Lily的Scalers Talk第八轮新概念朗读持续力训练Da

L46-3: 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. Iwas 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.

inevitable /ɪnˈevɪtəbl/ 不可避免的;不能防止的;总会发生的

dismantle /dɪsˈmæntl/  拆卸

chunk   /tʃʌŋk/  厚的块

trace the cause of the trouble 找到毛病所在

snap /snæp/  蹦断

insurmountable /ˌɪnsərˈmaʊntəbl/  无法克服的;难以解决的

jigsaw /ˈdʒɪɡsɔː/ 拼图;拼板玩具,谜团;线锯       jigsaw  puzzle 拼板玩具

nag /næɡ/ 抱怨;唠叨;不断困扰

rust /rʌst/  生锈

今天下午早早的完成了作业，时间充足，能够反复打磨发音和语调，还能充分复习前面的内容。今天是第150天，整整5个月了，时间总是在不知不觉中就流走了，还好我留下了些些认真学习的东西。