瘦肉-ScalersTalk第四轮新概念朗读持续力训练Day12

L46-2: Do it yourself

Inevitably the repair job was not quite so simple. The mower firmly refused to mow, so I decided to dismantle it. The garden was soon littered with chunks of metal which had once made up a lawn mower. But I was extremely pleased with myself. I had traced the cause of the trouble. One of the links in the chain that drives the wheels had snapped. After buying a new chain I was faced with the insurmountable task of putting the confusing jigsaw puzzle together again. I was not surprised to find that machine still refused to work after I had reassembled it, for the simple reason that I was left with several curiously shaped bits of metal which did not seem to fit anywhere. I gave up in despair. The weeks passed and the grass grew. When my wife nagged me to do something about it, I told her that either I would have to buy a new mower or let the grass grow. Needless to say our house is now surrounded by a jungle. Buried somewhere in deep grass there is a rusting lawn mower which I have promised to repair one day.

音标:ɛl46-2: duː ɪt jɔːˈsɛlf

ɪnˈɛvɪtəbli ðə rɪˈpeə ʤɒb wɒz nɒt kwaɪt səʊ ˈsɪmpl. ðə ˈməʊə ˈfɜːmli ˌriːˈfjuːzd tuː maʊ, səʊ aɪ dɪˈsaɪdɪd tuː dɪsˈmæntl ɪt. ðə ˈgɑːdn wɒz suːn ˈlɪtəd wɪð ʧʌŋks ɒv ˈmɛtl wɪʧ hæd wʌns meɪd ʌp ə lɔːn ˈməʊə. bʌt aɪ wɒz ɪksˈtriːmli pliːzd wɪð maɪˈsɛlf. aɪ hæd treɪst ðə kɔːz ɒv ðə ˈtrʌbl. wʌn ɒv ðə lɪŋks ɪn ðə ʧeɪn ðæt draɪvz ðə wiːlz hæd snæpt. ˈɑːftə ˈbaɪɪŋ ə njuː ʧeɪn aɪ wɒz feɪst wɪð ði ˌɪnsə(ː)ˈmaʊntəbl tɑːsk ɒv ˈpʊtɪŋ ðə kənˈfjuːzɪŋ ˈʤɪgˌsɔː ˈpʌzl təˈgɛðər əˈgɛn. aɪ wɒz nɒt səˈpraɪzd tuː faɪnd ðæt məˈʃiːn stɪl ˌriːˈfjuːzd tuː wɜːk ˈɑːftər aɪ hæd ˌriːəˈsɛmbld ɪt, fɔː ðə ˈsɪmpl ˈriːzn ðæt aɪ wɒz lɛft wɪð ˈsɛvrəl ˈkjʊərɪəsli ʃeɪpt bɪts ɒv ˈmɛtl wɪʧ dɪd nɒt siːm tuː fɪt ˈɛnɪweə. aɪ geɪv ʌp ɪn dɪsˈpeə. ðə wiːks pɑːst ænd ðə grɑːs gruː. wɛn maɪ waɪf nægd miː tuː duː ˈsʌmθɪŋ əˈbaʊt ɪt, aɪ təʊld hɜː ðæt ˈaɪðər aɪ wʊd hæv tuː baɪ ə njuː ˈməʊər ɔː lɛt ðə grɑːs grəʊ. ˈniːdlɪs tuː seɪ ˈaʊə haʊs ɪz naʊ səˈraʊndɪd baɪ ə ˈʤʌŋgl. ˈbɛrid ˈsʌmweər ɪn diːp grɑːs ðeər ɪz ə ˈrʌstɪŋ lɔːn ˈməʊə wɪʧ aɪ hæv ˈprɒmɪst tuː rɪˈpeə wʌn deɪ.