伊卡莱姆的ScalersTalk第四轮新概念朗读持续力训练Day

练习材料：

Lesson29-1 The hovercraft

 It 'flies', therefore, but it cannot fly higher -- its action depends on the surface, water or ground, over which it rides.The first tests on the Solent in 1959 caused asensation. The hovercraft travelled first over the water, then mounted the beach, climbed up the dunes, and sat down on a road. Later it crossed the Channel, riding smoothly over the waves, which presented no problem.

Since that time,various types of hovercraft have appeared and taken up regular service. The hovercraft is particularly useful in large areas with poor communications such as Africa or Australia; it can become a 'flying fruit-bowl', carrying bananas from the plantations to the ports; giant hovercraft liners could span the Atlantic; and the railway of the future may well be the 'hover train', riding on its air cushion over a single rail, which it never touches, at speeds up to 300 m.p.h. -- the possibilities appear unlimited.

应用配置：L0+L4

知识笔记：sensation/    various/    plantations/

练习感悟：用时28分钟。不太长的段落，没有多少生词，读得比较慢，最终完成时1分37秒。