LemonIce的ScalersTalk第四轮新概念朗读持续力训

L46-2: Do it yourself

Even men who can hardly drive a nail in straight are supposed to be born electricians, carpenters, plumbers and mechanics. When lights fuse, furniture gets rickety, pipes get clogged, or vacuum cleaners fail to operate, some woman assume that their husbands will somehow put things right. The worst thing about the do-it-yourself game is that sometimes even men live under the delusion that they can do anything, even when they have repeatedly been proved wrong. It is a question of pride as much as anything else.

Last spring my wife suggested that I call in a man to look at our lawn mower. It had broken down the previous summer, and though I promised to repair it, I had never got round to it. I would not hear of the suggestion and said that I would fix it myself. One Saturday afternoon, I hauled the machine into the garden and had a close look at it. As far as I could see, it needed only a minor adjustment: a turn of a screw here, a little tightening up there, a drop of oil and it would be as good as new.

任务配置：L0+L4

词音：plumber,rickety,clog,vacuum,delusion,lawn,mower

词义：plumber  木匠；木工；carpenter  水管工；堵漏人员；rickety  摇晃的；fuse  熔化；delusion  迷惑，错觉；幻觉；clog  阻塞；mower  割草机；lawn  草地；草坪

练习感悟：

控制语调比昨天进步，对英文发音的甄别能力还是让人有惊喜的体验，一些常见的词读好真的有挑战性，练舌头的。

一句话，就是干。