练习材料：L34-1：A happy discovery 时长：1‘12
Antique shops exert a peculiar fascination on a great many people.
ænˈtiːk ʃɒps ɪgˈzɜːt ə pɪˈkjuːliə ˌfæsɪˈneɪʃən ɒn ə greɪt ˈmɛni ˈpiːpl.
The more expensive kind of antique shop where rare objects are beautifully displayed in glass cases to keep them free from dust is usually a forbidding place.
ðə mɔːr ɪksˈpɛnsɪv kaɪnd ɒv ænˈtiːk ʃɒp weə reər ˈɒbʤɪkts ɑː ˈbjuːtəfʊli dɪsˈpleɪd ɪn glɑːs ˈkeɪsɪz tuː kiːp ðɛm friː frɒm dʌst ɪz ˈjuːʒʊəli ə fəˈbɪdɪŋ pleɪs.
But no one has to muster up courage to enter a less pretentious antique shop.
bʌt nəʊ wʌn hæz tuː ˈmʌstər ʌp ˈkʌrɪʤ tuː ˈɛntər ə lɛs prɪˈtɛnʃəs ænˈtiːk ʃɒp.
There is always hope that in its labyrinth of musty, dark, disordered rooms a real rarity will be found amongst the piles of assorted junk that litter the floors.
ðeər ɪz ˈɔːlweɪz həʊp ðæt ɪn ɪts ˈlæbərɪnθ ɒv ˈmʌsti, dɑːk, dɪsˈɔːdəd ruːmz ə rɪəl ˈreərɪti wɪl biː faʊnd əˈmʌŋst ðə paɪlz ɒv əˈsɔːtɪd ʤʌŋk ðæt ˈlɪtə ðə flɔːz.
No one discovers a rarity by chance.
nəʊ wʌn dɪsˈkʌvəz ə ˈreərɪti baɪ ʧɑːns.
A truly dedicated bargain hunter must have patience, and above all, the ability to recognize the worth of something when he sees it.
ə ˈtruːli ˈdɛdɪkeɪtɪd ˈbɑːgɪn ˈhʌntə mʌst hæv ˈpeɪʃəns, ænd əˈbʌv ɔːl, ði əˈbɪlɪti tuː ˈrɛkəgnaɪz ðə wɜːθ ɒv ˈsʌmθɪŋ wɛn hiː siːz ɪt.
To do this, he must be at least as knowledgeable as the dealer.
tuːduːðɪs, hiː mʌst biː æt liːst æz ˈnɒlɪʤəbl æz ðə ˈdiːlə.
Like a scientist bent on making a discovery, he must cherish the hope that one day he will be amply rewarded.
laɪk ə ˈsaɪəntɪst bɛnt ɒn ˈmeɪkɪŋ ə dɪsˈkʌvəri, hiː mʌst ˈʧɛrɪʃ ðə həʊp ðæt wʌn deɪ hiː wɪl biː ˈæmpli rɪˈwɔːdɪd.
任务配置：L0+L4
知识笔记：
exert v. to use power or influence to affect sb/sth
eg: He exerted all his authority to make them accept the plan.
muster sth up 鼓起/振作（勇气）
If you muster up a feeling of courage or energy, you try hard to find that quality in yourself because you need it in order to do something:
pretentious adj. trying to appear or sound more important or clever than you are, especially in matters of art and literature:
labyrinth n.a confusing set of connecting passages or paths in which it is easy to get lost (迷宫，迷路)
Finally, through a labyrinth of corridors she found his office.
assorted adj. consisting of various types mixed together
练习感悟：温故而知新
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