练习材料：Lesson 24-1 A skeleton in the cupboard 时长：1‘24
We often read in novels how a seemingly respectable person or family has some terrible secret which has been concealed from strangers for years.
wiː ˈɒf(ə)n riːd ɪn ˈnɒvəlz haʊ ə ˈsiːmɪŋli rɪsˈpɛktəbl ˈpɜːsn ɔː ˈfæmɪli hæz sʌm ˈtɛrəbl ˈsiːkrɪt wɪʧ hæz biːn kənˈsiːld frɒm ˈstreɪnʤəz fɔː jɪəz.
The English language possesses a vivid saying to describe this sort of situation.
ði ˈɪŋglɪʃ ˈlæŋgwɪʤ pəˈzɛsɪz ə ˈvɪvɪd ˈseɪɪŋ tuː dɪsˈkraɪb ðɪs sɔːt ɒv ˌsɪtjʊˈeɪʃən.
The terrible secret is called 'a skeleton in the cupboard'.
ðə ˈtɛrəbl ˈsiːkrɪt ɪz kɔːld ə ˈskɛlɪtn ɪn ðə ˈkʌbəd.
At some dramatic moment in the story, the terrible secret becomes known and a reputation is ruined.
æt sʌm drəˈmætɪk ˈməʊmənt ɪn ðə ˈstɔːri, ðə ˈtɛrəbl ˈsiːkrɪt bɪˈkʌmz nəʊn ænd ə ˌrɛpju(ː)ˈteɪʃən ɪz rʊɪnd.
The reader's hair stands on end when he reads in the final pages of the novel that the heroine a dear old lady who had always been so kind to everybody, had, in her youth, poisoned every one of her five husbands.
ðə ˈriːdəz heə stændz ɒn ɛnd wɛn hiː riːdz ɪn ðə ˈfaɪnl ˈpeɪʤɪz ɒv ðə ˈnɒvəl ðæt ðə ˈhɛrəʊɪn ə dɪər əʊld ˈleɪdi huː hæd ˈɔːlweɪz biːn səʊ kaɪnd tuː ˈɛvrɪbɒdi, hæd, ɪn hɜː juːθ, ˈpɔɪznd ˈɛvri wʌn ɒv hɜː faɪv ˈhʌzbəndz.
It is all very well for such things to occur in fiction.
ɪt ɪz ɔːl ˈvɛri wɛl fɔː sʌʧ θɪŋz tuː əˈkɜːr ɪn ˈfɪkʃən.
To varying degrees, we all have secrets which we do not want even our closest friends to learn, but few of us have skeletons in the cupboard.
tuː ˈveəriɪŋ dɪˈgriːz, wiː ɔːl hæv ˈsiːkrɪts wɪʧ wiː duː nɒt wɒnt ˈiːvən ˈaʊə ˈkləʊsɪst frɛndz tuː lɜːn, bʌt fjuː ɒv ʌs hæv ˈskɛlɪtnz ɪn ðə ˈkʌbəd.
The only person I know who has a skeleton in the cupboard is George Carlton, and he is very proud of the fact.
ði ˈəʊnli ˈpɜːsn aɪ nəʊ huː hæz ə ˈskɛlɪtn ɪn ðə ˈkʌbəd ɪz ʤɔːʤ Carlton, ænd hiː ɪz ˈvɛri praʊd ɒv ðə fækt.
George studied medicine in his youth. Instead of becoming a doctor, however, he became a successful writer of detective stories.
ʤɔːʤ ˈstʌdɪd ˈmɛdsɪn ɪn hɪz juːθ. ɪnˈstɛd ɒv bɪˈkʌmɪŋ ə ˈdɒktə, haʊˈɛvə, hiː bɪˈkeɪm ə səkˈsɛsfʊl ˈraɪtər ɒv dɪˈtɛktɪv ˈstɔːriz.
任务配置：L0+L4
知识笔记：
练习感悟：特地翻回到之前看读这一课时候的感想，还是挺有意思的，2019年的2月27日 读了相同的内容，并且就停止在这里了，没有坚持继续往下读 一年的时间过得很快啊，去年的这个时候应该是刚刚去上外培训接触法语，19年真是快的可怕 半年的时间都在上海，紧接着就来到了法国，到现在法语也还是一般般。学习语言真的是没有捷径的 只有不断地听 说才会有所提高吧
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