听力材料
Children always appreciate small gifts of money. Mum or dad, of course, provide a regular supply of pocket money, but uncles and aunts are always a source of extra income. With some children, small sums go a long way. If 50 pence pieces are not exchanged for sweets, they rattle for months inside money boxes. Only very thrifty children manage to fill up a money box. For most of them, 50 pence is a small price to pay for a nice big bar of chocolate.
My nephew, George, has a money box but it is always empty. Very few of the 50 pence pieces and pound coins I have given him have found their way there. I gave him 50 pence yesterday and advised him to save it. Instead he bought himself 50 pence worth of trouble.
ˈʧɪldrən ˈɔːlweɪz əˈpriːʃɪeɪt smɔːl gɪfts ɒv ˈmʌni. mʌm ɔː dæd, ɒv kɔːs, prəˈvaɪd ə ˈrɛgjʊlə səˈplaɪ ɒv ˈpɒkɪt ˈmʌni, bʌt ˈʌŋklz ænd ɑːnts ɑːr ˈɔːlweɪz ə sɔːs ɒv ˈɛkstrə ˈɪnkʌm. wɪð sʌm ˈʧɪldrən, smɔːl sʌmz gəʊ ə lɒŋ weɪ. ɪf 50 pɛns ˈpiːsɪz ɑː nɒt ɪksˈʧeɪnʤd fɔː swiːts, ðeɪ ˈrætl fɔː mʌnθs ɪnˈsaɪd ˈmʌni ˈbɒksɪz. ˈəʊnli ˈvɛri ˈθrɪfti ˈʧɪldrən ˈmænɪʤ tuː fɪl ʌp ə ˈmʌni bɒks. fɔː məʊst ɒv ðɛm, 50 pɛns ɪz ə smɔːl praɪs tuː peɪ fɔːr ə naɪs bɪg bɑːr ɒv ˈʧɒkəlɪt.
maɪ ˈnɛvju(ː), ʤɔːʤ, hæz ə ˈmʌni bɒks bʌt ɪt ɪz ˈɔːlweɪz ˈɛmpti. ˈvɛri fjuː ɒv ðiː 50 pɛns ˈpiːsɪz ænd paʊnd kɔɪnz aɪ hæv ˈgɪvn hɪm hæv faʊnd ðeə weɪ ðeə. aɪ geɪv hɪm 50 pɛns ˈjɛstədeɪ ænd ədˈvaɪzd hɪm tuː seɪv ɪt. ɪnˈstɛd hiː bɔːt hɪmˈsɛlf 50 pɛns wɜːθ ɒv ˈtrʌbl.
任务配置L0+L4
知识点：small gifts of money 一些零花钱；pocket money 零用钱；a source of extra income额外收入的来源；thrifty/ˈθrɪfti/节俭的；a small price to pay for....用来买....算不了什么的；
学习感悟
今天的朗读还算顺利，短文复数较多，稍稍有点绕；赶在最后一天，提交了S老师的投票，插曲有点儿多，anyway I voted.
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