练习材料：

L40-1: Who’s who

It has never been explained why university students seem to enjoy practical jokes more than else. Students specialize in a particular type of practical joke: the hoax. Inviting the fire brigade to put out a nonexistent fire is a crude form of deception which no self-respecting student would ever indulge in. Students often create amusing situations which are funny to everyone except the victims.

When a student recently saw two workmen using a pneumatic drill outside his university, he immediately telephoned the police and informed them that two students

dressed up as workmen were tearing up the road with a pneumatic drill. As soon as he had hung up, he went over to the workmen and told them that if a policeman ordered them to go away, they were not take him seriously.

He added that a student had dressed up as a policeman and was playing all sorts of silly jokes on people. Both the police and the workmen were grateful to the student for this piece of advance information.

/ɪt/ /hæz/ /ˈnɛvər/ /bɪn/ /ɪkˈspleɪnd/ /waɪ/ /ˌjunəˈvɜrsəti/ /ˈstudənts/ /sim/ /tu/ /ɛnˈʤɔɪ/ /ˈpræktəkəl/ /ʤoʊks/ /mɔr/ /ðæn/ /ɛls/. /ˈstudənts/ /ˈspɛʃəˌlaɪz/ /ɪn/ /ə/ /pərˈtɪkjələr/ /taɪp/ /ʌv/ /ˈpræktəkəl/ /ʤoʊk/: /ðə/ /hoʊks/. /ɪnˈvaɪtɪŋ/ /ðə/ /ˈfaɪər/ /brəˈgeɪd/ /tu/ /pʊt/ /aʊt/ /ə/ /ˌnɑnəgˈzɪstənt/ /ˈfaɪər/ /ɪz/ /ə/ /krud/ /fɔrm/ /ʌv/ /dɪˈsɛpʃən/ /wɪʧ/ /noʊ/ /sɛlf/-/riˈspɛktɪŋ/ /ˈstudənt/ /wʊd/ /ˈɛvər/ /ɪnˈdʌlʤ/ /ɪn/. /ˈstudənts/ /ˈɔfən/ /kriˈeɪt/ /əmˈjuzɪŋ/ /ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃənz/ /wɪʧ/ /ɑr/ /ˈfʌni/ /tu/ /ˈɛvriˌwʌn/ /ɪkˈsɛpt/ /ðə/ /ˈvɪktəmz/.

/wɛn/ /ə/ /ˈstudənt/ /ˈrisəntli/ /sɔ/ /tu/ /ˈwɜrkmɪn/ /ˈjuzɪŋ/ /ə/ /nuˈmætɪk/ /drɪl/ /ˈaʊtˈsaɪd/ /hɪz/ /ˌjunəˈvɜrsəti/, /hi/ /ɪˈmidiətli/ /ˈtɛləˌfoʊnd/ /ðə/ /pəˈlis/ /ænd/ /ɪnˈfɔrmd/ /ðɛm/ /ðæt/ /tu/ /ˈstudənts/

/drɛst/ /ʌp/ /æz/ /ˈwɜrkmɪn/ /wɜr/ /ˈtɛrɪŋ/ /ʌp/ /ðə/ /roʊd/ /wɪð/ /ə/ /nuˈmætɪk/ /drɪl/. /æz/ /sun/ /æz/ /hi/ /hæd/ /hʌŋ/ /ʌp/, /hi/ /wɛnt/ /ˈoʊvər/ /tu/ /ðə/ /ˈwɜrkmɪn/ /ænd/ /toʊld/ /ðɛm/ /ðæt/ /ɪf/ /ə/ /pəˈlismən/ /ˈɔrdərd/ /ðɛm/ /tu/ /goʊ/ /əˈweɪ/, /ðeɪ/ /wɜr/ /nɑt/ /teɪk/ /hɪm/ /ˈsɪriəsli/.

/hi/ /ˈædəd/ /ðæt/ /ə/ /ˈstudənt/ /hæd/ /drɛst/ /ʌp/ /æz/ /ə/ /pəˈlismən/ /ænd/ /wʌz/ /ˈpleɪɪŋ/ /ɔl/ /sɔrts/ /ʌv/ /ˈsɪli/ /ʤoʊks/ /ɑn/ /ˈpipəl/. /boʊθ/ /ðə/ /pəˈlis/ /ænd/ /ðə/ /ˈwɜrkmɪn/ /wɜr/ /ˈgreɪtfəl/ /tu/ /ðə/ /ˈstudənt/ /fɔr/ /ðɪs/ /pis/ /ʌv/ /ədˈvæns/ /ˌɪnfərˈmeɪʃən/.

任务配置：L0+L4

知识笔记：

practical joke 恶作剧

specialize in 专门从事

why引导主语从句

hoax /hoʊks/n.骗局

nonexistent adj.不存在的

deception n.骗局

self-respecting adj.自重的

indulge v.沉迷

except prep.除......之外

pneumatic drill 风钻

tear-tore-torn

tear up 破坏

silly adj.无意义的

advance adj.预先的，事先获得的

else adj.其他的

hang up 挂断电话

练习感悟：

Never leave the things until tomorrow you can do today.