练习材料：

L37-2：The Westhaven Express

Neither was I surprise when the train stopped at Widley, a tiny station a few miles along the line. Even a mighty express train can be held up by signals. But when the train dawdled at station after station, I began to wonder, It suddenly dawned on me that this express was not roaring down the line at ninety miles an hour, but barely chugging along at thirty. One hour and seventeen minutes passed and we had not even covered half the distance. I asked a passenger if this was the Westhaven Express, but he had not even heard of it. I determined to lodge a complaint as soon as we arrived. Two hours later, I was talking angrily to the station master at Westhaven. When he denied the train's existence, I borrowed his copy of the timetable. There was a note of triumph in my voice when I told him that it was there in black and white. Glancing at it briefly, he told me to look again. A tiny asterisk conducted me to a footnote at the bottom of the page. It said: “This service has been suspended.”

ˈnaɪðə wɒz aɪ səˈpraɪz wɛn ðə treɪn stɒpt æt Widley, ə ˈtaɪni ˈsteɪʃən ə fjuː maɪlz əˈlɒŋ ðə laɪn. ˈiːvən ə ˈmaɪti ɪksˈprɛs treɪn kæn biː hɛld ʌp baɪ ˈsɪgnlz. bʌt wɛn ðə treɪn ˈdɔːdld æt ˈsteɪʃən ˈɑːftə ˈsteɪʃən, aɪ bɪˈgæn tuː ˈwʌndə, ɪt ˈsʌdnli dɔːnd ɒn miː ðæt ðɪs ɪksˈprɛs wɒz nɒt ˈrɔːrɪŋ daʊn ðə laɪn æt ˈnaɪnti maɪlz ən ˈaʊə, bʌt ˈbeəli ˈʧʌgɪŋ əˈlɒŋ æt ˈθɜːti. wʌn ˈaʊər ænd ˈsɛvnˈtiːn ˈmɪnɪts pɑːst ænd wiː hæd nɒt ˈiːvən ˈkʌvəd hɑːf ðə ˈdɪstəns. aɪ ɑːskt ə ˈpæsɪnʤər ɪf ðɪs wɒz ðə Westhaven ɪksˈprɛs, bʌt hiː hæd nɒt ˈiːvən hɜːd ɒv ɪt. aɪ dɪˈtɜːmɪnd tuː lɒʤ ə kəmˈpleɪnt æz suːn æz wiː əˈraɪvd. tuː ˈaʊəz ˈleɪtə, aɪ wɒz ˈtɔːkɪŋ ˈæŋgrɪli tuː ðə ˈsteɪʃən ˈmɑːstər æt Westhaven. wɛn hiː dɪˈnaɪd ðə treɪnz ɪgˈzɪstəns, aɪ ˈbɒrəʊd hɪz ˈkɒpi ɒv ðə ˈtaɪmˌteɪb(ə)l. ðeə wɒz ə nəʊt ɒv ˈtraɪəmf ɪn maɪ vɔɪs wɛn aɪ təʊld hɪm ðæt ɪt wɒz ðeər ɪn blæk ænd waɪt. ˈglɑːnsɪŋ æt ɪt ˈbriːfli, hiː təʊld miː tuː lʊk əˈgɛn. ə ˈtaɪni ˈæstərɪsk kənˈdʌktɪd miː tuː ə ˈfʊtnəʊt æt ðə ˈbɒtəm ɒv ðə peɪʤ. ɪt sɛd: “ðɪs ˈsɜːvɪs hæz biːn səsˈpɛndɪd.”

任务配置：

L0＋L4

知识笔记：

新词：mighty 强有力的，非常；dawdle 混（时间）；dawn 被理解；roar 咆哮，吼叫；barely 勉强，好不容易；chug 发出短声；lodge 暂住，存放；triumph 巨大的成就，胜利；asterisk 星号

词组：at station after station 一站接着一站；dawn on 被想起来，使明白；

练习感悟：

中午搞声，就忘记做这个了嘻嘻嘻。

今天有一项挺棒的消息吧，语文的选择题其实我是对的，搜题软件错了。但一切还没有定数，不好直接下结论。总的来说这次考试是属于微微有点失常，但具体的成绩还是要等出来再下定论。

以后可能会刷多一点题目了。

我很开心，英语终于开始爆发，感觉新概念完全是被用上了的……