练习材料：
Lesson96 The dead return
A Festival for theDead is held once a year in Japan. This festival is a cheerful occasion, for onthis day, the dead are said to return to their homes and they are welcomed bythe living. As they are expected to be hungry after their long journey, food islaid out for them. Specially-made lanterns are hung outside each house to help thedead to find their way. All night long, people dance and sing. In the earlymorning, the food that had been laid out for the dead is thrown into a river orinto the sea as it is considered unlucky for anyone living to eat it. In townsthat are near the sea, the tiny lanterns which had been hung in the streets thenight before, are placed into the water when the festival is over. Thousands oflanterns slowly drift out to sea guiding the dead on their return journey tothe other world. This is a moving spectacle, for crowds of people stand on theshore watching the lanterns drifting away until they can be seen no more.
ðə dɛd rɪˈtɜːn
ə ˈfɛstəvəl fɔː ðə dɛd ɪz hɛld wʌns ə jɪər ɪn ʤəˈpæn. ðɪs ˈfɛstəvəl ɪz ə ˈʧɪəfʊl əˈkeɪʒən, fɔːr ɒn ðɪs deɪ, ðə dɛd ɑː sɛd tuː rɪˈtɜːn tuː ðeə həʊmz ænd ðeɪ ɑː ˈwɛlkəmd baɪ ðə ˈlɪvɪŋ. æz ðeɪ ɑːr ɪksˈpɛktɪd tuː biː ˈhʌŋgri ˈɑːftə ðeə lɒŋ ˈʤɜːni, fuːd ɪz leɪd aʊt fɔː ðɛm. ˈspɛʃəli-meɪd ˈlæntənz ɑː hʌŋ ˌaʊtˈsaɪd iːʧ haʊs tuː hɛlp ðə dɛd tuː faɪnd ðeə weɪ. ɔːl naɪt lɒŋ, ˈpiːpl dɑːns ænd sɪŋ. ɪn ði ˈɜːli ˈmɔːnɪŋ, ðə fuːd ðæt hæd biːn leɪd aʊt fɔː ðə dɛd ɪz θrəʊn ˈɪntuː ə ˈrɪvər ɔːr ˈɪntuː ðə siː æz ɪt ɪz kənˈsɪdəd ʌnˈlʌki fɔːr ˈɛnɪwʌn ˈlɪvɪŋ tuː iːt ɪt. ɪn taʊnz ðæt ɑː nɪə ðə siː, ðə ˈtaɪni ˈlæntənz wɪʧ hæd biːn hʌŋ ɪn ðə striːts ðə naɪt bɪˈfɔː, ɑː pleɪst ˈɪntuː ðə ˈwɔːtə wɛn ðə ˈfɛstəvəl ɪz ˈəʊvə.ˈθaʊzəndz ɒv ˈlæntənz ˈsləʊli drɪft aʊt tuː siː ˈgaɪdɪŋ ðə dɛd ɒn ðeə rɪˈtɜːn ˈʤɜːnituː ði ˈʌðə wɜːld. ðɪs ɪz ə ˈmuːvɪŋ ˈspɛktəkl, fɔː kraʊdz ɒv ˈpiːpl stænd ɒn ðəʃɔː ˈwɒʧɪŋ ðə ˈlæntənz ˈdrɪftɪŋ əˈweɪ ənˈtɪl ðeɪ kæn biː siːn nəʊ mɔː.
任务配置：L0+L1+ L4
知识笔记：
单词：1、cheerful：快乐，愉快，2、occasion：场合，机会，场面，3、lantern：灯笼，4、guiding：指导，5、spectacle：奇观，场面，6、
音标：/ts/ 舌尖抵住上齿，作好发“t”的姿势，气流冲破阻碍，发出短促的“t”音后，紧接着就发“s”这摩擦音。
练习感悟： 文章难度不大，就是读起来比较拗口，语音语调比较难把握
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