练习材料：
L41-1: Illusions of Pastoral peace
The quiet life of the country has never appealed to me.
City born and city bred.
I have always regarded the country as something you look at through a train window,
or something you occasionally visit during the weekend.
Most of my friends live in the city,
yet they always go into raptures at the mere mention of the country.
Though they extol the virtues of the peaceful life,
only one of them has ever gone to live in the country and he was back in town within six months.
Even he still lives under the illusion that country life is somehow superior to town life.
He is forever talking about the friendly people,
the clean atmosphere,
the closeness to nature and the gentle pace of living.
Nothing can be compared,
he maintains,
with the first cockcrow,
the twittering of birds at dawn,
the sight of the rising sun glintingon the trees and pastures.
This idyllic pastoral scene is only part of the picture.
应用配置：L0+L4
知识笔记： appealed/əˈpild regarded/rəˈgɑrdəd extol/ɪkˈstoʊl virtues /vɜrʧuz illusion/ɪˈluʒən superior/suˈpɪriər atmosphere/ætməˌsfɪr cockcrow/cockcrow glinting/glɪntɪŋ pastures/pæsʧərz idyllic/aɪˈdɪlɪk pastoral /pæstərəl
练习感悟：今天又超时了。从卡在superior开始，用时1小时45分，录制了最后一版，还是不太满意，没再继续重复。
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