Lesson 63 She was not amused 她并不觉得好笑

Jeremy Hampden has a large circle of friends and is very popular at parties. Everybody admires him for his great sense of humor--everybody, that is, except his six-year-old daughter, Jenny. Recently, one of Jeremy's closest friends asked him to make a speech at a wedding reception. This is the sort of thing that Jeremy loves. He prepared the speech carefully and went to the wedding with Jenny. He had included a large number of funny stories in the speech and, of course, it was a great success. As soon as he had finished, Jenny told him she wanted to go home. Jeremy was a little disappointed by this but he did as his daughter asked. On the way home, he asked Jenny if she had enjoyed the speech. To his surprise, she said she hadn't. Jeremy asked her why this was so and she told him that she did not like to see so many people laughing at him!

ˈlɛsən 63 ʃi wəz nɑt əmˈjuzd 

ˈʤɛrəmi Hampden həz ə lɑrʤ ˈsɜrkəl əv frɛndz ənd əz ˈvɛri ˈpɑpjələr ət ˈpɑrtiz. 

ˈɛvriˌbɑdi ædˈmaɪrz ɪm fər hɪz greɪt sɛns əvˈhjumər--ˈɛvriˌbɑdi, ðæt ɪz, ɪkˈsɛpt ɪz sɪks-jɪr-oʊld ˈdɔtər, ˈʤɛni.

 ˈrisəntli, wʌn əv ˈʤɛrəmiz ˈkloʊsəst frɛndz æskt ɪm tə meɪk əspiʧ ət ə ˈwɛdɪŋ rɪˈsɛpʃən. 

ðɪs ɪz ðə sɔrt əv θɪŋ ðət ˈʤɛrəmi lʌvz. 

hi priˈpɛrd ðə spiʧ ˈkɛrfəli ənd wɛnt tə ðə ˈwɛdɪŋ wɪð ˈʤɛni.

 hi həd ɪnˈkludəd ə lɑrʤ ˈnʌmbər əv ˈfʌni ˈstɔriz ɪn ðə spiʧ ænd, əv kɔrs, ɪt wəz ə greɪt səkˈsɛs.

 əz sun əz hi həd ˈfɪnɪʃt, ˈʤɛni toʊld ɪm ʃi ˈwɑntəd tə goʊ hoʊm. 

ˈʤɛrəmi wəz ə ˈlɪtəl ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪd baɪ ðɪs bət hi dɪd əz ɪz ˈdɔtər æskt.

 ɑn ðə weɪ hoʊm, hi æsktˈʤɛni ɪf ʃi həd ɛnˈʤɔɪd ðə spiʧ. 

tə ɪz sərˈpraɪz, ʃi sɛd ʃi ˈhædənt. 

ˈʤɛrəmi æskt hər waɪ ðɪs wəz soʊ ənd ʃi toʊld ɪm ðət ʃi dɪd nɑtlaɪk tə si soʊ ˈmɛni ˈpipəl ˈlæfɪŋ ət hɪm!

任务配置：

L0+L4

知识笔记：

1. amused adj.

be amused at/ by sth.

Janet was not amused (=she was annoyed or angry).

the queen is not amused

The word amused means "pleasantly occupied" or "entertained.” If you love dogs, you’ll be amused just watching puppies frolic in the park all day. If you love everything, you’re easily amused.

Amuse comes from the Middle French word amuser, meaning "to divert the attention, beguile, delude." If on a boring rainy afternoon, you amused everyone, you entertained everyone, probably making them laugh. If you were ever told, "I'm not amused," however, this goes beyond not finding something funny — that person might be angry and offended at something you said or did.

2. a circle of friends

circle of friends

A circle is the round shape formed by all the points equidistant from a center point. This shape can be found everywhere, from the ring on your finger to the performance space in a circus (which sounds suspiciously similar, doesn’t it?).

The Greek word kirkos meant circle, but the word goes back even further to the Proto-Indo-European word kirk, which meant "to bend." The noun refers to that round shape, while the verb form means to move around or surround something. Are you going to knock on the door or just circle around the house all day? If you feel like you haven't been getting anywhere with something, you might say you're "going in circles."

3. include

The verb include means to consider as a part of something. A list of your favorite things may include chocolate and friends.

The verb include also means adding something (or someone) to a category or group. Once you try bungee jumping, you might want to include, or add, that to your list of favorite things. You may be forced to include your little sister in your party if your parents insist.

not included.

4. admire

If you hold someone in high esteem or look up to someone, you admire that person. If you ask four-year-olds who they most admire, they are likely to list their mom, dad, and grandparents — or superheroes and comic book characters.

The verb admire also means to look at with wonder and pleasure. She stood on the balcony of her hotel for a long time, simply to admire the view of the ocean and the surf as it crashed against the rocks below. I admire the way she volunteers to help at the school and with other charities because she is willing to give her time to good causes.

admire you

练习感悟：

好难听，不知道怎么进步了。。。。。

不知道哪儿有问题，觉得处处有问题，而且每次有问题出现，都让我练习的时候战战兢兢，生怕会一直错下去，比如昨天的r，今天尾音r特别多，所以就刻意把舌头收紧，反而影响了其他音的发音质量。所以，有时候不需要太钻牛角尖，如果你的发音正确，知识有时候稍微有点小问题，其实不用太纠结，知道自己的发音正确，而且知道怎么发就行了，不然太浪费时间了。