Lily的Scalers Talk第八轮新概念朗读持续力训练Da

Lesson27    A wet night

Late in the afternoon, the boys put up their tent in the middle of a field. As soon as this was done, they cooked a meal over an open fire. They were all hungry and the food smelt good. After a wonderful meal, they told stories and sang songs by the campfire. But some time later it began to rain. The boys felt tired so they put out the fire and crept into their tent. Their sleeping-bags were warm and comfortable, so they all slept soundly. In the middle of the night, two boys woke up and began shouting. The tent was full of water! They all leapt out of their sleeping-bags and hurried outside. It was raining heavily and they found that a stream had formed in the field. The stream wound its way across the field and then flowed right under their tent!

Lesson28    No parking

Jasper White is one of those rare people who believes in ancient myths. He has just bought a new house in the city, but ever since he moved in, he has had trouble with cars and their owners. When he returns home at night, he always finds that someone has parked a car outside his gate. Because of this, he has not been able to get his own car into his garage even once. Jasper has put up' No Parking' signs outside his gate, but these have not had any effect. Now he has put an ugly stone head over the gate. It is one of the ugliest faces I have ever seen. I asked him what it was and he told me that it was Medusa, the Gorgon. Jasper hopes that she will turn cars and their owners to stone. But none of them has been turned to stone yet!

 put out the fire 灭火

creep /krip/  过去式 crept  悄悄缓慢行进、蹑手蹑脚的移动、爬行

sleep soundly 沉睡、睡得正甜

leap   过去式leapt    跳跃 

stream/strim/  小溪

form 形成

wind v.  蜿蜒  曲折而行  过去式 wound

campfire 营火、open fire 篝火

rare /rɛr/  稀有的，珍贵的

ancient/ˈeɪnʧənt/  古老的，古代的

myth/mɪθ/ 神话

Gorgon/ˈgɔrgən/ 丑陋凶恶的女人、女怪

现在开始，文章越来越长，句子也越来越长了，终于感受到了一些挑战。有些长句子，需要反复读，反复找感觉，才能保证流利。