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L49-1: The idealservant
It is a good thingmy aunt Harriet died years ago. If she were alive today she would not be ableto air her views on her favourite topic of conversation: domestic servants.Aunt Harriet lived in that leisurely age when servants were employed to dohousework. She had a huge, rambling country house called 'The Gables'. She wassentimentally attached to this house, for even though it was far too big forher needs, she persisted in living there long after her husband's death. Beforeshe grew old, Aunt Harriet used to entertain lavishly. I often visited TheGables when I was a boy. No matter how many guests were present, the greathouse was always immaculate. The parquet floors shone like mirrors; highlypolished silver was displayed in gleaming glass cabinets; even my uncle's hugecollection of books was kept miraculously free from dust. Aunt Harriet presidedover an invisible army of servants that continuously scrubbed, cleaned, andpolished. She always referred to them as 'the shifting population', for they cameand went with such frequency that I never even got a chance to learn theirnames.
ði aɪˈdɪəl ˈsɜːvənt
ɪt ɪz ə ɡʊd θɪŋ maɪ ɑːnt ˈhærɪət daɪd jɪəz əˈɡəʊ. ɪf ʃiː wɜːr əˈlaɪv təˈdeɪ ʃiː wʊd nɒt biː ˈeɪbᵊl
tuː eə hɜː vjuːz ɒn hɜː ˈfeɪvərɪt ˈtɒpɪk ɒv ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃᵊn: dəʊˈmɛstɪk ˈsɜːvənts.ɑːnt ˈhærɪət lɪvd ɪn ðæt ˈlɛʒəli eɪʤ wɛn ˈsɜːvənts
wɜːr ɪmˈplɔɪd tuː duː ˈhaʊswɜːk. ʃiː hæd ə hjuːʤ, ˈræmblɪŋ ˈkʌntri haʊs kɔːld ðə
ˈɡeɪbᵊlz. ʃiː wɒz ˌsɛntɪˈmɛntli əˈtæʧt tuː ðɪs
haʊs, fɔːr ˈiːvən ðəʊ ɪt wɒz fɑː tuː bɪɡ fɔː hɜː niːdz, ʃiː pəˈsɪstɪd ɪn ˈlɪvɪŋ ðeə
lɒŋ ˈɑːftə hɜː ˈhʌzbəndz dɛθ. bɪˈfɔː ʃiː ɡruː əʊld, ɑːnt ˈhærɪət juːzd tuː ˌɛntəˈteɪn ˈlævɪʃli. aɪ ˈɒfᵊn ˈvɪzɪtɪd
ðə ˈɡeɪbᵊlz wɛn aɪ wɒz ə bɔɪ. nəʊ ˈmætə haʊ ˈmɛniɡɛsts wɜː ˈprɛzᵊnt, ðə ɡreɪt haʊs wɒz ˈɔːlweɪz ɪˈmækjələt. ðə ˈpɑːkeɪ flɔːz ʃɒn laɪk ˈmɪrəz; ˈhaɪli ˈpɒlɪʃt
ˈsɪlvə wɒz dɪsˈpleɪd ɪn ˈɡliːmɪŋ ɡlɑːs ˈkæbɪnɪts; ˈiːvən maɪ ˈʌŋklz hjuːʤ kəˈlɛkʃᵊn ɒv bʊks
wɒz kɛpt mɪˈrækjələsli friː frɒm dʌst. ɑːnt ˈhærɪət prɪˈzaɪdɪd ˈəʊvər ən ɪnˈvɪzəbᵊl ˈɑːmi ɒv ˈsɜːvənts ðæt kənˈtɪnjuəsli skrʌbd,
kliːnd, ænd ˈpɒlɪʃt. ʃiː ˈɔːlweɪz rɪˈfɜːd tuː ðɛm æz ðə ˈʃɪftɪŋ ˌpɒpjəˈleɪʃᵊn,
fɔː ðeɪ keɪm ænd wɛnt wɪð sʌʧ ˈfriːkwənsi ðæt aɪ ˈnɛvər ˈiːvən ɡɒt ə ʧɑːns tuː lɜːn ðeə neɪmz.
任务配置：L0 + L4
知识笔记：
单词：1、domestic：家用的，本国的，家佣，2、leisurely：不慌不忙的，从容不迫地，3、漫无目的的，乡间漫步，漫游，杂乱的，4、sentimentally：感情用事的，感情上，5、entertain：招待，款待，6、lavishly：非常大方地，浪费地，7、immaculate：纯洁的，特别整洁的，8、parquet：镶木地板，9、shone：发光，反光，shine的过去式与过去分词，10、gleaming：闪耀的，明亮的，11、miraculously：奇迹般地，神奇地，12、preside：主持，担任，13、invisible：看不见的，隐形的，14、scrub：刷洗，擦洗，15、the shifting population：流动人口，16、
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练习感悟：这篇文章难度就比较大了，录了四五遍才勉强达标。
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