Lily的Scalers Talk第四轮新概念朗读持续力训练 D

听力材料

There was a ti m e when the owners of shops and businesses in Chicago that to pay large sums of money to gangsters in return for 'protection.' If the money was not paid promptly, the gangsters would quickly put a man out of business by destroying his shop. Obtaining 'protection money' is not a modern crime. As long ago as the fourteenth century, an Englishman, Sir John Hawkwood, made the remarkable discovery that people would rather pay large sums of money than have their life work destroyed by gangsters . 

ðeə wɒz ə taɪm wɛn ði ˈəʊnəz ɒv ʃɒps ænd ˈbɪznɪsɪz ɪn ʃɪˈkɑːgəʊ ðæt tuː peɪ lɑːʤ sʌmz ɒv ˈmʌni tuː ˈgæŋstəz ɪn rɪˈtɜːn fɔː prəˈtɛkʃən.' ɪf ðə ˈmʌni wɒz nɒt peɪd ˈprɒmptli, ðə ˈgæŋstəz wʊd ˈkwɪkli pʊt ə mæn aʊt ɒv ˈbɪznɪs baɪ dɪsˈtrɔɪɪŋ hɪz ʃɒp. əbˈteɪnɪŋ prəˈtɛkʃən ˈmʌni ɪz nɒt ə ˈmɒdən kraɪm. æz lɒŋ əˈgəʊ æz ðə ˈfɔːˈtiːnθ ˈsɛnʧʊri, ən ˈɪŋglɪʃmən, sɜː ʤɒn Hawkwood, meɪd ðə rɪˈmɑːkəbl dɪsˈkʌvəri ðæt ˈpiːpl wʊd ˈrɑːðə peɪ lɑːʤ sʌmz ɒv ˈmʌni ðæn hæv ðeə laɪf wɜːk dɪsˈtrɔɪd baɪ ˈgæŋstəz.

任务配置L0+L4

知识点: in return for 作为....的报答；put a man our of business 让他破产；obtain “protection money”勒索“保护费”；as long ago as 追溯到，早在；gangster/ˈgæŋstə/

学习感悟

今天的朗读，gangster发音不太正确，发完后才发现，其他还好，发现群里有同学语音语调真地道，听着很享受，自己继续努力。