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L36-1：

A chance in a million

/ə/ /ʧɑːns/ /ɪn/ /ə/ /ˈmɪljən/

We are less credulous than we used to be. In the nineteenth

/wiː/ /ɑː/ /lɛs/ /ˈkrɛdjʊləs/ /ðæn/ /wiː/ /juːzd/ /tuː/ /biː./ /ɪn/ /ðə/ /ˈnaɪnˈtiːŋθ/

century, a novelist would bring his story to a conclusion by

/ˈsɛnʧʊri,/ /ə/ /ˈnɒvəlɪst/ /wʊd/ /brɪŋ/ /hɪz/ /ˈstɔːri/ /tuː/ /ə/ /kənˈkluːʒən/ /baɪ/

presenting his readers with a series of coincidences-- most

/prɪˈzɛntɪŋ/ /hɪz/ /ˈriːdəz/ /wɪð/ /ə/ /ˈsɪəriːz/ /ɒv/ /kəʊˈɪnsɪdənsɪz/ /--/ /məʊst/

of them wildly improbable. Readers happily accepted the

/ɒv/ /ðɛm/ /ˈwaɪldli//ɪmˈprɒbəbl./ /ˈriːdəz/ /ˈhæpɪli/ /əkˈsɛptɪd/ /ðiː/

fact that an obscure maidservant was really the hero's

/fækt/ /ðæt/ /ən//əbˈskjʊə//ˈmeɪdˈsɜːvənt/ /wɒz/ /ˈrɪəli/ /ðə/ /ˈhɪərəʊz/

mother. A long-lost brother, who was presumed dead, was

/ˈmʌðə./ /ə/ /lɒŋ-lɒst/ /ˈbrʌðə,/ /huː/ /wɒz/ /prɪˈzjuːmd/ /dɛd,/ /wɒz/

really alive all the time and wickedly plotting to bring about

/ˈrɪəli/ /əˈlaɪv/ /ɔːl/ /ðə/ /taɪm/ /ænd//ˈwɪkɪdli//ˈplɒtɪŋ/ /tuː/ /brɪŋ/ /əˈbaʊt/

the hero's downfall. And so on. Modern readers would find

/ðə/ /ˈhɪərəʊz/ /ˈdaʊnfɔːl./ /ænd/ /səʊ/ /ɒn./ /ˈmɒdən/ /ˈriːdəz/ /wʊd/ /faɪnd/

such naive solution totally unacceptable. Yet, in real life,

/sʌʧ/ /nɑːˈiːv/ /səˈluːʃən/ /ˈtəʊtli/ /ˌʌnəkˈsɛptəbl./ /jɛt,/ /ɪn/ /rɪəl/ /laɪf,/

circumstances do sometimes conspire to bring about

/ˈsɜːkəmstənsɪz/ /duː/ /ˈsʌmtaɪmz/ /kənˈspaɪə/ /tuː/ /brɪŋ/ /əˈbaʊt/

coincidences which anyone but a nineteenth century

/kəʊˈɪnsɪdənsɪz//wɪʧ/ /ˈɛnɪwʌn/ /bʌt/ /ə/ /ˈnaɪnˈtiːŋθ/ /ˈsɛnʧʊri/

novelist would find incredible.

/ˈnɒvəlɪst/ /wʊd/ /faɪnd/ /ɪnˈkrɛdəbl./

When I was a boy, my grandfather told me how a German

/wɛn/ /aɪ/ /wɒz/ /ə/ /bɔɪ,/ /maɪ/ /ˈgrændˌfɑːðə/ /təʊld/ /miː/ /haʊ/ /ə/ /ˈʤɜːmən/

taxi driver, Franz Bussman, found a brother who was

/ˈtæksi/ /ˈdraɪvə,/ /frænz/ /Bussman,/ /faʊnd/ /ə/ /ˈbrʌðə/ /huː/ /wɒz/

thought to have been killed twenty years before. While on a

/θɔːt/ /tuː/ /hæv/ /biːn/ /kɪld/ /ˈtwɛnti/ /jɪəz/ /bɪˈfɔː./ /waɪl/ /ɒn/ /eɪ/

walking tour with his wife, he stooped to talk to a workman.

/ˈwɔːkɪŋ/ /tʊə/ /wɪð/ /hɪz/ /waɪf,/ /hiː//stuːpt//tuː/ /tɔːk/ /tuː/ /ə/ /ˈwɜːkmən./

After they had gone on, Mrs. Bussman commented on the

/ˈɑːftə/ /ðeɪ/ /hæd/ /gɒn/ /ɒn,/ /Mrs./ /Bussman/ /ˈkɒmɛntɪd/ /ɒn/ /ðiː/

workman's close resemblance to her husband and even

/ˈwɜːkmənz/ /kləʊs/ /rɪˈzɛmbləns/ /tuː/ /hɜː/ /ˈhʌzbənd/ /ænd/ /ˈiːvən/

suggested that he might be his brother.

/səˈʤɛstɪd/ /ðæt/ /hiː/ /maɪt/ /biː/ /hɪz/ /ˈbrʌðə./

任务配置：L0+L4

知识笔记：

1/ 單詞

credulous - adj. 轻信的

improbable - adj. 不大可能的

obscure - adj. 不起眼的

maidservant - n. 女仆，女佣

presume - v. 假定

wickedly - adv. 心眼坏地，居心叵测地

plot - v. 密谋

conspire - v. 合謀

stooped -v. past tense of  stoop 彎腰

resemblance - n. 相似

2/音標

credulous /ˈkrɛdjʊləs/

wildly /ˈwaɪldli/

obscure /əbˈskjʊə/

wickedly /ˈwɪkɪdli/

Bussman /Bussman,/

stooped /stuːpt/

resemblance /rɪˈzɛmbləns/

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