练习材料：
L56-1: Our neighbour, the river
The river which forms the eastern boundary of our farm has always played an important part in our lives.
Without it we could not make a living.
There is only enough spring water to supply the needs of the house,
so we have to pump from the river for farm use.
We tell the river all our secrets.
We know instinctively,
just as beekeepers with their bees,
that misfortune might overtake us if the important events of our lives were not related to it.
We have special river birthday parties in the summer.
Sometimes we goupstream to a favourite backwater,
sometimes we have our party at the boathouse,
which a predecessor of ours at the farm built in the meadow hard by the deepest pool for swimming and diving.
In a heat wave we choose a midnight birthday party and that is the most exciting of all.
应用配置：L0+L4
知识笔记：boundary/baʊndəri instinctively/ɪnˈstɪŋktɪvli misfortune/mɪsˈfɔrʧən upstream/ʌpˈstrim predecessor/prɛdəˌsɛsə rmeadow/mɛˌdoʊ
练习感悟：用时59分钟。今天的课文没有难度系数，因此重点在于如何发对音，如何读起来更顺。录制了几遍后，一直再雕琢，最后一遍稍作满意，用时1分4秒。