伊卡莱姆的ScalersTalk第四轮新概念朗读持续力训练Day

练习材料：

L50-3: New Year resolutions

That was really unsettling,

but I fended off the tauntsand jibes of the family good-humouredly and soon everybody got used to the idea.

However,

my enthusiasm waned.

The time I spent at exercises gradually diminished.

Little by little the 11 minutes fell to zero.

By January 10th,

I was back to where I had started from.

I argued that if I spent less time exhausting myself at exercises in the morning,

I would keep my mind fresh for reading when I got home from work Resisting the hypnotizing effect of television,

I sat in my room for a few evenings with my eyesglued to a book.

One night, however, feeling cold and lonely,

I went downstairs and sat in front of the television pretending to read.

That proved to be my undoing,

for I soon got back to my old bad habit of dozing off in front of the screen.

I still haven't given up my resolution to do more reading.

In fact,

I have just bought a book entitled "How to Read a Thousand Words a Minute". Perhaps it will solve my problem,

but I just haven't had time to read it!

应用配置：L0+L4

知识笔记：taunts/tɔnts    jibes/ʤaɪbz    humouredly/humouredly    enthusiasm/ɪnˈθuziˌæzəm    waned/weɪnd    argued/ɑrgjud    exhausting/ɪgˈzɑstɪŋ    hypnotizing/hɪpnəˌtaɪzɪŋ    glued/glud

练习感悟：补记录5，当时在阿拉善的一家旅馆房间里完成之三。