Lesson 73 The record-holder
Did the boy go where he wanted to?
Children who play truant from school are unimaginative. A quiet day's fishing, or eight hours in a cinema seeing the same film over and over again, is usually as far as they get. They have all been put to shame by a boy who, while playing truant, travelled 1,600 miles. He hitchhiked to Dover and, towards evening, went into a boat to find somewhere to sleep. When he woke up next morning, he discovered that the boat had, in the meantime, travelled to Calais. No one noticed the boy as he crept off. From there, he hitchhiked to Paris in a lorry. The driver gave him a few biscuits and a cup of coffee and left him just outside the city. The next car the boy stopped did not take him into the centre of Paris as he hoped it would, but to Perpignan on the French-Spanish border. There he was picked up by a policeman and sent back to England by the local authorities. He has surely set up a record for the thousands of children who dream of evading school.
ˈlɛsn 73 ðə ˈrɛkɔːd-ˈhəʊldə
dɪd ðə bɔɪ gəʊ weə hiː ˈwɒntɪd tuː?
ˈʧɪldrən huː pleɪ ˈtru(ː)ənt frɒm skuːl ɑːr ˌʌnɪˈmæʤɪnətɪv. ə ˈkwaɪət deɪz ˈfɪʃɪŋ, ɔːr eɪt ˈaʊəz ɪn ə ˈsɪnəmə ˈsiːɪŋ ðə seɪm fɪlm ˈəʊvər ænd ˈəʊvər əˈgɛn, ɪz ˈjuːʒʊəli æz fɑːr æz ðeɪ gɛt. ðeɪ hæv ɔːl biːn pʊt tuː ʃeɪm baɪ ə bɔɪ huː, waɪl ˈpleɪɪŋˈtru(ː)ənt, ˈtrævld 1,600 maɪlz. hiː ˈhɪʧˌhaɪkt tuː ˈdʌvər ænd, təˈwɔːdz ˈiːvnɪŋ, wɛnt ˈɪntuː ə bəʊt tuː faɪnd ˈsʌmweə tuː sliːp. wɛn hiːwəʊk ʌp nɛkst ˈmɔːnɪŋ, hiː dɪsˈkʌvəd ðæt ðə bəʊt hæd, ɪn ðə ˈmiːnˈtaɪm, ˈtrævld tuː ˈkæleɪ. nəʊ wʌn ˈnəʊtɪst ðə bɔɪ æz hiː krɛptɒf. frɒm ðeə, hiː ˈhɪʧˌhaɪkt tuː ˈpærɪs ɪn ə ˈlɒri. ðə ˈdraɪvə geɪv hɪm ə fjuː ˈbɪskɪts ænd ə kʌp ɒv ˈkɒfi ænd lɛft hɪm ʤʌst ˌaʊtˈsaɪdðə ˈsɪti. ðə nɛkst kɑː ðə bɔɪ stɒpt dɪd nɒt teɪk hɪm ˈɪntuː ðə ˈsɛntər ɒv ˈpærɪs æz hiː həʊpt ɪt wʊd, bʌt tuː Perpignan ɒn ðəfrɛnʧ-ˈspænɪʃ ˈbɔːdə. ðeə hiː wɒz pɪkt ʌp baɪ ə pəˈliːsmən ænd sɛnt bæk tuː ˈɪŋglənd baɪ ðə ˈləʊkəl ɔːˈθɒrɪtiz. hiː hæz ˈʃʊəli sɛt ʌp əˈrɛkɔːd fɔː ðə ˈθaʊzəndz ɒv ˈʧɪldrən huː driːm ɒv ɪˈveɪdɪŋ skuːl.
任务配置：L0+L4
知识笔记：
truant 英 /'truːənt/ n. 旷课者；懒惰的人 adj. 旷课的；偷懒的 vi. 逃学；偷懒，逃避责任
unimaginative 英 /ʌnɪ'mædʒɪnətɪv/ adj. 缺乏想象力的；无趣的
hitchhike 英 /'hɪtʃhaɪk/ vt. 要求（搭便车） vi. 搭便车 n. 搭便车（旅行）
crept 英 /krept/ v. 匍匐爬行（creep的过去式）
lorry 英 /'lɒrɪ/ n. （英）卡车；[车辆] 货车；运料车
evading school 逃学
evade 英 /ɪ'veɪd/ vt. 逃避；规避；逃脱 vi. 逃避；规避；逃脱
练习情感：
这两天忙，赶数量，读的质量比较差。
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