练习材料:
Lesson26(2) Wanted: a large biscuit tin
They offered to pay $10 a pound for the biggest biscuit baked by a listener. The response to this competition was tremendous. Before long, biscuits of all shapes and sizes began arriving at the factory. One lady brought in a biscuit on a wheelbarrow. It weighed nearly 500 pounds. A little later, a man came along with a biscuit which occupied the whole boot of his car. All the biscuits that were sent were carefully weighed. The largest was 713 pounds. It seemed certain that this would win the prize. But just before the competition closed, a lorry arrived at the factory with a truly colossal biscuit which weighed 2400 pounds. It had been baked by a college student who had used over 1000 pounds of flour, 800 pounds of sugar, 200 pounds of fat, and 400 pounds of various other ingredients. It was so heavy that a crane had to be used to remove it from the lorry. The manufacturers had to pay more money than they had anticipated, for they bought the biscuit from the student for $24000.
/ðeɪ/ /ˈɔfərd/ /tu/ /peɪ/ $10 /ə/ /paʊnd/ /fɔr/ /ðə/ /ˈbɪgəst/ /ˈbɪskət/ /beɪkt/ /baɪ/ /ə/ /ˈlɪsənər/. /ðə/ /rɪˈspɑns/ /tu/ /ðɪs/ /ˌkɑmpəˈtɪʃən/ /wʌz/ /trəˈmɛndəs/. /bɪˈfɔr/ /lɔŋ/, /ˈbɪskəts/ /ʌv/ /ɔl/ /ʃeɪps/ /ænd/ /ˈsaɪzəz/ /bɪˈgæn/ /əˈraɪvɪŋ/ /æt/ /ðə/ /ˈfæktəri/. /wʌn/ /ˈleɪdi/ /brɔt/ /ɪn/ /ə/ /ˈbɪskət/ /ɑn/ /ə/ /ˈwilˌbɛroʊ/. /ɪt/ /weɪd//ˈnɪrli/ 500 /paʊndz/. /ə/ /ˈlɪtəl/ /ˈleɪtər/, /ə/ /mən/ /keɪm/ /əˈlɔŋ/ /wɪð/ /ə/ /ˈbɪskət/ /wɪʧ/ /ˈɑkjəˌpaɪd/ /ðə/ /hoʊl/ /but/ /ʌv/ /hɪz/ /kɑr/. /ɔl/ /ðə/ /ˈbɪskəts/ /ðæt/ /wɜr/ /sɛnt/ /wɜr/ /ˈkɛrfəli/ /weɪd/. /ðə/ /ˈlɑrʤəst/ /wʌz/ 713 /paʊndz/. /ɪt/ /simd/ /ˈsɜrtən/ /ðæt/ /ðɪs/ /wʊd/ /wɪn/ /ðə/ /praɪz/. /bʌt/ /ʤʌst/ /bɪˈfɔr/ /ðə/ /ˌkɑmpəˈtɪʃən/ /kloʊzd/, /əˈlɔri/ /əˈraɪvd/ /æt/ /ðə/ /ˈfæktəri/ /wɪð/ /ə/ /ˈtruli/ /kəˈlɑsəl/ /'bɪskət/ /wɪʧ/ /weɪd/ 2400 /paʊndz/. /ɪt/ /hæd/ /bɪn/ /beɪkt/ /baɪ/ /ə/ /ˈkɑlɪʤ/ /ˈstudənt/ /hu/ /hæd/ /juz/ /dˈoʊvər/ 1000 /paʊndz/ /ʌv/ /ˈflaʊər/, 800 /paʊndz/ /ʌv/ /ˈʃʊgər/, 200 /paʊndz/ /ʌv/ /fæt/, /ænd/ 400 /paʊndz/ /ʌv/ /ˈvɛriəs/ /ˈʌðər/ /ɪnˈgridiənts/. /ɪt/ /wʌz/ /soʊ/ /ˈhɛvi/ /ðæt/ /ə/ /kreɪn/ /hæd/ /tu/ /bi/ /juzd/ /tu/ /riˈmuv/ /ɪt/ /frʌm/ /ðə/ /ˈlɔri/. /ðə/ /ˌmænjəˈfækʧərərz/ /hæd/ /tu/ /peɪ/ /mɔr/ /ˈmʌni/ /ðæn/ /ðeɪ/ /hæd/ /ænˈtɪsəˌpeɪtəd/, /fɔr/ /ðeɪ/ /bɑt/ /ðə/ /ˈbɪskət/ /frʌm/ /ðə/ /ˈstudənt/ /fɔr/ $24000.
任务配置:L0+L4
知识笔记:
wheelbarrow /ˈwilˌbɛroʊ/ n.独轮手推车
boot n.(汽车尾部)行李箱
colossal /kəˈlɑsəl/ adj.巨大的
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