练习材料：
L36-1：A chance ina million
We are lesscredulous than we used to be. In the nineteenth century, a novelist would bringhis story to a conclusion by presenting his readers with a series ofcoincidences -- most of them wildly improbable. Readers happily accepted thefact that an obscure maidservant was really the hero's mother. A long-lostbrother, who was presumed dead, was really alive all the time and wickedlyplotting to bring about the hero's downfall. And so on. Modern readers wouldfind such naive solutions totally unacceptable. Yet, in real life,circumstances do sometimes conspire to bring about coincidences which anyonebut a nineteenth century novelist would find incredible.
When I was a boy,my grandfather told me how a German taxi driver, Franz Bussman, found a brotherwho was thought to have been killed twenty years before. While on a walkingtour with his wife, he stooped to talk to a workman. After they had gone on,Mrs. Bussman commented on the workman's close resemblance to her husband andeven suggested that he might be his brother.
ə ʧɑːns ɪn ə ˈmɪljən
wiː ɑː lɛs ˈkrɛdjʊləs ðæn wiː juːzd tuː biː. ɪn
ðə ˈnaɪnˈtiːŋθ ˈsɛnʧʊri, ə ˈnɒvəlɪst wʊd brɪŋ hɪz ˈstɔːri tuː ə kənˈkluːʒən baɪ
prɪˈzɛntɪŋ hɪz ˈriːdəz wɪð ə ˈsɪəriːz ɒv kəʊˈɪnsɪdənsɪz -- məʊst ɒv ðɛm ˈwaɪldli
ɪmˈprɒbəbᵊl. ˈriːdəz ˈhæpɪli əkˈsɛptɪd ðə fækt ðæt ən əbˈskjʊə ˈmeɪdˈsɜːvənt wɒz
ˈrɪəli ðə ˈhɪərəʊz ˈmʌðə. ə lɒŋ-lɒst ˈbrʌðə, huː wɒz prɪˈzjuːmd dɛd, wɒz ˈrɪəli
əˈlaɪv ɔːl ðə taɪm ænd ˈwɪkɪdli ˈplɒtɪŋ tuː brɪŋ əˈbaʊt ðə ˈhɪərəʊz ˈdaʊnfɔːl.
ænd səʊ ɒn. ˈmɒdən ˈriːdəz wʊd faɪnd sʌʧ nɑːˈiːv səˈluːʃᵊn ˈtəʊtli ˌʌnəkˈsɛptəbᵊl. jɛt, ɪn rɪəllaɪf, ˈsɜːkəmstənsɪz duː ˈsʌmtaɪmz kənˈspaɪə tuː brɪŋ əˈbaʊt kəʊˈɪnsɪdənsɪz wɪʧˈɛnɪwʌn bʌt ə ˈnaɪnˈtiːŋθ ˈsɛnʧʊri ˈnɒvəlɪst wʊd faɪnd ɪnˈkrɛdəbᵊl.
wɛn aɪ wɒz ə bɔɪ,
maɪ ˈɡrændˌfɑːðə təʊld miː haʊ ə ˈʤɜːmən ˈtæksi ˈdraɪvə, frænz
Bussman, faʊnd ə ˈbrʌðə huː wɒz θɔːt tuː hæv biːn kɪld ˈtwɛnti jɪəz bɪˈfɔː. waɪl
ɒn ə ˈwɔːkɪŋ tʊə wɪð hɪz waɪf, hiː stuːpt tuː tɔːk tuː ə ˈwɜːkmən. ˈɑːftə ðeɪ hæd ɡɒn ɒn, Mrs. Bussman ˈkɒmɛntɪd ɒn ðə ˈwɜːkmənz kləʊs rɪˈzɛmblənstuː hɜː ˈhʌzbənd ænd ˈiːvən səˈʤɛstɪd ðæt hiː maɪt biː hɪz ˈbrʌðə.
任务配置：L0 + L4
知识笔记：
单词：1、credulous：轻信的，易受骗的，2、novelist：小说家，3、conclusion：结论，推论，结尾，结果，4、coincidence：并存，巧合，5、improbable：不可能的，6、obscure：模糊的，鲜为人知的，无名的，7、maidservant：女仆，女佣，8、presume：假设，假定，设定，9、wickedly：邪恶地，10、plot：情节，阴谋，密谋，暗中策划，11、downfall：衰败，衰落，12、naïve：缺乏经验的，幼稚的，无知的，13、solution：解决方案，处理手段，14、conspire：共谋，密谋，15、walking tour：徒步旅行，16、commented：表达意见，17、resemblance：相似，相像，18、
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练习感悟：今天的文章也不算很容易了，还好语速不算很快，录了三四遍达标。
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