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练习材料：

L46-1: Do ityourself

Even men who canhardly drive a nail in straight are supposed to be born electricians, carpenters,plumbers and mechanics. When lights fuse, furniture gets rickety, pipes getclogged, or vacuum cleaners fail to operate, some woman assume that theirhusbands will somehow put things right. The worst thing about thedo-it-yourself game is that sometimes even men live under the delusion thatthey can do anything, even when they have repeatedly been proved wrong. It is aquestion of pride as much as anything else.

Last spring mywife suggested that I call in a man to look at our lawn mower. It had brokendown the previous summer, and though I promised to repair it, I had never gotround to it. I would not hear of the suggestion and said that I would fix itmyself. One Saturday afternoon, I hauled the machine into the garden and had aclose look at it. As far as I could see, it needed only a minor adjustment: aturn of a screw here, a little tightening up there, a drop of oil and it wouldbe as good as new.

duː ɪt jɔːˈsɛlf

ˈiːvən mɛn huː kæn

ˈhɑːdli draɪv ə neɪl ɪn streɪt ɑː səˈpəʊzd tuː biː bɔːn ɪlɛkˈtrɪʃənz, ˈkɑːpɪntəz, ˈplʌməz ænd mɪˈkænɪks. wɛn laɪts

fjuːz, ˈfɜːnɪʧə ɡɛts ˈrɪkəti, paɪps ɡɛt klɒɡd, ɔː ˈvækjʊəm ˈkliːnəz feɪl tuː ˈɒpəreɪt, sʌm ˈwʊmən əˈsjuːm

ðæt ðeə ˈhʌzbəndz wɪl ˈsʌmhaʊ pʊt θɪŋz raɪt. ðə wɜːst θɪŋ əˈbaʊt ðə ˈduːɪtjɔːˈsɛlfɡeɪm ɪz ðæt ˈsʌmtaɪmz ˈiːvən mɛn lɪv ˈʌndə ðədɪˈluːʒən ðæt ðeɪ kæn duː ˈɛnɪθɪŋ, ˈiːvən wɛn ðeɪ hæv rɪˈpiːtɪdli biːn pruːvd rɒŋ.ɪt ɪz ə ˈkwɛsʧən ɒv praɪd æz mʌʧ æz ˈɛnɪθɪŋ ɛls.

lɑːst sprɪŋ maɪ waɪf səˈʤɛstɪd ðæt aɪ kɔːl ɪn

ə mæn tuː lʊk æt ˈaʊə lɔːn ˈməʊə. ɪt hæd ˈbrəʊkən daʊn ðə ˈpriːviəs ˈsʌmə, ænd

ðəʊ aɪ ˈprɒmɪst tuː rɪˈpeər ɪt, aɪ hæd ˈnɛvə ɡɒt raʊnd tuː ɪt. aɪ wʊd nɒt hɪər ɒv ðə səˈʤɛsʧən ænd sɛd

ðæt aɪ wʊd fɪks ɪt maɪˈsɛlf. wʌn ˈsætədeɪ ˈɑːftəˈnuːn, aɪ hɔːld ðə məˈʃiːn ˈɪntuː ðə ˈɡɑːdn ænd hæd ə kləʊs lʊk æt ɪt. æz fɑːr æz aɪ kʊd siː, ɪt ˈniːdɪd ˈəʊnli ə ˈmaɪnər

əˈʤʌstmənt: ə tɜːn ɒv ə skruː hɪə, ə ˈlɪtl ˈtaɪtnɪŋ ʌp ðeə, ə drɒp ɒv ɔɪl ænd ɪt

wʊd biː æz ɡʊd æz njuː.

任务配置：L0 + L4

知识笔记：

单词：1、drive a nail：钉钉子，2、carpenter：木工，3、plumber：水暖工，管子工，4、mechanic：技工，机械师，5、fuse：保险丝，使熔化，6、rickety：摇摇欲坠，不结实的，7、clogged：阻塞，阻塞的，8、vacuum：真空，真空的，9、delusion：错觉，谬见，妄想，10、lawn：草坪，草地，11、mower：除草机，割草机，12、get round to：克服，解决，13、minor：少数的，轻微的，14、tighten：拧紧，加强，tighten up：旋紧，15、

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练习感悟：虽然语音语调基本不着调，但是录了两遍就勉强达标了，所以就直接放水了。