橙子的ScalersTalk第六轮新概念朗读持续力训练Day 1

练习材料：[Day 2775 2022-05-01]

L49-1: The ideal servant

It is a good thing my aunt Harrietdied years ago. If she were alive today she wouldnot be able to air her views on her favourite topic of conversation: domesticservants. Aunt Harriet lived in that leisurely age when servantswere employed to do housework. She had a huge, ramblingcountry house called 'The Gables'. She was sentimentally attached to thishouse, for even though it was far too big for her needs, she persisted inliving there long after her husband's death. Before she grew old, Aunt Harrietused to entertain lavishly. I often visited The Gables when I was a boy. Nomatter how many guests were present, the great house was always immaculate. Theparquet floors shone like mirrors; highly polished silver was displayed ingleaming glass cabinets; even my uncle's huge collection of books was keptmiraculously free from dust. Aunt Harriet presided over an invisible army ofservants that continuously scrubbed, cleaned, and polished. She always referredto them as 'the shifting population', for they came and went with suchfrequency that I never even got a chance to learn their names.

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练习感悟：1h13’。