练习材料：

The former Prime Minister, Mr. Wentworth Lane, was defeated in the recent elections. He is now retiring from political life and has gone abroad. My friend, Patrick, has always been a fanatical opponent of Mr. Lane's Radical Progressive Party. After the elections, Patrick went to the former Prime Minister's house. When he asked if Mr. Lane lived there, the policeman on duty told him that since his defeat, the ex-Prime Minister had gone abroad. On the following day, Patrick went to the house again. The same policeman was just walking slowly past the entrance, when Patrick asked the same question. Though a little suspicious this time, the policeman gave him the same answer. The day after, Patrick went to the house once more and asked exactly the same question.This time, the policeman lost his temper.' I told you yesterday and the day before yesterday,' he shouted, 'Mr. Lane was defeated in the elections. He has retired from political life and gone to live abroad!' I know,' answered Patrick,' but I love to hear you say it!'

[ðə] [ˈfɔːmə] [praɪm] [ˈmɪnɪstə], Mr. Wentworth [leɪn], [wɒz] [dɪˈfiːtɪd] [ɪn] [ðə] [ˈriːsnt] [ɪˈlɛkʃənz]. [hiː] [ɪz] [naʊ] [rɪˈtaɪərɪŋ] [frɒm] [pəˈlɪtɪkəl] [laɪf] [ænd] [hæz] [gɒn] [əˈbrɔːd]. [maɪ] [frɛnd], [ˈpætrɪk], [hæz] [ˈɔːlweɪz] [biːn] [ə] [fəˈnætɪkəl] [əˈpəʊnənt] [ɒv] Mr. [leɪnz] [ˈrædɪkəl] [prəʊˈgrɛsɪv] [ˈpɑːti]. [ˈɑːftə] [ði] [ɪˈlɛkʃənz], [ˈpætrɪk] [wɛnt] [tuː] [ðə] [ˈfɔːmə] [praɪm] [ˈmɪnɪstəz] [haʊs]. [wɛn] [hiː] [ɑːskt] [ɪf] Mr. [leɪn] [lɪvd] [ðeə], [ðə] [pəˈliːsmən] [ɒn] [ˈdjuːti] [təʊld] [hɪm] [ðæt] [sɪns] [hɪz] [dɪˈfiːt], [ði] [ɛks]-[praɪm] [ˈmɪnɪstə] [hæd] [gɒn] [əˈbrɔːd]. [ɒn] [ðə] [ˈfɒləʊɪŋ] [deɪ], [ˈpætrɪk] [wɛnt] [tuː] [ðə] [haʊs] [əˈgɛn]. [ðə] [seɪm] [pəˈliːsmən] [wɒz] [ʤʌst] [ˈwɔːkɪŋ] [ˈsləʊli] [pɑːst] [ði] [ˈɛntrəns], [wɛn] [ˈpætrɪk] [ɑːskt] [ðə] [seɪm] [ˈkwɛsʧən]. [ðəʊ] [ə] [ˈlɪtl] [səsˈpɪʃəs] [ðɪs] [taɪm],[ðə] [pəˈliːsmən] [geɪv] [hɪm] [ðə] [seɪm] [ˈɑːnsə]. [ðə] [deɪ] [ˈɑːftə],[ˈpætrɪk] [wɛnt] [tuː] [ðə] [haʊs] [wʌns] [mɔːr] [ænd] [ɑːskt] [ɪgˈzæktli] [ðə][seɪm] [ˈkwɛsʧən]. [ðɪs] [taɪm], [ðə] [pəˈliːsmən] [lɒst] [hɪz] [ˈtɛmpə].' [aɪ][təʊld] [juː] [ˈjɛstədeɪ] [ænd] [ðə] [deɪ] [bɪˈfɔː] [ˈjɛstədeɪ],' [hiː] [ˈʃaʊtɪd],'Mr. [leɪn] [wɒz] [dɪˈfiːtɪd] [ɪn] [ði] [ɪˈlɛkʃənz]. [hiː] [hæz] [rɪˈtaɪəd] [frɒm][pəˈlɪtɪkəl] [laɪf] [ænd] [gɒn] [tuː] [lɪv] [əˈbrɔːd]!' [aɪ] [nəʊ],' [ˈɑːnsəd][ˈpætrɪk],' [bʌt] [aɪ] [lʌv] [tuː] [hɪə] [juː] [seɪ] [ɪt]!'

任务配置：L0 +L4

笔记：

1.知识点

（1）The former Prime Minister, Mr. Wentworth Lane, was defeated in the recent elections. 前首相温特沃兹·莱恩先生在最近的大选中被击败。

①former在这里表示“以前的”、“从前的”或“前任的”，后面需要跟名词；

②election指一般选举时用单数，指全国性的选举时用复数。

（2）fanatical  [fəˈnætɪkl] adj. (行为或看法) 狂热的，极端的;

（3）opponent [əˈpəʊnənt]  n. 对手; 竞争者; 反对者; 阻止者

（4）Radical Progressive Party 激进党