卖萌的ScalersTalk第四轮新概念朗读持续力训练Day20

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[Day 1701 2019-05-23]

L58-2: A spot of bother

Her first impulse was to go round all the rooms looking for the thieves, but then she decided that at her age it might be more prudent to have someone with her, so she went to fetch the porter from his basement. By this time her legs were beginning to tremble, so she sat down and accepted a cup of very strong tea, while he telephoned the police. Then, her composure regained, she was ready to set off with the porter's assistance to search for any intruders who might still be lurking in her flat. They went through the rooms, being careful to touch nothing, as they did not want to hinder the police in their search for fingerprints. The chaos was inconceivable.

She had lived in the flat for thirty years and was a veritable magpie at hording: and it seemed as though everything she possessed had been tossed out and turned over and over. At least sorting out the things she should have discarded years ago was now being made easier for her.

卖萌的ScalersTalk第四轮新概念朗读持续力训练Day205 2019-05-25

朗读时间：1m5s/1m10s

任务配置： L0+L4

知识笔记：

veritable 真正的 地地道道的

toss 扔

disacard 丢弃

magpie 喜欢收藏物品的人

lurk 潜藏

hinder 妨碍

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[Day 1702 2019-05-24]

L58-3: A spot of bother

Then a police inspector arrived with a constable and she told them of her discovery of the ransacked flat. The inspector began to look for fingerprints, while the constable checked that the front door locks had not been forced, thereby proving that the burglars had either used skeleton keys or entered over the balcony. There was no trace of fingerprints, but the inspector found a dirty red bundle that contained jewellery which the old lady said was not hers. So their entry into this flat was apparently not the burglars' first job that day and they must have been disturbed. The inspector then asked the old lady to try to check what was missing by the next day and advised her not to stay alone in the flat for a few nights. The old lady thought he was a fussy creature, but since the porter agreed with him, she rang up her daughter and asked for her help in what she described as a little spot of bother.

卖萌的ScalersTalk第四轮新概念朗读持续力训练Day205 2019-05-25

朗读时间：1m4s/1m1s

任务配置： L0+L4

知识笔记：

ransacked 洗劫

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[Day 1703 2019-05-25]

L59-1: Collecting

People tend to amass possessions, sometimes without being aware of doing so. Indeed they can have a delightful surprise when they find something useful which they did not know they owned. Those who never have to move house become indiscriminate collectors of what can only be described as clutter. They leave unwanted objects in drawers, cupboards and attics for years, in the belief that they may one day need just those very things. As they grow old, people also accumulate belongings for two other reasons, lack of physical and mental energy, both of which are essential in turning out and throwing away, and sentiment. Things owned for a long time are full of associations with the past, perhaps with relatives who are dead, and so they gradually acquire a value beyond their true worth.

卖萌的ScalersTalk第四轮新概念朗读持续力训练Day205 2019-05-25

朗读时间：58s/59s

任务配置： L0+L4

知识笔记：

amass 积聚

discriminate 不加选择的

clutter 一堆杂物

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