练习材料：

L47-2: Too high a price?

Burglar alarms going off at any time of the day or night serve only to annoy passers-by and actually assist burglars to burgle. Car alarms constantly scream at us in the street and are a source of profound irritation. A recent survey of the effects of noise revealed (surprisingly?) that dogs barking incessantly in the night rated the highest form of noise pollution on a scale ranging from 1 to 7.

The survey revealed a large number of sources of noise that we really dislike. Lawn mowers whining on a summer's day, late-night parties in apartment blocks, noisy neighbours, vehicles of all kinds, especially large container trucks thundering through quiet villages, planes and helicopters flying overhead, large radios carried round in public places and played at maximum volume. New technology has also made its own contribution to noise. A lot of people object to mobile phones, especially when they are used in public places like restaurants or on public transport. Loud conversations on mobile phones invade our thoughts or interrupt the pleasure of meeting friends for a quiet chat. The noise pollution survey revealed a rather surprising and possibly amusing old fashioned source of noise. It turned out to be snoring! Men were found to be the worst offenders.

ˈbɜːglər əˈlɑːmz ˈgəʊɪŋ ɒf æt ˈɛni taɪm ɒv ðə deɪ ɔː naɪt sɜːv ˈəʊnli tuː əˈnɔɪ ˈpɑːsəz-baɪ ænd ˈækʧʊəli əˈsɪst ˈbɜːgləz tuː ˈbɜːgl. kɑːr əˈlɑːmz ˈkɒnstəntli skriːm æt ʌs ɪn ðə striːt ænd ɑːr ə sɔːs ɒv prəˈfaʊnd ˌɪrɪˈteɪʃən. ə ˈriːsnt ˈsɜːveɪ ɒv ði ɪˈfɛkts ɒv nɔɪz rɪˈviːld (səˈpraɪzɪŋli?) ðæt dɒgz ˈbɑːkɪŋ ɪnˈsɛsntli ɪn ðə naɪt ˈreɪtɪd ðə ˈhaɪɪst fɔːm ɒv nɔɪz pəˈluːʃən ɒn ə skeɪl ˈreɪnʤɪŋ frɒm 1 tuː 7.

ðə ˈsɜːveɪ rɪˈviːld ə lɑːʤ ˈnʌmbər ɒv ˈsɔːsɪz ɒv nɔɪz ðæt wiː ˈrɪəli dɪsˈlaɪk. lɔːn ˈməʊəz ˈwaɪnɪŋ ɒn ə ˈsʌməz deɪ, leɪt-naɪt ˈpɑːtiz ɪn əˈpɑːtmənt blɒks, ˈnɔɪzi ˈneɪbəz, ˈviːɪklz ɒv ɔːl kaɪndz, ɪsˈpɛʃəli lɑːʤ kənˈteɪnə trʌks ˈθʌndərɪŋ θruː ˈkwaɪət ˈvɪlɪʤɪz, pleɪnz ænd ˈhɛlɪkɒptəz ˈflaɪɪŋ ˈəʊvɛhɛd, lɑːʤ ˈreɪdɪəʊz ˈkærid raʊnd ɪn ˈpʌblɪk ˈpleɪsɪz ænd pleɪd æt ˈmæksɪməm ˈvɒljʊm. njuː tɛkˈnɒləʤi hæz ˈɔːlsəʊ meɪd ɪts əʊn ˌkɒntrɪˈbjuːʃən tuː nɔɪz. ə lɒt ɒv ˈpiːpl ˈɒbʤɪkt tuː ˈməʊbaɪl fəʊnz, ɪsˈpɛʃəli wɛn ðeɪ ɑː juːzd ɪn ˈpʌblɪk ˈpleɪsɪz laɪk ˈrɛstrɒnts ɔːr ɒn ˈpʌblɪk ˈtrænspɔːt. laʊd ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃənz ɒn ˈməʊbaɪl fəʊnz ɪnˈveɪd ˈaʊə θɔːts ɔːr ˌɪntəˈrʌpt ðə ˈplɛʒər ɒv ˈmiːtɪŋ frɛndz fɔːr ə ˈkwaɪət ʧæt. ðə nɔɪz pəˈluːʃən ˈsɜːveɪ rɪˈviːld ə ˈrɑːðə səˈpraɪzɪŋ ænd ˈpɒsəbli əˈmjuːzɪŋ əʊld ˈfæʃənd sɔːs ɒv nɔɪz. ɪt tɜːnd aʊt tuː biː ˈsnɔːrɪŋ! mɛn wɜː faʊnd tuː biː ðə wɜːst əˈfɛndəz.

任务配置：

L0＋L4

知识笔记：

新词：burglar 入室盗贼；passers-by 过路人；assist 帮助；burgle 入室盗窃；constantly 始终；profound 深切的；irritation 恼怒；incessantly 不断地；reveal 揭示，显露；whine 嘎嘎响；vehicle 交通工具；offender 违法者

词组：go off （警报器）忽然响起；a source of …的源泉；

练习感悟：

今天是中午完成的任务，所以整体的质量会比昨天晚上两点做的好上很多……这实在是太搞笑了。