泽平 的ScalersTalk第六轮新概念朗读持续力训练Day

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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 get clogged, or vacuum cleaners fail to operate, some women assume thattheir husbands 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 my wife suggested that I callin a man to look at our lawn mower. It had broken down the previous summer, andthough I promised to repair it, I had never got round to it. I would not hearof the suggestion and said that I would fix it myself. One Saturday afternoon,I hauled the machine into the garden and had a close look at it. As far as Icould see, it needed only a minor adjustment: a turn of a screw here, a littletightening 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，4、plumber：水管工，5、mechanics：机械学，力学，机械师，6、fuse：保险丝，熔，7、rickety：摇摇晃晃的，8、clogged：堵塞，9、vacuum：真空，10、delusion：妄想，11、lawn：草地，12、mower：割草机，13、previous：以前的，14、get round to：得到解决，15、haul：运输，拖拉，16、minor：次要的，较小的，17、adjustment：调整，18、screw：拧紧，螺丝钉，19、tightening：收紧

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练习感悟： 今天的文章是比较简单，不拗口，不过我也没想到我今天居然很快就完成任务达标了，还是挺开心的。