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Lesson40 Food and talk

Last week at a dinner-party, the hostess asked me to sit next to Mrs. Rumbold. Mrs. Rumbold was a large, unsmiling lady in a tight black dress. She did not even look up when I took my seat beside her. Her eyes were fixed on her plate and in a short time, she was busy eating. I tried to make conversation.

' A new play is coming to" The Globe" soon,' I said. 'Will you be seeing it ?' ' No,' she answered. 'Will you be spending your holidays abroad this year ?' I asked. ' No,' she answered.

' Will you be staying in England?' I asked. ' No,' she answered.

In despair, I asked her whether she was enjoying her dinner.

' Young man,' she answered,' if you ate more and talked less, we would both enjoy our dinner!'

lɑːst wiːk æt ə ˈdɪnəˌpɑːti, ðə ˈhəʊstɪs ɑːskt miː tuː sɪt nɛkst tuː Mrs. Rumbold. Mrs. Rumbold wɒz ə lɑːʤ, ˌʌnˈsmaɪlɪŋ ˈleɪdi ɪn ə taɪt blæk drɛs. ʃiː dɪd nɒt ˈiːvən lʊk ʌp wɛn aɪ tʊk maɪ siːt bɪˈsaɪd hɜː. hɜːr aɪz wɜː fɪkst ɒn hɜː pleɪt ænd ɪn ə ʃɔːt taɪm, ʃiː wɒz ˈbɪzi ˈiːtɪŋ. aɪ traɪd tuː meɪk ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃən.

' ə njuː pleɪ ɪz ˈkʌmɪŋ tuː" ðə ˈgləʊb" suːn,' aɪ sɛd. wɪl juː biː ˈsiːɪŋ ɪt ?' ' nəʊ,' ʃiː ˈɑːnsəd. wɪl juː biː ˈspɛndɪŋ jɔː ˈhɒlədeɪz əˈbrɔːd ðɪs jɪə ?' aɪ ɑːskt. ' nəʊ,' ʃiː ˈɑːnsəd.

' wɪl juː biː ˈsteɪɪŋ ɪn ˈɪŋglənd?' aɪ ɑːskt. ' nəʊ,' ʃiː ˈɑːnsəd.

ɪn dɪsˈpeə, aɪ ɑːskt hɜː ˈwɛðə ʃiː wɒz ɪnˈʤɔɪɪŋ hɜː ˈdɪnə.

' jʌŋ mæn,' ʃiː ˈɑːnsəd,' ɪf juː ɛt mɔːr ænd tɔːkt lɛs, wiː wʊd bəʊθ ɪnˈʤɔɪ ˈaʊə ˈdɪnə!'

任务配置：

L0＋L4

知识笔记：

新词：tight 紧的；plate 盘子；despair 失去希望n/v

练习感悟：

这是进入新二的缓冲期了么……

妈妈说，她读过新四的一些文章，很难很难。突然发现，原来新二的朗读只能进行九十六天。很快也就要进入那些我以往不可企及的高度。

这该是一个很不错的挑战。