練習材料：
L31-2：A lovableeccentric
Dickie left theshop without a word and returned carrying a large cloth bag. As it wasextremely heavy, he dumped it on the counter. The assistant asked him to leave,but Dickie paid no attention to him and requested to see the manager.Recognizing who the customer was, the manager was most apologetic andreprimanded the assistant severely. When Dickie was given the watch, hepresented the assistant with the cloth bag. It contained $300 in pennies. Heinsisted on the assistant's counting the money before he left -- 30,000 penniesin all! On another occasion, he invited a number of important critics to seehis private collection of modern paintings. This exhibition received a greatdeal of attention in the press, for though the pictures were supposed to be thework of famous artists, they had in fact been painted by Dickie. It took himfour years to stage this elaborate joke simply to prove that critics do notalways know what they are talking about.
? ?l?v?b?l ?k?s?ntr?k
Dickie l?ft e? ??p
w??ea?t ? w??d ?nd r??t??nd ?k?ri?? ? lɑ?? kl?θ b?ɡ. ?z ?t w?z ?ks?tri?mli ?h?vi, hi? d?mpt ?t ?n e? ?ka?nt?.
ei ??s?st?nt ɑ?skt h?m tu? li?v, b?t Dickie pe?d n?? ??t?n??n
tu? h?m ?nd r??kw?st?d tu? si? e? ?m?n???. ?r?k?ɡna?z?? hu? e? ?k?st?m? w?z, e? ?m?n??? w?z m??st ??p?l????t?k
?nd ?r?pr?mɑ?nd?d ei ??s?st?nt s??v??li. w?n Dickie w?z
?ɡ?vn e? w??, hi? pr??z?nt?d ei ??s?st?nt w?e
e? kl?θ b?ɡ. ?t k?n?te?nd $300 ?n ?p?n?z. hi? ?n?s?st?d
?n ei ??s?st?nts ?ka?nt?? e? ?m?ni b??f?? hi? l?ft -- 30,000 ?p?n?z ?n ??l! ?n ??n?e?r
??ke???n, hi? ?n?va?t?d ? ?n?mb?r ?v ?m?p??t?nt ?kr?t?ks tu? si? h?z ?pra?v?t k??l?k??n
?v ?m?d?n ?pe?nt??z. e?s ??ks??b???n r??si?vd ? ɡre?t di?l ?v ??t?n??n ?n e? pr?s, f?? e?? e? ?p?k??z w??
s??p??zd tu? bi? e? w??k ?v ?fe?m?s ?ɑ?t?sts, ee? h?d ?n f?kt bi?n ?pe?nt?d ba? Dickie. ?t t?k
h?m f?? j??z tu? ste?? e?s ??l?b?r?t ???k ?s?mpli tu? pru?v e?t ?kr?t?ks du? n?t
???lwe?z n?? w?t ee? ɑ? ?t??k?? ??ba?t.
任務配置：L0 + L4
知識筆記：
單詞：1、dump：傾倒，拋棄，垃圾場，廢物堆，2、counter：柜臺，計算器，反駁，逆向地，反對的，3、apologetic：道歉的，謝罪的，4、reprimand：申斥，譴責，5、pennies：便士，多指硬幣，6、stage：階段，上演，舉辦，7、elaborate：復雜的，精心制作的，詳盡闡述，8、
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練習感悟：這篇文章，語句拗口，語速也快，跟讀都很難，后面單獨錄音就更難了，最后語調(diào)什么的都沒法顧及了，錄了六七遍才達標。
