Lily的Scalers Talk第八轮新概念朗读持续力训练Da

L35-2：Justice was done

Towards midday, a girl heard a muffled cry coming from behind one of the walls. As the cry was repeated several times, she ran to tell the manager who promptly rang up the fire-brigade. The cry had certainly come from one of the chimneys, but as there were so many of them, the firemen could not be certain which one it was. They located the right chimney by tapping at the walls and listening for the man's cries. After chipping through a wall which was eighteen inches thick, they found that a man had been trapped in the chimney. As it was extremely narrow, the man was unable to move, but the firemen were eventually able to free him by cutting a huge hole in the wall. The sorry-looking, blackened figure that emerged, at once admitted that he had tried to break into the shop during the night but had got stuck in the chimney. He had been there for nearly ten hours. Justice had been done even before the man was handed over to the police. '

muffle /ˈmʌfl/  捂住、压低;压抑(声音);

tap /tæp/ 轻敲;轻拍;轻叩;

chip  /tʃɪp/ 削、砍、凿      chip through 凿穿 

trap /træp/ 使落入险境;使陷入困境;卡住;夹住;

blacken /ˈblækən/  使变黑

emerge /iˈmɜːrdʒ  出现，浮现、显现

certain /ˈsɜːrtn/ 确定、肯定

stick /stɪk/ 陷住，动不了，卡住，  过去式 stuck

break into 强行进入;闯入

昨天使自己很痛苦的那些单词、句子，经过了一晚上的消化，今天已经变得容易接受了。有点像之前学钢琴，每次新练一首曲子，刚开始总是有种死去活来的痛苦，怎么就这么难呢。第二天发现，好一点了，可以弹了，第三天又好一点了。

3月结束了，2023年的第一个季度再见了。一转眼，2023过去四分之一了。庆幸每天有学一些英语，不至于荒废时光。