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 verywell for such things to occur in fiction. To varying degrees, we all havesecrets which we do not want even our closest friends to learn, but few of ushave skeletons in the cupboard. The only person I know who has a skeleton inthe cupboard is George Carlton, and he is very proud of the fact. Georgestudied medicine in his youth. Instead of becoming a doctor, however, he becamea 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、seemingly：似乎，貌似，2、respectable：可敬，有头有脸，高尚的，3、conceal：隐藏，掩盖，潜伏，4、vivid：生动，传神，活灵活现，5、skeleton：骨骼，骨架，6、dramatic：戏剧性，有声有色，7、heroine：女主角，8、varying：变化的，9、pound：磅，冲击，捶打，10、medicine：药物，医学，11、
音标：/tr/ 舌尖抵住上齿，作好发“t”的姿势，气流冲破阻碍，发出短促的“t”音后，紧接着就发“r”这摩擦音。
练习感悟：录了五六遍，才勉强达标，这难度，确实是挺大的