练习材料:
Lesson 22-2 Byheart
One night, thegaoler decided to play a joke on his colleague to find out if, after so manyperformances, he had managed to learn the contents of the letter by heart.
The curtain wentup on the final act of the play and revealed the aristocrat sitting alonebehind bars in his dark cell. Just then, the gaoler appeared with the preciousletter in his hands. He entered the cell and presented the letter to thearistocrat. But the copy he gave him had not been written out in full as usual.It was simply a blank sheet of paper. The gaoler looked on eagerly, anxious tosee if his fellow actor had at last learnt his lines. The noble stared at theblank sheet of paper for a few seconds. Then, squinting his eyes, he said:"The light is dim. Read the letter to me”. And he promptly
handed the sheetof paper to the gaoler. Finding that he could not remember a word of the lettereither, the gaoler replied: “The light is indeed dim, sire, I must get myglasses.” With this, he hurried off the stage. Much to the aristocrat'samusement, the gaoler returned a few moments later with a pair of glasses andthe usual copy of the letter whith he proceeded to read to the prisoner.
baɪ hɑːt
wʌn naɪt, ðə ˈʤeɪlə dɪˈsaɪdɪd tuː pleɪ ə ʤəʊk ɒn hɪz ˈkɒliːg tuː faɪnd aʊt ɪf, ˈɑːftə səʊ ˈmɛni pəˈfɔːmənsɪz, hiː hæd ˈmænɪʤd tuː lɜːn ðə ˈkɒntɛnts ɒv ðə ˈlɛtə baɪ hɑːt.
ðə ˈkɜːtn wɛnt ʌp ɒn ðə ˈfaɪnl ækt ɒv ðə pleɪ ænd rɪˈviːld ði ˈærɪstəkræt ˈsɪtɪŋ əˈləʊn bɪˈhaɪnd bɑːz ɪn hɪz dɑːk sɛl. ʤʌst ðɛn, ðə ˈʤeɪlər əˈpɪəd wɪð ðə ˈprɛʃəs ˈlɛtər ɪn hɪz bændz. hiː ˈɛntəd ðə sɛl ænd prɪˈzɛntɪd ðə ˈlɛtə tuː ði ˈærɪstəkræt. bʌt ðə ˈkɒpi hiː geɪv hɪm hæd nɒt biːn ˈrɪtn aʊt ɪn fʊl æz ˈjuːʒʊəl. ɪt wɒz ˈsɪmpli ə blæŋk ʃiːt ɒv ˈpeɪpə. ðə ˈʤeɪlə lʊkt ɒn ˈiːgəli, ˈæŋkʃəs tuː siː ɪf hɪz ˈfɛləʊ ˈæktə hæd æt lɑːst lɜːnt hɪz laɪnz. ðə ˈnəʊbl steəd æt ðəblæŋk ʃiːt ɒv ˈpeɪpə fɔːr ə fjuː ˈsɛkəndz. ðɛn, ˈskwɪntɪŋ hɪz aɪz, hiː sɛd:"ðə laɪt ɪz dɪm. riːd ðə ˈlɛtə tuː miː”. ænd hiː ˈprɒmptli ˈhændɪd ðə ʃiːt ɒv ˈpeɪpə tuː ðə ˈʤeɪlə. ˈfaɪndɪŋ ðæt hiː kʊd nɒt rɪˈmɛmbər ə wɜːd ɒv ðə ˈlɛtər ˈaɪðə, ðə ˈʤeɪlə rɪˈplaɪd: “ðə laɪt ɪz ɪnˈdiːd dɪm, ˈsaɪə, aɪ mʌst gɛt maɪ ˈglɑːsɪz.” wɪð ðɪs, hiː ˈhʌrɪd ɒf ðə steɪʤ. mʌʧ tuː ði ˈærɪstəkræts əˈmjuːzmənt, ðə ˈʤeɪlə rɪˈtɜːnd ə fjuː ˈməʊmənts ˈleɪtə wɪð ə peər ɒv ˈglɑːsɪz ænd ðə ˈjuːʒʊəl ˈkɒpi ɒv ðə ˈlɛtə wɪðhiː prəˈsiːdɪd tuː riːd tuː ðə ˈprɪznə.
任务配置:L0+L1+ L4
知识笔记:
单词:1、curtain:窗帘,幕,幕布,2、revealed:透露,揭示,表明,3、cell:细胞,牢房,元件,4、bar:栏杆,长条,棒 ,behind bars:在牢里,在坐牢,5、a blank sheet of paper:一张白纸,6、eagerly:热切地,急切地,7、squint:眯,squinting:眯着眼睛,8、dim:暗淡,模糊,9、amusement:娱乐,消遣,乐事,惊异,10、sire:陛下,阁下
音标:/z/ 发音同/s/,须振动声带。
练习感悟:读得快又太快了,慢又太慢了,这种比较长的文章,就是比较难读