练习材料：

L16-1：Mary had a little lamb

Mary and her husband Dimitri lived in the tiny village of Perachora in southern Greece. One of Mary's prize possessions was a little white lamb which her husband had given her. She kept it tied to a tree in a field during the day and went to fetch it every evening. One evening, however, the lamb was missing. The rope had been cut, so it was obvious that the lamb had been stolen. When Dimitri came in from the fields, his wife told him what had happened. Dimitri at once set out to find the thief.

He knew it would not prove difficult in such a small village.

ˈmeəri ænd hɜː ˈhʌzbənd diːˈmiːtri lɪvd ɪn ðə ˈtaɪni ˈvɪlɪʤ ɒv Perachora ɪn ˈsʌðən griːs. wʌn ɒv ˈmeəriz praɪz pəˈzɛʃənz wɒz ə ˈlɪtl waɪt læm wɪʧ hɜː ˈhʌzbənd hæd ˈgɪvn hɜː. ʃiː kɛpt ɪt taɪd tuː ə triː ɪn ə fiːld ˈdjʊərɪŋ ðə deɪ ænd wɛnt tuː fɛʧ ɪt ˈɛvri ˈiːvnɪŋ. wʌn ˈiːvnɪŋ, haʊˈɛvə, ðə læm wɒz ˈmɪsɪŋ. ðə rəʊp hæd biːn kʌt, səʊ ɪt wɒz ˈɒbvɪəs ðæt ðə læm hæd biːn ˈstəʊlən. wɛn diːˈmiːtri keɪm ɪn frɒm ðə fiːldz, hɪz waɪf təʊld hɪm wɒt hæd ˈhæpənd. diːˈmiːtri æt wʌns sɛt aʊt tuː faɪnd ðə θiːf.

hiː njuː ɪt wʊd nɒt pruːv ˈdɪfɪkəlt ɪn sʌʧ ə smɔːl ˈvɪlɪʤ.

任务配置：

L0＋L4

知识笔记：

新词：prize 获奖的；possessions [pl.] 财产；lamb 羔羊；tie 系；rope 绳索；

词组：be missing 失踪，散失；prove difficult 表明是困难的，prove在此处和be 动词有点像

练习感悟：

今天的这篇文章相对会简单，主要是再度强化记忆了词组be missing，其实这应该只是一个应用，但每次我都会把它记成（想当然）ed 的形式，完形填空就很容易错。

当成词组记，印象应该会深刻一点。