L48-3: The silent village
Sitting down on a dilapidated wooden fence near the field, we opened a couple of tins of sardines and had a picnic lunch. All at once, I noticed that my wife seemed to be filled with alarm. Looking up I saw that we were surrounded by children in rags who were looking at us silently as we ate. We offered them food and spoke to them kindly, but they remained motionless. I concluded that they were simply shy of strangers. When we later walked down the main street of the village, we were followed by a silent procession of children. The village which had seemed deserted, immediately came to life. Faces appeared at windows. Men in shirt sleeves stood outside their houses and glared at us. Old women in black shawls peered at us from doorways. The most frightening thing of all was that not a sound could be heard. There was no doubt that we were unwelcome visitors. We needed no further warning. Turning back down the main street, we quickened our pace and made our way rapidly towards the stream where we hoped the boatman was waiting.
任務配置：L0+L4
詞音：dilapidated,sardine,procession,shawl
詞義：dilapidated? 荒廢的，要塌似的；破壞的；sardine? 沙丁魚；庸碌的人；procession? 隊伍；一列；列隊行進；sleeve? 套筒；袖子；glare? 瞪眼表示；shawl? 圍巾，長方形披巾；peer? 凝視，盯著看；窺視
練習感悟：
聽起來今天朗讀有了進步，更加像外國人講話了，加油。
一句話，就是干。
