練習材料：

L49-1: The ideal servant

It is a good thing my aunt Harriet died years ago. If she were alive today she would not be able to air her views on her favourite topic of conversation: domestic servants. Aunt Harriet lived in that leisurely age when servants were employed to do housework. She had a huge, rambling country house called 'The Gables'. She was sentimentally attached to this house, for even though it was far too big for her needs, she persisted in living there long after her husband's death. Before she grew old, Aunt Harriet used to entertain lavishly. I often visited The Gables when I was a boy. No matter how many guests were present, the great house was always immaculate. The parquet floors shone like mirrors; highly polished silver was displayed in gleaming glass cabinets; even my uncle's huge collection of books was kept miraculously free from dust. Aunt Harriet presided over an invisible army of servants that continuously scrubbed, cleaned, and polished. She always referred to them as 'the shifting population', for they came and went with such frequency that I never even got a chance to learn their names.

?t ?z ? g?d θ?? ma? ɑ?nt ?h?r??t da?d j??z ??g??. ?f ?i? w??r ??la?v t??de? ?i? w?d n?t bi? ?e?bl tu? e? h?? vju?z ?n h?? ?fe?v?r?t ?t?p?k ?v ?k?nv??se???n: d???m?st?k ?s??v?nts. ɑ?nt ?h?r??t l?vd ?n e?t ?l???li e?? w?n ?s??v?nts w??r ?m?pl??d tu? du? ?ha?sw??k. ?i? h?d ? hju??, ?r?mbl?? ?k?ntri ha?s k??ld e? ?ge?blz. ?i? w?z ?s?nt??m?ntli ??t??t tu? e?s ha?s, f??r ?i?v?n e?? ?t w?z fɑ? tu? b?g f?? h?? ni?dz, ?i? p??s?st?d ?n ?l?v?? ee? l?? ?ɑ?ft? h?? ?h?zb?ndz d?θ. b??f?? ?i? gru? ??ld, ɑ?nt ?h?r??t ju?zd tu? ??nt??te?n ?l?v??li. a? ??f(?)n ?v?z?t?d e? ?ge?blz w?n a? w?z ? b??. n?? ?m?t? ha? ?m?ni g?sts w?? ?pr?znt, e? gre?t ha?s w?z ???lwe?z ??m?kj?l?t. e? ?pɑ?ke? fl??z ??n la?k ?m?r?z; ?ha?li ?p?l??t ?s?lv? w?z d?s?ple?d ?n ?gli?m?? glɑ?s ?k?b?n?ts; ?i?v?n ma? ???klz hju?? k??l?k??n ?v b?ks w?z k?pt m??r?kj?l?sli fri? fr?m d?st. ɑ?nt ?h?r??t pr??za?d?d ???v?r ?n ?n?v?z?bl ?ɑ?mi ?v ?s??v?nts e?t k?n?t?nj??sli skr?bd, kli?nd, ?nd ?p?l??t. ?i? ???lwe?z r??f??d tu? e?m ?z e? ???ft?? ?p?pj??le???n, f?? ee? ke?m ?nd w?nt w?e s?? ?fri?kw?nsi e?t a? ?n?v?r ?i?v?n g?t ? ?ɑ?ns tu? l??n ee? ne?mz.

任務(wù)配置：

L0＋L4

知識筆記：

新詞：ideal 完美、理想的；domestic 家務(wù)的；leisurely 慢悠悠的；ramble 漫游，散步；gable 山墻；sentimentally 感情上；persist 執(zhí)著的做；entertain 款待；lavishly 極其大方地；immaculate 一塵不染的；parquet 拼花地板；polish 拋光；cabinet 內(nèi)閣；miraculously 出乎意料地；continuously 連續(xù)不斷地；

詞組：air one's views 公開發(fā)表意見；attached to 附屬于，依戀；

練習感悟：

今天早上是因為昨晚背稿子的特殊原因，睡到了六點半。所以就中午做啦，所幸是認真地。