泽平 的ScalersTalk第七轮新概念朗读持续力训练Day

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Lesson 42-2     Recording an earthquake

But instrumentsfar more delicate than that were needed if any really serious advance was to bemade. The ideal to be aimed at was to devise an instrument that could recordwith a pen on paper, the movements of the ground or of the table as the quakepassed by. While I write my pen moves, but the paper keeps still. Withpractice, no doubt, I could in time learn to write by holding the pen stillwhile the paper moved. That sounds a silly suggestion, but that was preciselythe idea adopted in some of the early instruments (seismometers) for recordingearthquake waves. But when table, penholder and paper are all moving, how is itpossible to write legibly? The key to a solution of that problem lay in aneveryday observation.

rɪˈkɔːdɪŋ ən ˈɜːθkweɪk

bʌt ˈɪnstrʊmənts fɑː mɔː ˈdɛlɪkɪt ðæn ðæt wɜː ˈniːdɪd ɪf ˈɛni

ˈrɪəli ˈsɪərɪəs ədˈvɑːns wɒz tuː biː meɪd. ði aɪˈdɪəl tuː biː eɪmd æt wɒz tuː dɪˈvaɪz ən ˈɪnstrʊmənt

ðæt kʊd ˈrɛkɔːd wɪð ə pɛn ɒn ˈpeɪpə, ðə ˈmuːvmənts ɒv ðə graʊnd ɔːr ɒv ðə ˈteɪbl

æz ðə kweɪk pɑːst baɪ. waɪl aɪ raɪt maɪ pɛn muːvz, bʌt ðə

ˈpeɪpə kiːps stɪl. wɪð ˈpræktɪs, nəʊ daʊt, aɪ kʊd ɪn taɪm lɜːn tuː raɪt baɪ ˈhəʊldɪŋ

ðə pɛn stɪl waɪl ðə ˈpeɪpə muːvd. ðæt saʊndz ə ˈsɪli səˈʤɛsʧən, bʌt ðæt wɒz prɪˈsaɪsli

ði aɪˈdɪə əˈdɒptɪd ɪn sʌm ɒv ði ˈɜːli ˈɪnstrʊmənts (seismometers) fɔː rɪˈkɔːdɪŋ

ˈɜːθkweɪk weɪvz. bʌt wɛn ˈteɪbl, ˈpɛnˌhəʊldər ænd ˈpeɪpər ɑːr ɔːl ˈmuːvɪŋ, haʊ ɪz ɪt ˈpɒsəbl tuː raɪtˈlɛʤəbli? ðə kiː tuː ə səˈluːʃən ɒv ðæt ˈprɒbləm leɪ ɪn ən ˈɛvrɪdeɪ ˌɒbzə(ː)ˈveɪʃən.

任务配置：L0 + L4

知识笔记：

单词：1、delicate：精美的，精巧，娇嫩，2、devise：设计，发明，3、silly：愚蠢的，无聊，4、precisely：恰恰，就是，5、adopt：采取，采用，采纳，6、seismometers：地震仪，7、legibly：清晰地，8、

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练习感悟：今天的文章， 说难不难，说简单也不简单，生词不多，文章也不长，但是语速是比较快的，读起来也有点拗口，所以录了三遍，勉强达标。