[Day 096 2019-01-11]
练习材料：Lesson 96 The dead return
任务配置：L0 +L4
知识笔记：（用时1.5 h）
Lesson 96 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.
ˈlɛsən96 ðə dɛd rɪˈtɜrn
ə ˈfɛstɪvəl fɔr ðə dɛd ɪz hɛld wʌns ə jɪr ɪn ʤəˈpæn. ðɪs ˈfɛstɪvəl ɪz ə ˈʧɪrfəl əˈkeɪʒən, fɔr ɑn ðɪs deɪ, ðə dɛd ɑr sɛd tu rɪˈtɜrn tu ðɛr hoʊmz ænd ðeɪ ɑr ˈwɛlkəmd baɪ ðə ˈlɪvɪŋ. æz ðeɪ ɑr ɪkˈspɛktɪd tu bi ˈhʌŋgri ˈæftər ðɛr lɔŋ ˈʤɜrni, fud ɪz leɪd aʊt fɔr ðɛm. ˈspɛʃəli-meɪd ˈlæntərnz ɑr hʌŋ ˈaʊtˈsaɪd iʧ haʊs tu hɛlp ðə dɛd tu faɪnd ðɛr weɪ. ɔl naɪt lɔŋ, ˈpipəl dæns ænd sɪŋ. ɪn ði ˈɜrli ˈmɔrnɪŋ, ðə fud ðæt hæd bɪn leɪd aʊt fɔr ðə dɛd ɪz θroʊn ˈɪntu ə ˈrɪvər ɔr ˈɪntu ðə si æz ɪt ɪz kənˈsɪdərd ənˈlʌki fɔr ˈɛniˌwʌn ˈlɪvɪŋ tu it ɪt. ɪn taʊnz ðæt ɑr nɪr ðə si, ðə ˈtaɪni ˈlæntərnz wɪʧ hæd bɪn hʌŋ ɪn ðə strits ðə naɪt bɪˈfɔr, ɑr pleɪst ˈɪntu ðə ˈwɔtər wɛn ðə ˈfɛstɪvəl ɪz ˈoʊvər. ˈθaʊzəndz ʌv ˈlæntərnz ˈsloʊli drɪft aʊt tu si ˈgaɪdɪŋ ðə dɛd ɑn ðɛr rɪˈtɜrn ˈʤɜrni tu ði ˈʌðər wɜrld. ðɪs ɪz ə ˈmuvɪŋ ˈspɛktəkəl, fɔr kraʊdz ʌv ˈpipəl stænd ɑn ðə ʃɔr ˈwɑʧɪŋ ðə ˈlæntərnz ˈdrɪftɪŋ əˈweɪ ənˈtɪl ðeɪ kæn bi sin noʊ mɔr.
练习感悟：
练习了一个小时，然后有点厌倦了，没力气一点一点纠正慢慢练，所以，最后自己读了不到十遍，录音时长一致就交作业了。有很多发音和语调自知没有处理好的，都不愿意听了。感觉就是打不开口腔，声音也沉不下去。得下点功夫暴力攻破，作为首要难点来应对。
试着反复听好几个人的朗读，想找今天学的音标发音的茬，发现听不出来，总觉得人家读的没啥问题，但是似乎又不够好，愣是一个字没写。
