练习材料：

Jeremy Hampden has a large circle of friends and isvery popular at parties. Everybody admires him for his great sense ofhumor--everybody, that is, except his six- year-old daughter, Jenny. Recently,one of Jeremy's closest friends asked him to make a speech at a weddingreception. This is the sort of thing that Jeremy loves. He prepared the speechcarefully and went to the wedding with Jenny. He had included a large number offunny stories in the speech and, of course, it was a great success. As soon ashe had finished, Jenny told him she wanted to go home. Jeremy was a littledisappointed by this but he did as his daughter asked. On the way home, heasked Jenny if she had enjoyed the speech. To his surprise, she said shehadn't. Jeremy asked her why this was so and she told him that she did not liketo see so many people laughing at him!

[ˈʤɛrɪmi] Hampden [hæz] [ə] [lɑːʤ] [ˈsɜːkl] [ɒv][frɛndz] [ænd] [ɪz] [ˈvɛri] [ˈpɒpjʊlər] [æt] [ˈpɑːtiz]. [ˈɛvrɪbɒdi] [ədˈmaɪəz][hɪm] [fɔː] [hɪz] [greɪt] [sɛns] [ɒv] [ˈhjuːmə]--[ˈɛvrɪbɒdi], [ðæt] [ɪz],[ɪkˈsɛpt] [hɪz] [sɪks]- [jɪər]-[əʊld] [ˈdɔːtə], [ˈʤɛni]. [ˈriːsntli], [wʌn][ɒv] [ˈʤɛrɪmiz] [ˈkləʊsɪst] [frɛndz] [ɑːskt] [hɪm] [tuː] [meɪk] [ə] [spiːʧ][æt] [ə] [ˈwɛdɪŋ] [rɪˈsɛpʃən]. [ðɪs] [ɪz] [ðə] [sɔːt] [ɒv] [θɪŋ] [ðæt] [ˈʤɛrɪmi][lʌvz]. [hiː] [prɪˈpeəd] [ðə] [spiːʧ] [ˈkeəfli] [ænd] [wɛnt] [tuː] [ðə] [ˈwɛdɪŋ][wɪð] [ˈʤɛni]. [hiː] [hæd] [ɪnˈkluːdɪd] [ə] [lɑːʤ] [ˈnʌmbər] [ɒv] [ˈfʌni] [ˈstɔːriz][ɪn] [ðə] [spiːʧ] [ænd], [ɒv] [kɔːs], [ɪt] [wɒz] [ə] [greɪt] [səkˈsɛs]. [æz][suːn] [æz] [hiː] [hæd] [ˈfɪnɪʃt], [ˈʤɛni] [təʊld] [hɪm] [ʃiː] [ˈwɒntɪd] [tuː][gəʊ] [həʊm]. [ˈʤɛrɪmi] [wɒz] [ə] [ˈlɪtl] [ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪd] [baɪ] [ðɪs] [bʌt][hiː] [dɪd] [æz] [hɪz] [ˈdɔːtər] [ɑːskt]. [ɒn] [ðə] [weɪ] [həʊm], [hiː] [ɑːskt][ˈʤɛni] [ɪf] [ʃiː] [hæd] [ɪnˈʤɔɪd] [ðə] [spiːʧ]. [tuː] [hɪz] [səˈpraɪz], [ʃiː][sɛd] [ʃiː] [ˈhædnt]. [ˈʤɛrɪmi] [ɑːskt] [hɜː] [waɪ] [ðɪs] [wɒz] [səʊ] [ænd][ʃiː] [təʊld] [hɪm] [ðæt] [ʃiː] [dɪd] [nɒt] [laɪk] [tuː] [siː] [səʊ] [ˈmɛni][ˈpiːpl] [ˈlɑːfɪŋ] [æt] [hɪm]!

任务配置：L0+L4

笔记：

1.知识点

（1）his great sense of humour,他那绝妙的幽默感。

　　humour可以指“幽默”、“幽默感”，sense of humour指“幽默感”

（2）…everybody, that is, except his six-year-old daughter, Jenny.……人人，就是说，除他6岁的女儿珍妮之外的每一个人。

that is为插入语，表示“那就是说”、“亦即”，用于补充说明everybody。

He is coming home next Monday, that is, April 5th