练习材料
My aunt Jennifer is an actress. She must be at least thirty-five years old. In spite of this, she often appears on the stage as a young girl. Jennifer will have to take part in a new play soon. This time, she will be a girl of seventeen. In the play, she must appear in a bright red dress and long black stockings. Last year in another play, she had to wear short socks and a bright, orange-coloured dress. If anyone ever asked her how old she is, she always answers, 'Darling, it must be terrible to be grown up!'
音标版
[maɪ] [ɑːnt] [ˈʤɛnɪfər] [ɪz] [ən] [ˈæktrɪs]. [ʃiː] [mʌst] [biː] [æt] [liːst] [ˈθɜːti]-[faɪv] [jɪəz] [əʊld]. [ɪn] [spaɪt] [ɒv] [ðɪs], [ʃiː] [ˈɒf(ə)n] [əˈpɪəz] [ɒn] [ðə] [steɪʤ] [æz] [ə] [jʌŋ] [gɜːl]. [ˈʤɛnɪfə] [wɪl] [hæv] [tuː] [teɪk] [pɑːt] [ɪn] [ə] [njuː] [pleɪ] [suːn]. [ðɪs] [taɪm], [ʃiː] [wɪl] [biː] [ə] [gɜːl] [ɒv] [ˈsɛvnˈtiːn]. [ɪn] [ðə] [pleɪ], [ʃiː] [mʌst] [əˈpɪər] [ɪn] [ə] [braɪt] [rɛd] [drɛs] [ænd] [lɒŋ] [blæk] [ˈstɒkɪŋz]. [lɑːst] [jɪər] [ɪn] [əˈnʌðə] [pleɪ], [ʃiː] [hæd] [tuː] [weə] [ʃɔːt] [sɒks] [ænd] [ə] [braɪt], [ˈɒrɪnʤ]-[ˈkʌləd] [drɛs]. [ɪf] [ˈɛnɪwʌn] [ˈɛvər] [ɑːskt] [hɜː] [haʊ] [əʊld] [ʃiː] [ɪz], [ʃiː] [ˈɔːlweɪz] [ˈɑːnsəz], [ˈdɑːlɪŋ], [ɪt] [mʌst] [biː] [ˈtɛrəbl] [tuː] [biː] [grəʊn] [ʌp]!'
任务配置:L0+L1
知识点:must的语气最强烈,后接动词原形。本文中既有过去式,一般现在时,也有一般将来式,以及虚拟语气。
其中“ Last year in another play, she had to wear short socks and a bright, orange-coloured dress. ”had to,其实是have to 的过去式形式,解释本句话就是“在去年的表演中,她必须/不得不穿短袜和亮橘色的衣服。因为她要扮演小女孩,所以这些外在装扮是必须的,不得不穿的。不以她本人的意志为转移。另外,have to do sth,必须做某事是个固定短语。
练习感悟
昨天蒙混的语音被人揪出来了,还罗列了好多错误,确实是的,语音发出去之后,再听一遍就后悔手贱。应该再多练练,好吧,给自己找台阶下就是:昨天不舒服,姨妈、天冷、头晕。
今天好很多了,所以语音质量也稍微好一些。周末说要补英音音标的,去到了咖啡店,结果耳机没带,呵呵哒。好咯,觉得自己玩手机的时间很多,超级浪费,看了公号内容,也没学到什么,更没改变什么,自己的一些改变,大多来自看书,以及之后的自我调整,还真的没有因为一篇文章就怎样的。所以我爱看文章都是在自我欺骗吗?怕有很大一部分原因是这个。
就像明知道自己抽烟不好但还是控制不住,知道零食不健康还是控制不住,知道晚上不能多吃还是控制不住,知道不需要再不必要的感情上挽回已经损失的沉没成本,还是控制不住……不过好的现象是,当自己看到这一点的时候,是会做出选择的,然后放弃不必要的行为,直到下一次卡克,再重新纠结,看到,选择,行动……on and on,在圈里绕,螺旋上升。