ziq的ScalersTalk第四轮新概念朗读持续力训练2020

练习材料：L5-(2): The facts 时长：1'18

Meanwhile, the editor was getting impatient, for the magazine would soon go to press. 

ˈmiːnˈwaɪl, ði ˈɛdɪtə wɒz ˈgɛtɪŋ ɪmˈpeɪʃənt, fɔː ðə ˌmægəˈziːn wʊd suːn gəʊ tuː prɛs.

He sent the journalist two more faxes, but received no reply. 

 hiː sɛnt ðə ˈʤɜːnəlɪst tuː mɔː ˈfæksɪz, bʌt rɪˈsiːvd nəʊ rɪˈplaɪ.

He sent yet another fax informing the journalist that if he did not reply soon he would be fired. 

 hiː sɛnt jɛt əˈnʌðə fæks ɪnˈfɔːmɪŋ ðə ˈʤɜːnəlɪst ðæt ɪf hiː dɪd nɒt rɪˈplaɪ suːn hiː wʊd biː ˈfaɪəd. 

When the journalist again failed to reply, the editor reluctantly published the article as it had originally been written.

wɛn ðə ˈʤɜːnəlɪst əˈgɛn feɪld tuː rɪˈplaɪ, ði ˈɛdɪtə rɪˈlʌktəntli ˈpʌblɪʃt ði ˈɑːtɪkl æz ɪt hæd əˈrɪʤɪnəli biːn ˈrɪtn. 

 A week later, the editor at last received a fax from the journalist. 

ə wiːk ˈleɪtə, ði ˈɛdɪtər æt lɑːst rɪˈsiːvd ə fæks frɒm ðə ˈʤɜːnəlɪst.

Not only had the poor man been arrested, but he had been sent to prison as well. 

nɒt ˈəʊnli hæd ðə pʊə mæn biːn əˈrɛstɪd, bʌt hiː hæd biːn sɛnt tuː ˈprɪzn æz wɛl.

However, he had at last been allowed to send a fax in which he informed the editor that he had been arrested while counting the 1,084 steps leading to the 15-foot wall which surrounded the president's palace.

haʊˈɛvə, hiː hæd æt lɑːst biːn əˈlaʊd tuː sɛnd ə fæks ɪn wɪʧ hiː ɪnˈfɔːmd ði ˈɛdɪtə ðæt hiː hæd biːn əˈrɛstɪd waɪl ˈkaʊntɪŋ ðiː 1,084 stɛps ˈliːdɪŋ tuː ðiː 15-fʊt wɔːl wɪʧ səˈraʊndɪd ðə ˈprɛzɪdənts ˈpælɪs.

任务配置：L0+L4    

知识笔记：

go to press ：if a newspaper, book, or magazine goes to press, it starts to be printed

The news came in only minutes before the paper was due to go to press.

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