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L46-2: Do ityourself

Even men who canhardly drive a nail in straight are supposed to be born electricians, carpenters,plumbers and mechanics. When lights fuse, furniture gets rickety, pipes getclogged, or vacuum cleaners fail to operate, some woman assume that theirhusbands will somehow put things right. The worst thing about thedo-it-yourself game is that sometimes even men live under the delusion thatthey can do anything, even when they have repeatedly been proved wrong. It is aquestion of pride as much as anything else.

Last spring mywife suggested that I call in a man to look at our lawn mower. It had brokendown the previous summer, and though I promised to repair it, I had never gotround to it. I would not hear of

the suggestion andsaid that I would fix it myself. One Saturday afternoon, I hauled the machineinto the garden and had a close look at it. As far as I could see, it neededonly a minor adjustment: a turn of a screw here, a little tightening up there,a drop of oil and it would be as good as new.

duː ɪt jɔːˈsɛlf

ˈiːvən mɛn huː kæn

ˈhɑːdli draɪv ə neɪl ɪn streɪt ɑː səˈpəʊzd tuː biː bɔːn ɪlɛkˈtrɪʃənz, ˈkɑːpɪntəz, ˈplʌməz ænd mɪˈkænɪks. wɛn laɪtsfjuːz, ˈfɜːnɪʧə gɛts ˈrɪkɪti, paɪps gɛt klɒgd, ɔː ˈvækjʊəm ˈkliːnəz feɪl tuː ˈɒpəreɪt,sʌm ˈwʊmən əˈsjuːm ðæt ðeə ˈhʌzbəndz wɪl ˈsʌmhaʊ pʊt θɪŋz raɪt. ðə wɜːst θɪŋ əˈbaʊtðə ˈduːɪtjɔːˈsɛlf geɪm ɪz ðæt ˈsʌmtaɪmz ˈiːvən mɛn lɪv ˈʌndə ðə dɪˈluːʒən ðætðeɪ kæn duː ˈɛnɪθɪŋ, ˈiːvən wɛn ðeɪ hæv rɪˈpiːtɪdli biːn pruːvd rɒŋ. ɪt ɪz əˈkwɛsʧən ɒv praɪd æz mʌʧ æz ˈɛnɪθɪŋ ɛls.

lɑːst sprɪŋ maɪ waɪf səˈʤɛstɪd ðæt aɪ kɔːl ɪn

ə mæn tuː lʊk æt ˈaʊə lɔːn ˈməʊə. ɪt hæd ˈbrəʊkən daʊn ðə ˈpriːviəs ˈsʌmə, ænd

ðəʊ aɪ ˈprɒmɪst tuː rɪˈpeər ɪt, aɪ hæd ˈnɛvə gɒt raʊnd tuː ɪt. aɪ wʊd nɒt hɪər ɒv

ðə səˈʤɛsʧən ænd sɛd ðæt aɪ wʊd fɪks ɪt maɪˈsɛlf. wʌn ˈsætədeɪ ˈɑːftəˈnuːn, aɪ hɔːld ðə məˈʃiːn ˈɪntuː ðə ˈgɑːdn ænd hæd ə kləʊs lʊk æt ɪt. æz fɑːr æz aɪ kʊd siː, ɪt ˈniːdɪd ˈəʊnli ə ˈmaɪnərəˈʤʌstmənt: ə tɜːn ɒv ə skruː hɪə, ə ˈlɪtl ˈtaɪtnɪŋ ʌp ðeə, ə drɒp ɒv ɔɪl ænd ɪtwʊd biː æz gʊd æz njuː.

任务配置：L0+L4

知识笔记：

单词：1、nail：指甲，钉子，2、electrician：电工，3、carpenter：木匠，木工，4、plumber：水管工，5、mechanic：机械，机械师，6、fuse：保险丝，融合，熔，7、rickety：摇摇晃晃，8、clogged：堵塞，9、vacuum：真空，空间，vacuum cleaner：吸尘器，10、somehow：不知何故，11、delusion：妄想，12、lawn：草地，13、mower：割草机，14、previous：以前的，15、get round to it：解决它，16、haul：运输，拖拉，17、minor：较小的，18、tightening up：收紧，19、

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练习感悟：今天的文章语速较慢，所以录了三遍就达标了