伊卡莱姆的ScalersTalk第四轮新概念朗读持续力训练Day

练习材料：

L41-3: Illusions of Pastoral peace

For them this is a major operation which involves considerable planning.

As the play draws to its close,

they wonder whether they will ever catch that last train home.

The citydwellernever experiencesanxietiesof this sort.

The latest exhibitions, films, or plays are only a short bus ride away.

Shopping, too, is always a pleasure.

There is so muchvariety that you never have to make do with second best.

Country people run wild when they go shopping in the city and staggerhome loaded with as many of theexoticitems as they can carry.

Nor is the city without its moments of beauty.

There is something comforting about the warm glow shed by advertisements on cold wet winter nights.

Few things could be moreimpressivethan the peace that descendson desertedcity streets at weekends when the thousands that travel to work every day aretucked a way in their homes in the country.

It has always been amystery to me why city dwellers,

who appreciate all these things,

obstinatelypretend that they would prefer to live in the country.

应用配置：L0+L4

知识笔记： dweller/dwɛlər    anxieties/æŋˈzaɪətiz    variety/vəˈraɪəti    stagger/stægər    exotic/ɪgˈzɑtɪk    impressive/ɪmˈprɛsɪv    descends/dɪˈsɛndz    deserted/dɪˈzɜrtɪd    tucked /tʌkt    mystery/mɪstəri    obstinately/ɑbstənətli

练习感悟：录制了几遍不满意，再推倒重来过。最后一版，虽然用时较长，1分40秒，但是感觉满意，最终定了下来。今天的这篇段落篇幅较长，但是不算太难，继续努力。