Lily的Scalers Talk第四轮新概念朗读持续力训练 D

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It has never been explained why university students seem to enjoy practical jokes more than else. Students specialize in a particular type of practical joke: the hoax. Inviting the fire brigade to put out a nonexistent fire is a crude form of deception which no self-respecting student would ever indulge in. Students often create amusing situations which are funny to everyone except the victims.

When a student recently saw two workmen using a pneumatic drill outside his university, he immediately telephoned the police and informed them that two students dressed up as workmen were tearing up the road with a pneumatic drill. As soon as he had hung up, he went over to the workmen and told them that if a policeman ordered them to go away, they were not take him seriously.

He added that a student had dressed up as a policeman and was playing all sorts of silly jokes on people. Both the police and the workmen were grateful to the student for this piece of advance information.

ɪt hæz ˈnɛvə biːn ɪksˈpleɪnd waɪ ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsɪti ˈstjuːdənts siːm tuː ɪnˈʤɔɪ ˈpræktɪkəl ʤəʊks mɔː ðæn ɛls. ˈstjuːdənts ˈspɛʃəlaɪz ɪn ə pəˈtɪkjʊlə taɪp ɒv ˈpræktɪkəl ʤəʊk: ðə həʊks. ɪnˈvaɪtɪŋ ðə ˈfaɪə brɪˈgeɪd tuː pʊt aʊt ə nonexistent ˈfaɪər ɪz ə kruːd fɔːm ɒv dɪˈsɛpʃən wɪʧ nəʊ sɛlf-rɪsˈpɛktɪŋ ˈstjuːdənt wʊd ˈɛvər ɪnˈdʌlʤ ɪn. ˈstjuːdənts ˈɒf(ə)n kri(ː)ˈeɪt əˈmjuːzɪŋ ˌsɪtjʊˈeɪʃənz wɪʧ ɑː ˈfʌni tuː ˈɛvrɪwʌn ɪkˈsɛpt ðə ˈvɪktɪmz.

wɛn ə ˈstjuːdənt ˈriːsntli sɔː tuː ˈwɜːkmən ˈjuːzɪŋ ə nju(ː)ˈmætɪk drɪl ˌaʊtˈsaɪd hɪz ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsɪti, hiː ɪˈmiːdiətli ˈtɛlɪfəʊnd ðə pəˈliːs ænd ɪnˈfɔːmd ðɛm ðæt tuː ˈstjuːdənts drɛst ʌp æz ˈwɜːkmən wɜː ˈteərɪŋ ʌp ðə rəʊd wɪð ə nju(ː)ˈmætɪk drɪl. æz suːn æz hiː hæd hʌŋ ʌp, hiː wɛnt ˈəʊvə tuː ðə ˈwɜːkmən ænd təʊld ðɛm ðæt ɪf ə pəˈliːsmən ˈɔːdəd ðɛm tuː gəʊ əˈweɪ, ðeɪ wɜː nɒt teɪk hɪm ˈsɪərɪəsli.

hiː ˈædɪd ðæt ə ˈstjuːdənt hæd drɛst ʌp æz ə pəˈliːsmən ænd wɒz ˈpleɪɪŋ ɔːl sɔːts ɒv ˈsɪli ʤəʊks ɒn ˈpiːpl. bəʊθ ðə pəˈliːs ænd ðə ˈwɜːkmən wɜː ˈgreɪtfʊl tuː ðə ˈstjuːdənt fɔː ðɪs piːs ɒv ədˈvɑːns ˌɪnfəˈmeɪʃən.

任务配置L0+L4

知识点: specialize in 专门从事；the fire brigade 消防队；practical joke 恶作剧；hoax 戏弄人；crude form of deception 低级骗局；dress up 装扮成；be grateful to sb for Sth 对某人因某事表示感激；advance information 事先通报；

学习感悟：

今天的晨读打卡顺利，遇到brigade 能感觉到很熟悉，说明以前的朗读还是有效果的，继续努力吧！