Lesson 41 Do you call that a hat?
'Do you call that a hat ?' I said to my wife. 'You needn't be so rude about it,' my wife answered as she looked at herself in the mirror. I sat down on one of those modern chairs with holes in it and waited. We had been in the hat shop for half an hour and my wife was still in front of the mirror.
' We mustn't buy things we don't need,' I remarked suddenly. I regretted saying it almost at once.
'You needn't have said that,' my wife answered.' I need not remind you of that terrible tie you bought yesterday.'
' I find it beautiful,' I said. 'A man can never have too many ties.'
'And a woman can't have too many hats,' she answered.
Ten minutes later we walked out of the shop together. My wife was wearing a hat that looked like a lighthouse !
ˈlɛsən 41 du ju kɔl ðæt ə hæt?
du ju kɔl ðæt ə hæt ?' aɪ sɛd tu maɪ waɪf.
ju ˈnidə
、】aʊn ɑn wʌn ʌv ðoʊz ˈmɑdərn ʧɛrz wɪð hoʊlz ɪn ɪt ænd ˈweɪtəd.
wi hæd bɪn ɪn ðə hæt ʃɑp fɔr hæf ən ˈaʊər ænd maɪ waɪf wʌz stɪl ɪn frʌnt ʌv ðə ˈmɪrər.
' wi ˈmʌsənt baɪ θɪŋz wi doʊnt nid,' aɪ rɪˈmɑrkt ˈsʌdənli.
aɪ rɪˈgrɛtɪd ˈseɪɪŋ ɪt ˈɔlˌmoʊst æt wʌns.
ju ˈnidənt hæv sɛd ðæt,' maɪ waɪf ˈænsərd.'
aɪ nid nɑt riˈmaɪnd ju ʌv ðæt ˈtɛrəbəl taɪ ju bɑt ˈjɛstərˌdeɪ.'
' aɪ faɪnd ɪt ˈbjutəfəl,' aɪ sɛd. ə mən kæn ˈnɛvər hæv tu ˈmɛni taɪz.'
ænd ə ˈwʊmən kænt hæv tu ˈmɛni hæts,' ʃi ˈænsərd.
tɛn ˈmɪnəts ˈleɪtər wi wɔkt aʊt ʌv ðə ʃɑp təˈgɛðər.
maɪ waɪf wʌz ˈwɛrɪŋ ə hæt ðæt lʊkt laɪk ə ˈlaɪtˌhaʊs !
任务配置：
L0+L1+L3+L4
知识笔记：
复述笔记
lighthouse
remark
remind
regret
mirror
tie
复习：
tie=draw
tie the knot 结婚
tied to sb's apron strings 过分受某人的影响或控制
The British Prime Minister is too apt to cling to Washington's apron strings. 英国首相对华府过于唯命是从。
tie sb's hand and foot 用条条框框限制某人
tongue-tied: not able to speak because you are shy or nervous 因害羞或紧张张口结舌的；说不出话来的
练习感悟：
如果想要放弃，想想前面坚持的那些日子吧。不要想当然，很多看似认识的单词，其实在不同语境下有完全不同的意思，查单词，并且走心的查。这方面做得还不好，反思。
one step at a time
keep faith in yourself
never ever give up
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