练习材料：
L45-2: The power ofthe press
But they suddenlybecame the parents of quintuplets, four girls and a boy, an event whichradically changed their lives. The day after the birth of the five children anaeroplane arrived in Aberdeen bringing 60 reporters and photographers. The riseto fame was swift. Television cameras and newspapers carried the news toeveryone in the country. Newspapers and magazines offered the family huge sumsfor the exclusive rights to publish stories and photographs. Gifts poured innot only from unknown people, but from baby food and soap manufacturers whowished to advertise their products. The old farmhouse the family lived in wasto be replaced by a new $500,000 home. Reporters kept pressing for interviewsso lawyers had to be employed to act as spokesmen for the family at pressconferences. While the five babies were still quietly sleeping in oxygen tentsin a hospital nursery, their parents were paying the price for fame. It wouldnever again be possible for them to lead normal lives. They had become thevictims of commercialization, for their names had acquired a market value.Instead of being five new family members, these children had immediately becomea commodity.
ðə ˈpaʊər ɒv ðə prɛs
bʌt ðeɪ ˈsʌdnli bɪˈkeɪm
ðə ˈpeərənts ɒv kwɪnˈʧuːpləts, fɔː ɡɜːlz ænd ə bɔɪ, ən ɪˈvɛnt wɪʧ ˈrædɪkəli ʧeɪnʤd ðeə lɪvz.ðə
deɪ ˈɑːftə ðə bɜːθ ɒv ðə faɪv ˈʧɪldrən ən ˈeərəpleɪn
əˈraɪvd ɪn ˌæbəˈdiːn ˈbrɪŋɪŋ 60 rɪˈpɔːtəz ænd fəˈtɒɡrəfəz. ðə raɪz tuː feɪm wɒz swɪft. ˈtɛlɪˌvɪʒən
ˈkæmərəz ænd ˈnjuːzˌpeɪpəz ˈkærid ðə njuːz tuː ˈɛvrɪwʌn ɪn ðə ˈkʌntri.ˈnjuːzˌpeɪpəz
ænd ˌmæɡəˈziːnz ˈɒfəd ðə ˈfæmɪli hjuːʤ sʌmz fɔː ði ɪksˈkluːsɪv
raɪts tuː ˈpʌblɪʃ ˈstɔːriz ænd ˈfəʊtəɡrɑːfs. ɡɪfts pɔːd ɪn nɒt ˈəʊnli frɒm ʌnˈnəʊn
ˈpiːpl, bʌt frɒm ˈbeɪbi fuːd ænd səʊp ˌmænjʊˈfækʧərəz huː wɪʃt tuː ˈædvətaɪz ðeə
ˈprɒdʌkts. ði əʊld ˈfɑːmhaʊs ðə ˈfæmɪli lɪvd ɪn wɒz tuː biː rɪˈpleɪst baɪ ə njuː $500,000 həʊm.
rɪˈpɔːtəz kɛpt ˈprɛsɪŋ fɔːr ˈɪntəvjuːz səʊ ˈlɔːjəz hæd tuː biː ɪmˈplɔɪd tuː ækt
æz spokesmen fɔː ðə ˈfæmɪli æt prɛs ˈkɒnfərənsɪz. waɪl ðə faɪv ˈbeɪbiz wɜː stɪl
ˈkwaɪətli ˈsliːpɪŋ ɪn ˈɒksɪʤən tɛnts ɪn ə ˈhɒspɪtl ˈnɜːsəri, ðeə ˈpeərənts wɜː
ˈpeɪɪŋ ðə praɪs fɔː feɪm. ɪt wʊd ˈnɛvər əˈɡɛn biː ˈpɒsəbᵊl fɔː ðɛm tuː liːd ˈnɔːməl lɪvz. ðeɪ hæd
bɪˈkʌm ðə ˈvɪktɪmz ɒv kəˌmɜːʃəlaɪˈzeɪʃᵊn, fɔː ðeə neɪmz hæd əˈkwaɪəd ə ˈmɑːkɪt ˈvæljuː. ɪnˈstɛd ɒv ˈbiːɪŋ faɪv njuːˈfæmɪli ˈmɛmbəz, ðiːz ˈʧɪldrən hæd ɪˈmiːdiətli bɪˈkʌm ə kəˈmɒdəti.
任务配置：L0 + L4
知识笔记：
单词：1、quintuplets：五胞胎，2、radically：根本，3、exclusive：独家的，独占的，4、pour in：倒入，5、soap：肥皂，6、farmhouse：农家，农舍，7、conference：会晤，会议，谈判，8、commercialization：商业化，9、commodity：商品，货物、
10、育婴室，幼儿教育的
音标：
练习感悟：难度还是相当大的，录了四五遍才达标，有点拗口，语速也有点快。
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