练习材料：

L49-3: The ideal servant

No only was the meal well below the usual standard, but Bessie seemed unable to walk steadily. She bumped into the furniture and kept mumbling about the guests. When she came in with the last course -- a huge pudding -- she tripped on the carpet and the pudding went flying through the air, narrowly missed my aunt, and crashed on the dining table with considerable force. Though this caused great mirth among the guests, Aunt Harriet was horrified. She reluctantly came to the conclusion that Bessie was drunk. The guests had, of course, realized this from the moment Bessie opened the door for them and, long before the final catastrophe, had had a difficult time trying to conceal their amusement. The poor girl was dismissed instantly. After her departure, Aunt Harriet discovered that there were piles of empty wine bottles of all shapes and sizes neatly stacked in what had once been Bessie's wardrobe. They had mysteriously found their way there from the wine cellar!

任务配置：L0+L4

知识笔记：

steadily adv.稳定地  work steadily 一步一脚印

bump v.猛碰，撞 to hit or knock against something

bump into 撞到

mumble v.咕哝 to say something too quietly or not clearly enough,so that people cannot understand you

pudding n.布丁

trip v.绊倒

narrowly adv.勉强地，差一点儿

miss v.未击中

course n.菜

mirth n.欢乐，欢笑 happiness and laughter

horrify v.使震惊 to make someone feel very shocked and upset or afraid

catastrophe n.灾难 a terrible event in which there is a lot of destruction,suffering,or death

dismiss v.解雇，开除 to remove someone from their job

neatly adv.整洁地

stack v.把....成叠地放在某处 to put neat piles of things on something

wardrobe n.衣柜 a piece of furniture like a large cupboard that you hang clothes in

cellar n.地窖，地下贮藏室

mysteriously adv.神秘地

there adv.在哪里

练习感悟：

Never leave the things until tomorrow you can do today.