练习材料：
L41-1: Illusions ofPastoral peace
The quiet life ofthe country has never appealed to me. City born and city bred. I have alwaysregarded the country as something you look at through a train window, orsomething you occasionally visit during the weekend. Most of my friends live inthe city, yet they always go into raptures at the mere mention of the country.Though they extol the virtues of the peaceful life, only one of them has evergone to live in the country and he was back in town within six months. Even hestill lives under the illusion that country life is somehow superior to townlife. He is forever talking about the friendly people, the clean atmosphere,the closeness to nature and the gentle pace of living. Nothing can be compared,he maintains, with the first cockcrow, the twittering of birds at dawn, thesight of the rising sun glinting on the trees and pastures. This idyllicpastoral scene is only part of the picture.
ɪˈluːʒənz ɒv ˈpɑːstərəl piːs
ðə ˈkwaɪət laɪf ɒv
ðə ˈkʌntri hæz ˈnɛvər əˈpiːld tuː miː. ˈsɪti bɔːn ænd ˈsɪti brɛd. aɪ hæv ˈɔːlweɪz
rɪˈɡɑːdɪd ðə ˈkʌntri æz ˈsʌmθɪŋ juː lʊk æt θruː ə
treɪn ˈwɪndəʊ, ɔː ˈsʌmθɪŋ juː əˈkeɪʒnəli ˈvɪzɪt ˈdjʊərɪŋ ðə ˈwiːkˈɛnd. məʊst ɒv
maɪ frɛndz lɪv ɪn ðə ˈsɪti, jɛt ðeɪ ˈɔːlweɪz ɡəʊ ˈɪntuː ˈræpʧəz æt ðə mɪə ˈmɛnʃᵊn ɒv ðə ˈkʌntri. ðəʊ
ðeɪ ɪksˈtəʊl ðə ˈvɜːtjuːz ɒv ðə ˈpiːsfʊl laɪf, ˈəʊnli wʌn ɒv ðɛm hæz ˈɛvə ɡɒn tuː lɪv ɪn ðə ˈkʌntri ænd hiː wɒz bæk ɪn
taʊn wɪˈðɪn sɪks mʌnθs. ˈiːvən hiː stɪl lɪvz ˈʌndə ði ɪˈluːʒən ðæt ˈkʌntri laɪf
ɪz ˈsʌmhaʊ suːˈpɪəriə tuː taʊn laɪf. hiː ɪz fəˈrɛvə ˈtɔːkɪŋ əˈbaʊt ðə ˈfrɛndli
ˈpiːpl, ðə kliːn ˈætməsfɪə, ðə ˈkləʊsnɪs tuː ˈneɪʧər ænd ðə ˈʤɛntl peɪs ɒv ˈlɪvɪŋ.
ˈnʌθɪŋ kæn biː kəmˈpeəd, hiː meɪnˈteɪnz, wɪð ðə fɜːst ˈkɒkkrəʊ, ðə ˈtwɪtərɪŋ ɒv
bɜːdz æt dɔːn, ðə saɪt ɒv ðə ˈraɪzɪŋ sʌn ˈɡlɪntɪŋ ɒn ðə triːz ænd ˈpɑːsʧəz. ðɪs aɪˈdɪlɪk ˈpɑːstərəl siːn ɪz ˈəʊnli pɑːt ɒv ðə ˈpɪkʧə.
任务配置：L0 + L4
知识笔记：
单词：1、illusion：错觉，幻想，幻象，2、pastoral：田园的，牧歌，乡村，3、bred：繁殖的，木板，4、rapture：狂喜，欢天喜地，全神贯注，5、extol：褒扬，称赏，6、virtue：美德，优点，7、closeness：亲密，密度，8、gentle：温和的，柔和，轻柔，9、maintain：维持，保持，维护，10、cockcrow：鸡鸣，11、Twittering：叽叽喳喳，12、glinting：闪闪发光，闪耀，13、pasture：牧场，牧草，14、idyllic：田园诗般的，15、
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练习感悟：这篇文章就相对比较简单，语速没那么快，所以比较轻松，录了两遍就达标。
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