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L47-2: Too high aprice?

Burglar alarmsgoing off at any time of the day or night serve only to annoy passers-by andactually assist burglars to burgle. Car alarms constantly scream at us in thestreet and are a source of profound irritation. A recent survey of the effectsof noise revealed (surprisingly?) that dogs barking incessantly in the nightrated the highest form of noise pollution on a scale ranging from 1 to 7.

The survey revealed a large number of sources of noise that we really dislike. Lawn mowers whining on a summer's day, late-night parties in apartment blocks, noisy neighbours, vehicles of all kinds, especially large container trucks thundering through quiet villages, planes and helicopters flying overhead, large radios carried round in public places and played at maximum volume. New technology has also made its own contribution to noise. A lot of people object to mobile phones, especially when they are used in public places like restaurants or on public transport. Loud conversations on mobile phones invade our thoughts or interrupt the pleasure of meeting friends for a quiet chat. The noise pollution survey revealed a rather surprising and possibly amusing old fashioned source of noise. It turned out to be snoring! Men were found to be the worst offenders.

It was revealedthat 20% of men in their mid-thirties snore. This figure rises to a staggering60% of men in their sixties. Against these figures, it was found that only 5%of women snore regularly, while the rest are constantly woken or kept awake bytheir trumpeting partners. Whatever thesource of noise, one thing is certain: silence, it seems, has become a goldenmemory.

tuː haɪ ə praɪs?

ˈbɜːglər əˈlɑːmz ˈgəʊɪŋ ɒf æt ˈɛni taɪm ɒv ðə deɪ ɔː naɪt

sɜːv ˈəʊnli tuː əˈnɔɪ ˈpɑːsəz-baɪ ænd ˈækʧʊəli əˈsɪst ˈbɜːgləz tuː ˈbɜːgl. kɑːr əˈlɑːmz ˈkɒnstəntli skriːm æt ʌs ɪn ðə striːt ænd ɑːr ə sɔːs ɒv prəˈfaʊnd ˌɪrɪˈteɪʃən. ə

ˈriːsnt ˈsɜːveɪ ɒv ði ɪˈfɛkts ɒv nɔɪz rɪˈviːld (səˈpraɪzɪŋli?) ðæt dɒgz ˈbɑːkɪŋ ɪnˈsɛsntli ɪn ðə naɪt ˈreɪtɪd ðə ˈhaɪɪstfɔːm ɒv nɔɪz pəˈluːʃən ɒn ə skeɪl ˈreɪnʤɪŋ frɒm 1 tuː 7.

ðə ˈsɜːveɪ rɪˈviːld

ə lɑːʤ ˈnʌmbər ɒv ˈsɔːsɪz ɒv nɔɪz ðæt wiː ˈrɪəli

dɪsˈlaɪk. lɔːn ˈməʊəz ˈwaɪnɪŋ ɒn ə ˈsʌməz deɪ, leɪt-naɪt ˈpɑːtiz ɪn əˈpɑːtmənt blɒks, ˈnɔɪzi ˈneɪbəz, ˈviːɪklz ɒv ɔːl kaɪndz, ɪsˈpɛʃəli

lɑːʤ kənˈteɪnə trʌks ˈθʌndərɪŋ θruː ˈkwaɪət

ˈvɪlɪʤɪz, pleɪnz ænd ˈhɛlɪkɒptəz ˈflaɪɪŋ ˈəʊvɛhɛd, lɑːʤ ˈreɪdɪəʊz ˈkærid raʊnd ɪn ˈpʌblɪk ˈpleɪsɪz

ænd pleɪd æt ˈmæksɪməm ˈvɒljʊm. njuː tɛkˈnɒləʤi hæz ˈɔːlsəʊ meɪd ɪts əʊn ˌkɒntrɪˈbjuːʃən

tuː nɔɪz. ə lɒt ɒv ˈpiːpl ˈɒbʤɪkt tuː ˈməʊbaɪl fəʊnz, ɪsˈpɛʃəli wɛn ðeɪ ɑː juːzd ɪn ˈpʌblɪk ˈpleɪsɪz laɪk ˈrɛstrɒnts

ɔːr ɒn ˈpʌblɪk ˈtrænspɔːt. laʊd ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃənz ɒn ˈməʊbaɪl fəʊnz ɪnˈveɪd ˈaʊə θɔːts

ɔːr ˌɪntəˈrʌpt ðə ˈplɛʒər ɒv ˈmiːtɪŋ frɛndz fɔːr ə ˈkwaɪət ʧæt. ðə nɔɪz pəˈluːʃən

ˈsɜːveɪ rɪˈviːld ə ˈrɑːðə səˈpraɪzɪŋ ænd ˈpɒsəbli əˈmjuːzɪŋ əʊld ˈfæʃənd sɔːs ɒv nɔɪz. ɪt tɜːndaʊt tuː biː ˈsnɔːrɪŋ! mɛn wɜː faʊnd tuː biː ðə wɜːst əˈfɛndəz.

ɪt wɒz rɪˈviːld

ðæt 20% ɒv mɛn ɪn ðeə mɪd-ˈθɜːtɪz snɔː. ðɪs ˈfɪgə ˈraɪzɪz tuː ə ˈstægərɪŋ 60% ɒv

mɛn ɪn ðeə ˈsɪkstɪz. əˈgɛnst ðiːz ˈfɪgəz, ɪt wɒz faʊnd ðæt ˈəʊnli 5% ɒv ˈwɪmɪn

snɔː ˈrɛgjʊləli, waɪl ðə rɛst ɑː ˈkɒnstəntli ˈwəʊkən ɔː kɛpt əˈweɪk baɪ ðeə ˈtrʌmpɪtɪŋ ˈpɑːtnəz.

wɒtˈɛvə ðə sɔːs ɒvnɔɪz, wʌn θɪŋ ɪz ˈsɜːtn: ˈsaɪləns, ɪt siːmz, hæz bɪˈkʌm ə ˈgəʊldən ˈmɛməri.

任务配置：L0+L4

知识笔记：

单词：1、burglar：窃贼，2、burglar alarm going off serve：警报器响起，3、assist：协助，辅助，4、burgle：盗窃，5、constantly：不断地，时刻，6、profound：深刻的，深厚，深刻，7、irritation：刺激，烦恼，8、incessantly：不已，连天，9、rated：额定，评定，10、on a scale ranging from 1-7：从1到7的等级里，11、whining：抱怨，呜呜声，12、large container truck：大型货柜车，13、maximum volume：最大音量，14、interrupt：打断，打岔，插嘴，15、snoring：打鼾，16、offender：罪犯，坏人，17、snore：鼾，打呼，18、staggering：惊人的，踉跄，19、trumpeting：吹嘘，喇叭声，

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练习感悟：今天的文章，接近两分钟，而且生词也不少，语速也快，真怀疑自己能否完成任务，但是录了大概三四遍也就达标了，挺庆幸的。不过加上朗读练习，就这篇文章都花了两个多小时了。