练习材料：
L53-2: In thepublic interest
The Ombudsman isnot subject to political pressure. He investigates complaints large and smallthat come to him from all levels of society. As complaints must be made inwriting, the Ombudsman receives an average of 1,200 letters a year. He haseight lawyer assistants to help him and he examines every single letter indetail. There is nothing secretive about the Ombudsman's work for hiscorrespondence is open to public inspection. If a citizen's complaint isjustified, the Ombudsman will act on his behalf. The action he takes variesaccording to the nature of the complaint. He may gently reprimand an officialor even suggest to parliament that a law be altered. The following case is atypical example of the Ombudsman's work. A foreigner living in a Swedish villagewrote to the Ombudsman complaining that he had been ill-treated by the police,simply because he was a foreigner.
ɪn ðə ˈpʌblɪk ˈɪntrɛst
ði ˈɒmbʊdzmən ɪz nɒt
ˈsʌbʤɪkt tuː pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈprɛʃə. hiː ɪnˈvɛstɪɡeɪts kəmˈpleɪnts lɑːʤ ænd smɔːl ðæt kʌm tuː hɪm frɒm ɔːl ˈlɛvlz ɒv səˈsaɪəti.
æz kəmˈpleɪnts mʌst biː meɪd ɪn ˈraɪtɪŋ, ði ˈɒmbʊdzmən rɪˈsiːvz ən ˈævərɪʤ ɒv
1,200 ˈlɛtəz ə jɪə. hiː hæz eɪt ˈlɔːjər əˈsɪstənts tuː hɛlp hɪm ænd hiː ɪɡˈzæmɪnz ˈɛvri ˈsɪŋɡl ˈlɛtər ɪn ˈdiːteɪl. ðeər ɪz ˈnʌθɪŋ sɪˈkriːtɪv
əˈbaʊt ði ˈɒmbʊdzmənz wɜːk fɔː hɪz ˌkɒrɪsˈpɒndəns ɪz ˈəʊpən tuː ˈpʌblɪk ɪnˈspɛkʃᵊn.
ɪf ə ˈsɪtɪznz kəmˈpleɪnt ɪz ˈʤʌstɪfaɪd, ði ˈɒmbʊdzmən wɪl ækt ɒn hɪz bɪˈhɑːf. ði ˈækʃᵊn hiː teɪks ˈveəriz əˈkɔːdɪŋ
tuː ðə ˈneɪʧər ɒv ðə kəmˈpleɪnt. hiː meɪ ˈʤɛntli ˈrɛprɪmɑːnd ən əˈfɪʃᵊl ɔːr ˈiːvən səˈʤɛst tuː ˈpɑːləmənt ðæt ə lɔː biː ˈɔːltəd.ðə ˈfɒləʊɪŋ
keɪs ɪz ə ˈtɪpɪkᵊl ɪɡˈzɑːmpl ɒv ði ˈɒmbʊdzmənz wɜːk. ə ˈfɒrənə ˈlɪvɪŋɪn ə ˈswiːdɪʃ ˈvɪlɪʤ rəʊt tuː ði ˈɒmbʊdzmən kəmˈpleɪnɪŋ ðæt hiː hæd biːn ˈɪlˈtriːtɪdbaɪ ðə pəˈliːs, ˈsɪmpli bɪˈkɒz hiː wɒz ə ˈfɒrənə.
任务配置：L0 + L4
知识笔记：
单词：1、is subject to：受支配，从属于，2、secretive：不外露的，关于掩藏自己的，有城府的，3、correspondence：来往信件，来往书信，通信，4、justified：正当的，事出有因，合乎情理，5、reprimand：惩戒，训斥，6、alter：改变，修改，更改，7、typical：典型的，地道，8、ill-treated：虐待
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练习感悟：这篇文章相对简单，不难读，语速也没那么快，录了两遍就达标了。
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