练习材料：
Lesson96 The dead return
A Festival for the Dead is held once a year in Japan. This festival is a cheerful occasion, for on this day, the dead are said to return to their homes and they are welcomed by the living. As they are expected to be hungry after their long journey, food is laid out for them. Specially-made lanterns are hung outside each house to help the dead to find their way. All night long, people dance and sing. In the early morning, the food that had been laid out for the dead is thrown into a river or into the sea as it is considered unlucky for anyone living to eat it. In towns that are near the sea, the tiny lanterns which had been hung in the streets the night before, are placed into the water when the festival is over. Thousands of lanterns slowly drift out to sea guiding the dead on their return journey to the other world. This is a moving spectacle, for crowds of people stand on the shore watching the lanterns drifting away until they can be seen no more.
/ˈlɛsən/ /ˈnaɪnti/-/sɪks/ /ðə/ /dɛd/ /rɪˈtɜrn/
/ə/ /ˈfɛstəvəl/ /fər/ /ðə/ /dɛd/ /əz/ /hɛld/ /wʌns/ /ə/ /jɪr/ /ɪn/ /ʤəˈpæn/. /ðɪs/ /ˈfɛstəvəl/ /əz/ /ə/ /ˈʧɪrfəl/ /əˈkeɪʒən/, /fər/ /ɑn/ /ðɪs/ /deɪ/, /ðə/ /dɛd/ /ər/ /sɛd/ /tə/ /rɪˈtɜrn/ /tə/ /ðɛr/ /hoʊmz/ /ənd/ /ðeɪ/ /ər/ /ˈwɛlkəmd/ /baɪ/ /ðə/ /ˈlɪvɪŋ/. /əz/ /ðeɪ/ /ər/ /ɪkˈspɛktəd/ /tə/ /bi/ /ˈhʌŋgri/ /ˈæftər/ /ðɛr/ /lɔŋ/ /ˈʤɜrni/, /fud/ /əz/ /leɪd/ /aʊt/ /fər/ /ðɛm/. /ˈspɛʃəli/-/meɪd/ /ˈlæntərnz/ /ər/ /hʌŋ/ /ˈaʊtˈsaɪd/ /iʧ/ /haʊs/ /tə/ /hɛlp/ /ðə/ /dɛd/ /tə/ /faɪnd/ /ðɛr/ /weɪ/. /ɔl/ /naɪt/ /lɔŋ/, /ˈpipəl/ /dæns/ /ənd/ /sɪŋ/. /ɪn/ /ði/ /ˈɜrli/ /ˈmɔrnɪŋ/, /ðə/ /fud/ /ðət/ /həd/ /bɪn/ /leɪd/ /aʊt/ /fər/ /ðə/ /dɛd/ /əz/ /θroʊn/ /ˈɪntə/ /ə/ /ˈrɪvər/ /ɔr/ /ˈɪntə/ /ðə/ /si/ /əz/ /ɪt/ /əz/ /kənˈsɪdərd/ /ənˈlʌki/ /fər/ /ˈɛniˌwʌn/ /ˈlɪvɪŋ/ /tʊ/ /it/ /ɪt/. /ɪn/ /taʊnz/ /ðət/ /ər/ /nɪr/ /ðə/ /si/, /ðə/ /ˈtaɪni/ /ˈlæntərnz/ /wɪʧ/ /həd/ /bɪn/ /hʌŋ/ /ɪn/ /ðə/ /strits/ /ðə/ /naɪt/ /bɪˈfɔr/, /ɑr/ /pleɪst/ /ˈɪntə/ /ðə/ /ˈwɔtər/ /wɛn/ /ðə/ /ˈfɛstəvəl/ /əz/ /ˈoʊvər/. /ˈθaʊzəndz/ /əv/ /ˈlæntərnz/ /ˈsloʊli/ /drɪft/ /aʊt/ /tə/ /si/ /ˈgaɪdɪŋ/ /ðə/ /dɛd/ /ɑn/ /ðɛr/ /rɪˈtɜrn/ /ˈʤɜrni/ /tə/ /ði/ /ˈʌðər/ /wɜrld/. /ðɪs/ /ɪz/ /ə/ /ˈmuvɪŋ/ /ˈspɛktəkəl/, /fər/ /kraʊdz/ /əv/ /ˈpipəl/ /stænd/ /ɑn/ /ðə/ /ʃɔr/ /ˈwɑʧɪŋ/ /ðə/ /ˈlæntərnz/ /ˈdrɪftɪŋ/ /əˈweɪ/ /ənˈtɪl/ /ðeɪ/ /kən/ /bi/ /sin/ /noʊ/ /mɔr/.
任务配置：
L0+L4
知识笔记：
- 朗读（L0）：Festival/ˈfɛstəvəl/，来源 https://tophonetics.com/。
- 其他：
spectacle 英[ˈspektəkl]
美[ˈspɛktəkəl]
n. 眼镜; 奇观，壮观; 光景，景象; 表演，场面;
[例句]He looked at me over the tops of his spectacles.
他从眼镜框的上方看了看我。
（来源：百度翻译）
练习感悟：
- 朗读感受：这种节日污染环境的好么。本篇语速比昨天那篇较快，所以读起来比较流畅也容易读到时长一样。新概念2到此就结束了，感觉自己的语音确实听上去比以前更接近原音，读文章也更流畅，只是时不时的重音出错和用力过猛舌头卷不过来。最大的发现是发现自己是个假努力的偷懒人，每天能坚持下来，但不能每天都用心思考，当然时间也没那么充裕。怎么样才算不放水？每个人的答案不同才对。目标不同，人生阶段不同，会带来不同的行为。对于我来说，娃刚出生每天时间并不充裕，且暂时本职工作对英语要求一般，大概就是每天的练习都练到位，然后多少有所得，学个单词学个搭配纠正个发音啥的，慢慢积累就行了吧。反正自己就是个慢性子，也不求英语多大成就，先这样保持着好了。
- 能否改进：暂无。
- 打鸡血：加油～
