伊卡莱姆的ScalersTalk第四轮新概念朗读持续力训练Day

练习材料：

L48-3: The silent village

Sitting down on adilapidated wooden fence near the field,

we opened a couple of tins of sardines and had a picnic lunch.

All at once,

I noticed that my wife seemed to be filled with alarm.

Looking up I saw that we were surrounded by children in rags who were looking at us silently as we ate.

We offered them food and spoke to them kindly,

but they remained motionless.

I concluded that they were simply shy of strangers.

When we later walked down the main street of the village,

we were followed by a silent procession of children.

The village which had seemed deserted,

immediately came to life.

Faces appeared at windows.

Men in shirt sleeves stood outside their houses and glared at us.

Old women in black shawls peered at us from doorways.

The most frightening thing of all was that not a sound could be heard.

There was no doubt that we were unwelcome visitors.

We needed no further warning.

Turning back down the main street,

we quickened our pace and made our way rapidly towards the stream where we hoped the boatman was waiting.

应用配置：L0+L4

知识笔记： dilapidated/dəˈlæpəˌdeɪtɪd    fence/fɛns     sardines/sɑrˈdinz    rags/rægz    motionless/moʊʃənləs    sleeves/slivz    glared/glɛrd    shawls/ʃɔlz    frightening/fraɪtənɪŋ    quickened/kwɪkənd

练习感悟：用时1小时。早上用了36分钟，时间较赶，晚上用了24分钟接着完成了今天的录制。