Lesson 7 Too late
The plane was late and detectives were waiting at the airport all morning. They were expecting a valuable parcel of diamonds?from South Africa. A few hours earlier,?someone had told the police that thieves would try to steal the diamonds. When the plane arrived, some of the detectives were waiting inside the main building while others were waiting on the airfield. Two men took the parcel off the plane and carried it into the Customs House. While two detectives were keeping guard at the door, two others opened?the parcel. To their surprise, the precious parcel was full of stones and sand!
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任務(wù)配置：
L0+L1+L4
筆記：
1. parcel：?
a thing or collection of things wrapped in paper in order to be carried or sent by mail. 包裹，小包
synonyms:package,?packet
a quantity or amount of something, especially as dealt with in one commercial transaction.
"a parcel of shares"
a piece of land, especially one considered as part of an estate. 一塊地，一片地
synonyms:plot,?piece,?patch,?tract,?allotment,?lot,?plat
"a parcel of land"
也可以當(dāng)動(dòng)詞用，parcel sth out把...分發(fā)出去；分配
parcel out the gifts to the other children.她把禮物分給其他孩子。
parcel sth up mainly UK? 把...打包；捆扎
A?parcel?is a part of something, or a division. It can also be a package or a collection of things wrapped together.
Parcel?comes from the Anglo-Norman word for "part." Often when we use?parcel?to mean a part, we're talking about land, which is divided into definable (and purchasable) tracts. As a verb,?parcel?means to divide something into parts, just as after trick-or-treating you might parcel your candy stash into piles of chocolates, peppermints, or toffees. If you're selling the family farm, you might parcel it into four small plots.
2. 蝴蝶音的不完全化現(xiàn)象，sand，可以一個(gè)個(gè)收集，然后打包啦。
sank /s??/? ? ? ? ? ? drank /dr??k/? (Lesson 6 Percy Buttons)
sand /s?nd/
3. airfield
an area of land set aside for the takeoff, landing, and maintenance of aircraft. 飛機(jī)場(chǎng)
4. guard v. n.
n. the act or duty of protecting property, places or people from attack or danger; the act or duty of preventing prisoners from escaping. 警戒；保衛(wèi)；保護(hù)；看守
be at guard
to do guard duty
under armed guard
under police guard
keep guard
A person who protects something is called a?guard. You might see a security?guard?at the mall, a crossing?guard?on the street outside a school, or a palace?guardat Buckingham Palace.
To?guard?something is to watch over it or keep it from danger. You should ask someone to guard your backpack when you go to the restroom at the restaurant — or take it with you. The verb?guard?also means to protect against unintended consequences. To guard against overeating at the party, you could have a light snack before you go, so you aren't as tempted by all the delicious snacks and desserts.
5. diamond?
A?diamond?is a valuable gemstone that's often used to make expensive jewelry. You might admire your friend's?diamond?earrings, but secretly wonder if they're real.
An engagement ring is typically set with one or more diamonds. Diamonds used for jewelry are cut and polished, and they're evaluated for quality and price by weight, or carat, as well as by their cut, clarity, and color. Another kind of diamond is the geometrical shape, which is also seen on playing cards called?diamonds, and echoed in the shape of a baseball field, also known as a?diamond.
--- a diamond ring/necklace/bracelet
習(xí)語(yǔ)diamond cut diamond， 針?shù)h相對(duì)；棋逢對(duì)手
整個(gè)習(xí)語(yǔ)當(dāng)名詞用
例如：Whenever he argues with his brother, it is diamond cut diamond.
rough diamond (BrE) (NAmE, diamond in the rough) 外粗內(nèi)秀的人
a person who has many good qualities? even though they do not seem to be very polite, educated, etc.
---菱形
---（紙牌中的）方塊 one of the four suits/sets in a pack/deck of cards. The cards are marked with red diamond shapes.
---內(nèi)場(chǎng)；棒球場(chǎng) the space inside the lines that connects the four bases; also used to mean the whole baseball field.
L1
UH sound /?/
單詞：? ? took full? ?
1. To make this sound, the corners of the lips comes in a little so the lips flare away from the face
2. The back of the tongue lifts towards the back of the roof of the mouth
3. The front of the tongue remains down, but it might be pulled slight back, so it's not quite touching the back of the bottom front teeth.
in the stressed syllable, the vowel curves up, then down took
in an unstressed syllable, it's lower and flatter in pitch, as well as quieter and quicker. e.g goodbye.
練習(xí)感悟：
1.覺(jué)得UH sound /?/這個(gè)音發(fā)的夠好了，今天看了下在非重讀音節(jié)中的口型，還是做得不夠到位，嘴型還是長(zhǎng)得太大，做成了重讀音節(jié)中的嘴型。
2. 邊做筆記邊模仿，得不償失。所以寫(xiě)下這一條，我要去認(rèn)真模仿并且朗讀了。? ? ??
3. 21:41錄音完畢。錄了很多遍，發(fā)現(xiàn)都在48秒，差的4秒到底在哪兒？發(fā)現(xiàn)是有些句子與句子之間的停頓把握的不好，更重要的是，還有一些詞讀得要更長(zhǎng)一點(diǎn)，比如while, surprise, stones and sand可以再長(zhǎng)一點(diǎn)。
4.men跟man的發(fā)音
men /m?n/發(fā)的不夠好，張口太大，不夠標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，嘴型不到位；
復(fù)習(xí)man /m?n/
5.刻意對(duì)口型的時(shí)候，發(fā)出的音要多練習(xí)幾遍才能口型跟聲音對(duì)上，對(duì)著手機(jī)相機(jī)練習(xí)的時(shí)候，還是很不錯(cuò)的，可以看到自己嘴型，丑到不行，哈哈。
