大鱼的ScalersTalk第四轮新概念朗读持续力训练Day 4

练习材料：Lesson 50 51 

任务配置：L0

知识笔记：

Lesson50 Taken for a ride/raɪd/

 I love traveling in the country, but I don't like losing my way. I went on an excursion/ɪkˈskɜː.ʃən/recently, but my trip took me longer than I expected. ' I'm going to Woodford Green,' I said to the conductor/kənˈdʌk.tər/as I got on the bus,' but I don't know where it is.' ' I'll tell you where to get off,' answered the conductor. 

I sat in the front of the bus to get a good view of the countryside. After some time, the bus stopped. Looking round, I realized with a shock that I was the only passenger left on the bus.

' You'll have to get off here,' the conductor said. 'This is as far as we go.' 

' Is this Woodford Green ?' I asked. 'Oh dear,' said the conductor suddenly.' I forgot to put you off.' 'It doesn't matter,' I said. 'I'll get off here.' 'We are going back now,' said the conductor. 'Well, in that case, I prefer to stay on the bus,' I answered.

Ride 旅行，车程

Excursion远足

They made an excursion to Suzhou last year.

Conductor售票员

Get on/off 上/下车

Put off让…下车

They put me off at a small station.

As far as表示“到…程度／限度”

 

Lesson51 Reward/rɪˈwɔːd/for virtue/ˈvɜː.tʃuː/

My friend, Hugh, has always been fat, but things got so bad recently that he decided to go on a diet/ˈdaɪ.ət/. He began his diet a week ago. First of all, he wrote out a long list of all the foods which were forbidden. The list included most of the things Hugh loves: butter, potatoes, rice, beer, milk, chocolate, and sweets. Yesterday I paid him a visit. I rang the bell and was not surprised to see that Hugh was still as fat as ever. He led me into his room and hurriedly hid a large parcel under his desk. It was obvious that he was very embarrassed. When I asked him what he was doing, he smiled guiltily/ˈɡɪl.ti/and then put the parcel on the desk. He explained that his diet was so strict that he had to reward himself occasionally. Then he showed me the contents of the parcel/ˈpɑː.səl/. It contained five large bars of chocolate and three bags of sweets! 

Reward:报偿，奖赏

He deserves a material reward

Virtue 美德

She is a person of great virtue