练习材料:
L36-2:A chance ina million
Franz poured scornon the idea, pointing out that his brother had been killed in action during thewar. Though Mrs. Busssman was fully acquainted with this story, she thoughtthat there was a chance in a million that she might be right. A few days later,she sent a boy to the workman to ask him if his name was Hans Bussman. Needlessto say, the man's name was Hans Bussman and he really was Franz's long-lostbrother.
When the brotherswere reunited, Hans explained how it was that he was still alive. After havingbeen wounded towards the end of the war, he had been sent to hospital and wasseparated from his unit. The hospital had been bombed and Hans had made his wayback into Western Germany on foot. Meanwhile, his unit was lost and all recordsof him had been destroyed. Hans returned to his family home, but the house hadbeen bombed and no one in the neighbourhood knew what had become of theinhabitants. Assuming that his family had been killed during an air raid, Hanssettled down in a village fifty miles away where he had remained ever since.
ə ʧɑːns ɪn ə ˈmɪljən
frænz pɔːd skɔːn ɒn ði aɪˈdɪə, ˈpɔɪntɪŋ aʊt ðæt hɪz ˈbrʌðə hæd biːn kɪld ɪn ˈækʃ(ə)n ˈdjʊərɪŋ ðə wɔː. ðəʊ Mrs. Busssman ˈfʊli əˈkweɪntɪd wɪð ðɪs ˈstɔːri, ʃiː θɔːt ðæt ðeə wɒz ə ʧɑːns ɪn ə ˈmɪljən ðæt ʃiː maɪt biː raɪt. ə fjuː deɪz ˈleɪtə, ʃiː sɛnt ə bɔɪ tuː ðə ˈwɜːkmən tuː ɑːsk hɪm ɪf hɪz neɪm wɒz ˈhɑːnz Bussman. ˈniːdlɪs tuː seɪ, ðə mænz neɪm wɒz ˈhɑːnz Bussman ænd hiː ˈrɪəli wɒz ˈfrænzɪz lɒŋ-lɒstˈbrʌðə.
wɛn ðə ˈbrʌðəz wɜː ˌriːjuːˈnaɪtɪd, ˈhɑːnz ɪksˈpleɪnd haʊ ɪt wɒz ðæt hiː wɒz stɪl əˈlaɪv. ˈɑːftə ˈhævɪŋ biːn ˈwuːndɪd təˈwɔːdz ði ɛnd ɒv ðə wɔː, hiː hæd biːn sɛnt tuː ˈhɒspɪtl ænd wɒz ˈsɛpəreɪtɪd frɒm hɪz ˈjuːnɪt. ðə ˈhɒspɪtl hæd biːn bɒmd ænd ˈhɑːnz hæd meɪd hɪz weɪ bæk ˈɪntuː ˈwɛstən ˈʤɜːməni ɒn fʊt. ˈmiːnˈwaɪl, hɪz ˈjuːnɪt wɒz lɒst ænd ɔːl ˈrɛkɔːdz ɒv hɪm hæd biːn dɪsˈtrɔɪd. ˈhɑːnz rɪˈtɜːnd tuː hɪz ˈfæmɪli həʊm, bʌt ðə haʊs hæd biːn bɒmd ænd nəʊ wʌn ɪn ðə ˈneɪbəhʊd njuː wɒt hæd bɪˈkʌm ɒv ði ɪnˈhæbɪtənts. əˈsjuːmɪŋ ðæt hɪz ˈfæmɪli hæd biːn kɪld ˈdjʊərɪŋ ən eə reɪd, ˈhɑːnz ˈsɛtld daʊn ɪn ə ˈvɪlɪʤ ˈfɪfti maɪlz əˈweɪweə hiː hæd rɪˈmeɪnd ˈɛvə sɪns.
任务配置:L0+L4
知识笔记:
单词:1、poured:倾倒,scorn:蔑视,poured scorn:不屑一顾,2、acquaint:熟悉,3、reunited:重聚,4、separate:分离,分开,隔开,5、raid:袭击,进犯,6、remain:保持,停留,残留,留下
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练习感悟:难度还是比较大的,虽然生词不多,但是比较长,语速也比较快