泽平 的ScalersTalk第八轮新概念朗读持续力训练Day

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Lesson 24-1 Askeleton in the cupboard

We often read innovels how a seemingly respectable person or family has some terrible secretwhich has been concealed from strangers for years. The English languagepossesses a vivid saying to describe this sort of situation. The terriblesecret is called 'a skeleton in the cupboard'. At some dramatic moment in thestory, the terrible secret becomes known and a reputation is ruined. Thereader's hair stands on end when he reads in the final pages of the novel thatthe heroine a dear old lady who had always been so kind to everybody, had, inher youth, poisoned every one of her five husbands.

It is all verywell for such things to occur in fiction. To varying degrees, we all havesecrets which we do not want even our closest friends to learn, but few of ushave skeletons in the cupboard. The only person I know who has a skeleton inthe cupboard is George Carlton, and he is very pound of the fact. Georgestudied medicine in his youth. Instead of becoming a doctor, however, he becamea successful writer of detective stories.

ə ˈskɛlɪtn ɪn ðə ˈkʌbəd

wiː ˈɒfᵊn riːd ɪn

ˈnɒvəlz haʊ ə ˈsiːmɪŋli rɪsˈpɛktəbᵊl ˈpɜːsn ɔː ˈfæmɪli hæz sʌm ˈtɛrəbᵊl ˈsiːkrɪt

wɪʧ hæz biːn kənˈsiːld frɒm ˈstreɪnʤəz fɔː jɪəz. ði ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ ˈlæŋɡwɪʤ pəˈzɛsɪz ə ˈvɪvɪd ˈseɪɪŋ tuː dɪsˈkraɪb ðɪs sɔːt ɒvˌsɪtjʊˈeɪʃᵊn. ðə ˈtɛrəbᵊl ˈsiːkrɪt ɪz kɔːld ə ˈskɛlɪtn ɪn ðə ˈkʌbəd. æt sʌm drəˈmætɪkˈməʊmənt ɪn ðə ˈstɔːri, ðə ˈtɛrəbᵊl ˈsiːkrɪt bɪˈkʌmz nəʊn ænd ə ˌrɛpjʊˈteɪʃᵊn ɪzrʊɪnd. ðə ˈriːdəz heə stændz ɒn ɛnd wɛn hiː riːdz ɪn ðə ˈfaɪnl ˈpeɪʤɪz ɒv ðə ˈnɒvəlðæt ðə ˈhɛrəʊɪn ə dɪər əʊld ˈleɪdi huː hæd ˈɔːlweɪz biːn səʊ kaɪnd tuː ˈɛvrɪbɒdi,hæd, ɪn hɜː juːθ, ˈpɔɪznd ˈɛvri wʌn ɒv hɜː faɪv ˈhʌzbəndz.

ɪt ɪz ɔːl ˈvɛri wɛl

fɔː sʌʧ θɪŋz tuː əˈkɜːr ɪn ˈfɪkʃᵊn. tuː ˈveəriɪŋ dɪˈɡriːz, wiː ɔːl hæv ˈsiːkrɪts wɪʧ wiː duː nɒtwɒnt ˈiːvən ˈaʊə ˈkləʊsɪst frɛndz tuː lɜːn, bʌt fjuː ɒv ʌs hæv ˈskɛlɪtnz ɪn ðəˈkʌbəd. ði ˈəʊnli ˈpɜːsn aɪ nəʊ huː hæz ə ˈskɛlɪtn ɪn ðə ˈkʌbəd ɪz ʤɔːʤCarlton, ænd hiː ɪz ˈvɛri paʊnd ɒv ðə fækt. ʤɔːʤ ˈstʌdɪd ˈmɛdsɪn ɪn hɪz juːθ. ɪnˈstɛdɒv bɪˈkʌmɪŋ ə ˈdɒktə, haʊˈɛvə, hiː bɪˈkeɪm ə səkˈsɛsfʊl ˈraɪtər ɒv dɪˈtɛktɪvˈstɔːriz.

任务配置：L0 + L4

知识笔记：

单词：1、seemingly：看似，貌似，表面上，2、respectable：值得尊敬的，可敬的，3、conceal：隐藏，隐瞒，掩盖，4、vivid：生动的，鲜明的，清晰的，逼真的，5、dramatic：戏剧性的，引人注目的，6、heroine：女主角，7、To varying degrees：在某种程度上，8、

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练习感悟：这篇文章难度比较大，又长，语速也快，而且拗口，不过我居然录了两遍达标，感觉很爽。