Lesson 2 Thirteen equals one
Listen to the tape then answer the question below
Whatever are you doing up here Bill? asked the vicar in surprise.I'm trying to repair the bell.answered Bill,I've been coming up here night after night for weeks now.You see,I was hoping to give you s surprise,You certainly did give me a surprise!said the vicar.You've probably woken up everyone in the village as well ,Still I;m glad the bell is working again.That's the trouble,vicar,answered Bill It's working all right,but I'm afraid that at one o'clock it will strike thirteen times and there's nothing I can do about it,We'll get used to that,Bill said the vicar ,Thirteen is not as good as one,but it's better than nothing ,Now let's go downstairs and have a cup of tea.
音标：ˌwʌˈtɛvər ər jʊ ˈduɪŋ ʌp hir bɪl?' æskt ðə ˈvɪkər ɪn sərˈpraɪz.
aɪm ˈtraɪɪŋ tə rɪˈpɛr ðə bɛl,' ˈænsərd bɪl. aɪv bɪn ˈkʌmɪŋ ʌp hir naɪt ˈæftər naɪt fər wiks naʊ. jʊ si, aɪ wəz ˈhoʊpɪŋ tə gɪv jʊ əsərˈpraɪz.'
jʊ ˈsɜrtənli dɪd gɪv mi ə sərˈpraɪz!' sɛd ðə ˈvɪkər. juv ˈprɑbəbli ˈwoʊkən ʌp ˈɛvriˌwʌn ɪn ðə ˈvɪləʤ əz wɛl. stɪl, aɪm glæd ðə bɛl əzˈwɜrkɪŋ əˈgɛn.'
ðæts ðə ˈtrʌbəl, ˈvɪkər,' ˈænsərd bɪl. ɪts ˈwɜrkɪŋ ɔl raɪt, bət aɪm əˈfreɪd ðət ət wʌn əˈklɑk ɪt wɪl straɪk 13 taɪmz ənd ðərz ˈnʌθɪŋ aɪkən dʊ əˈbaʊt ɪt.'
wil gɛt juzd tə ðət bɪl,' sɛd ðə ˈvɪkər. '13 ɪz nɑt əz gʊd əz wʌn bət ɪts ˈbɛtər ðən ˈnʌθɪŋ. naʊ lɛts goʊ ˈdaʊnˈstɛrz ənd həv ə kʌp əvti.'
训练任务：L0+L4
训练感想：最近实在很忙，出差两天，和别人住一起，白天有事，晚上没法大声朗读，落下了四堂课，很不要脸，今儿也来个新概念打卡100天吧。落下的部分，周末一定要补起来，由于晨读，心理学早读，新概念，再加上自己还在坚持写文章，任务重，时间紧，就没有一一手动去查音标，直接电脑查，然后能很快的看音标读出来，今儿也很轻松的把任务完成了，有点小意外，不过还是像S说的，前期的音标是多么多么的重要，幸亏报了晨读班，把音标这一关几乎打通了，因而感觉在新概念3有点得心应手，还有几天晨读就结束，要加油了。
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