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L46-3:

Do it yourself

/duː/ /ɪt/ /jɔːˈsɛlf/

Inevitably the repair job was not quite so simple. The mower

/ɪnˈɛvɪtəbli/ /ðə/ /rɪˈpeə/ /ʤɒb/ /wɒz/ /nɒt/ /kwaɪt/ /səʊ/ /ˈsɪmpl./ /ðə/ /ˈməʊə/

firmly refused tomow, so I decided to dismantle it. The

/ˈfɜːmli/ /ˌriːˈfjuːzd/ /tuː/ /maʊ,/ /səʊ/ /aɪ/ /dɪˈsaɪdɪd/ /tuː/ /dɪsˈmæntl/ /ɪt./ /ðiː/

garden was soon littered with chunks of metal which had

/ˈgɑːdn/ /wɒz/ /suːn/ /ˈlɪtəd/ /wɪð/ /ʧʌŋks/ /ɒv/ /ˈmɛtl/ /wɪʧ/ /hæd/

once made up a lawn mower. But I was extremely pleased

/wʌns/ /meɪd/ /ʌp/ /ə//lɔːn/ /ˈməʊə./ /bʌt/ /aɪ/ /wɒz/ /ɪksˈtriːmli/ /pliːzd/

with myself. I had traced the cause of the trouble. One of the

/wɪð/ /maɪˈsɛlf./ /aɪ/ /hæd/ /treɪst/ /ðə/ /kɔːz/ /ɒv/ /ðə/ /ˈtrʌbl./ /wʌn/ /ɒv/ /ðiː/

links in the chain that drives the wheels hadsnapped. After

/lɪŋks/ /ɪn/ /ðə/ /ʧeɪn/ /ðæt/ /draɪvz/ /ðə/ /wiːlz/ /hæd/ /snæpt./ /ˈɑːftə/

buying a new chain I was faced with the insurmountable

/ˈbaɪɪŋ/ /ə/ /njuː/ /ʧeɪn/ /aɪ/ /wɒz/ /feɪst/ /wɪð/ /ði/ /ˌɪnsə(ː)ˈmaʊntəbl/

task of putting the confusing jigsaw puzzle together again. I

/tɑːsk/ /ɒv/ /ˈpʊtɪŋ/ /ðə/ /kənˈfjuːzɪŋ/ /ˈʤɪgˌsɔː/ /ˈpʌzl/ /təˈgɛðər/ /əˈgɛn./ /aɪ/

was not surprised to find that machine still refused to work

/wɒz/ /nɒt/ /səˈpraɪzd/ /tuː/ /faɪnd/ /ðæt/ /məˈʃiːn/ /stɪl/ /ˌriːˈfjuːzd/ /tuː/ /wɜːk/

after I had reassembled it, for the simple reason that I was

/ˈɑːftər/ /aɪ/ /hæd/ /ˌriːəˈsɛmbld/ /ɪt,/ /fɔː/ /ðə/ /ˈsɪmpl/ /ˈriːzn/ /ðæt/ /aɪ/ /wɒz/

left with several curiously shaped bits of metal which did not

/lɛft/ /wɪð/ /ˈsɛvrəl/ /ˈkjʊərɪəsli/ /ʃeɪpt/ /bɪts/ /ɒv/ /ˈmɛtl/ /wɪʧ/ /dɪd/ /nɒt/

seem to fit anywhere. I gave up in despair. The weeks passed

/siːm/ /tuː/ /fɪt/ /ˈɛnɪweə./ /aɪ/ /geɪv/ /ʌp/ /ɪn/ /dɪsˈpeə./ /ðə/ /wiːks/ /pɑːst/ /

and the grass grew. When my wife nagged me to do

/ænd/ /ðə/ /grɑːs//gruː./ /wɛn/ /maɪ/ /waɪf/ /nægd/ /miː/ /tuː/ /duː/

something about it, I told her that either I would have to buy

/ˈsʌmθɪŋ/ /əˈbaʊt/ /ɪt,/ /aɪ/ /təʊld/ /hɜː/ /ðæt/ /ˈaɪðər/ /aɪ/ /wʊd/ /hæv/ /tuː/ /baɪ/

a new mower or let the grass grow. Needless to say our

/ə/ /njuː/ /ˈməʊər/ /ɔː/ /lɛt/ /ðə/ /grɑːs/ /grəʊ./ /ˈniːdlɪs/ /tuː/ /seɪ/ /ˈaʊə/

house is now surrounded by a jungle.Buried somewhere in

 /haʊs/ /ɪz/ /naʊ/ /səˈraʊndɪd/ /baɪ/ /ə/ /ˈʤʌŋgl./ /ˈbɛrid/ /ˈsʌmweər/ /ɪn/

deep grass there is a rusting lawn mower which I have

/diːp/ /grɑːs/ /ðeər/ /ɪz/ /ə/ /ˈrʌstɪŋ/ /lɔːn/ /ˈməʊə/ /wɪʧ/ /aɪ/ /hæv/

promised to repair one day.

/ˈprɒmɪst/ /tuː/ /rɪˈpeə/ /wʌn/ /deɪ./

任务配置：L0+L4

知识笔记：

1/ 單詞

dismantle - v. 拆卸

chunk - n. （厚）块

snap - v. 绷断

insurmountable - adj. 不能克服的，难以对付的

jigsaw - n. 线锯

nag - v. 唠叨不休

buried - v. 埋葬

rust - v. 生锈

2/音標

dismantle /dɪˈsaɪdɪd/

chunk /ʧʌŋks/

snap /snæpt./

insurmountable /ˌɪnsə(ː)ˈmaʊntəbl/

jigsaw /ˈʤɪgˌsɔː/

nag /nægd/

buried /ˈbɛrid/

rust /ˈrʌstɪŋ/

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