋ dɪˈgriːz, wiː ɔːl hæv ˈsiːkrɪtswɪʧ wiː duː nɒt wɒnt ˈiːvən ˈaʊə ˈkləʊsɪst frɛndz tuː lɜːn, bʌt fjuː ɒv ʌs hævˈskɛlɪtnz ɪn ðə ˈkʌbəd. ði ˈəʊnli ˈpɜːsn aɪ nəʊ huː hæz ə ˈskɛlɪtn ɪn ðə ˈkʌbədɪz ʤɔːʤ Carlton, ænd hiː ɪz ˈvɛri paʊnd ɒv ðə fækt. ʤɔːʤ ˈstʌdɪd ˈmɛdsɪn ɪn hɪzjuːθ. ɪnˈstɛd ɒv bɪˈkʌmɪŋ ə ˈdɒktə, haʊˈɛvə, hiː bɪˈkeɪm ə səkˈsɛsfʊl ˈraɪtər ɒvdɪˈtɛktɪv ˈstɔːriz.
任务配置：L0+L1+L4
知识笔记：
单词：1、skeleton：骨骼，2、cupboard：橱柜，3、seemingly：似乎，4、conceal：隐藏，5、possesses：拥有，6、vivid：生动的，7、dramatic：戏剧性的，8、reputation：名声，9、heroine：女主角，10、youth：青年时期，11、occur：发生，12、fiction:小说，13、to varying degrees：在不同程度上，14、pound:冲击，重视
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： 生词多，文章长，读起来跟上速度都感觉吃力，确实需要越来越多的时间精力与心力去付出才能跟得上了。刚开始一直觉得自己会不会每天做的有点少，连背诵都没有，怎么学得好，现在感觉要读得好都要花费不少时间精力，如果要背诵，估计已经坚持不住了，那一天得话多少个小时啊……