1.练习材料
Lesson 24 A skeleton in the cupboard
We often read in novels how a seemingly respectable person or family has some terrible secret which has been concealed from strangers for years. The English language possesses a vivid saying to describe this sort of situation. The terrible secret is called 'a skeleton in the cupboard'. At some dramatic moment in the story, the terrible secret becomes known and a reputation is ruined. 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. It is all very well for such things to occur in fiction. 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. The only person I know who has a skeleton in the cupboard is George Carlton, and he is very pound of the fact. George studied medicine in his youth. Instead of becoming a doctor,however, he became a successful writer of detective stories.
2.任务配置:L0
3.知识笔记
(1)查音标
/ˈlɛsn/ 24 /ə/ /ˈskɛlɪtn/ /ɪn/ /ðə/ /ˈkʌbəd/
/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/. /ði/ /ˈɪŋglɪʃ/ /ˈlæŋgwɪʤ/ /pəˈzɛsɪz/ /ə/ /ˈvɪvɪd/ /ˈseɪɪŋ/ /tuː/ /dɪsˈkraɪb/ /ðɪs/ /sɔːt/ /ɒv/ /ˌsɪtjʊˈeɪʃən/. /ðə/ /ˈtɛrəbl/ /ˈsiːkrɪt/ /ɪz/ /kɔːld/ /ə/ /ˈskɛlɪtn/ /ɪn/ /ðə/ /ˈkʌbəd/. /æt/ /sʌm/ /drəˈmætɪk/ /ˈməʊmənt/ /ɪn/ /ðə/ /ˈstɔːri/, /ðə/ /ˈtɛrəbl/ /ˈsiːkrɪt/ /bɪˈkʌmz/ /nəʊn/ /ænd/ /ə/ /ˌrɛpju(ː)ˈteɪʃən/ /ɪz/ /rʊɪnd/. /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/. /ɪt/ /ɪz/ /ɔːl/ /ˈvɛri/ /wɛl/ /fɔː/ /sʌʧ/ /θɪŋz/ /tuː/ /əˈkɜːr/ /ɪn ˈfɪkʃən/. /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/. /ði/ /ˈəʊnli/ /ˈpɜːsn/ /aɪ/ /nəʊ/ /huː/ /hæz/ /ə/ /ˈskɛlɪtn/ /ɪn/ /ðə/ /ˈkʌbəd/ /ɪz/ /ʤɔːʤ/ Carlton, /ænd/ /hiː/ /ɪz/ /ˈvɛri/ /paʊnd/ /ɒv/ /ðə/ /fækt/. /ʤɔːʤ/ /ˈstʌdɪd/ /ˈmɛdsɪn/ /ɪn/ /hɪz/ /juːθ/. /ɪnˈstɛd/ /ɒv/ /bɪˈkʌmɪŋ/ /ə/ /ˈdɒktə/,/haʊˈɛvə/, /hiː/ /bɪˈkeɪm/ /ə/ /səkˈsɛsfʊl/ /ˈraɪtər/ /ɒv/ /dɪˈtɛktɪv/ /ˈstɔːriz/.
(2) 学单词
1) skeleton /ˈskɛlɪtn/ n. 骷髅
2) seemingly /ˈsiːmɪŋli/ adv. 表面上地
3) respectable /rɪsˈpɛktəbl/ a. 体面的，雅观的
4) conceal /kənˈsiːl/ v. 隐藏，隐瞒
5) vivid /ˈvɪvɪd/ a. 生动的
6) dramatic /drəˈmætɪk/ a. 令人激动的
7) ruin /rʊɪn/ v. 毁坏
8) heroine /ˈhɛrəʊɪn/ n. 女主人公
9) fiction /ˈfɪkʃən/ n. 小说
10) varying /ˈveəriɪŋ/ a.不同的
11) medicine /ˈmɛdsɪn/ n. 医学
12) guestroom /ˈgɛstrʊm/ n. 客房
13) unpack /ʌnˈpæk/ v. 取出
14) stack /stæk/ v. 堆放，摆放
15) underclothes /ˈʌndəkləʊðz/ n. 内衣
16) drawer /ˈdrɔːə/ n.抽屉
17) petrify /ˈpɛtrɪfaɪ/ v. 使惊呆
18) dangle /ˈdæŋgl/ v. 悬挂
19) sway /sweɪ/ v. 摇摆
20) unsympathetic /ˌʌnˌsɪmpəˈθɛtɪk/ a. 无动于衷的
21) medical /ˈmɛdɪkəl/ a. 医学的
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