练习材料：

L16-2：Mary had a little lamb

After telling several of his friends about the theft, Dimitri found out that his neighbour, Aleko, had suddenly acquired a new lamb. Dimitri immediately went to Aleko's house and angrily accused him of stealing the lamb. He told him he had better return it or he would call the police. Aleko denied taking it and led Dimitri into his backyard. It was true that he had just bought a lamb, he explained, but his lamb was black. Ashamed of having acted so rashly, Dimitri apologized to Aleko for having accused him. While they were talking, it began to rain and Dimitri stayed in Aleko's house until the rain stopped. When he went outside half an hour later, he was astonished to find the little black lamb was almost white. Its wool, which had been dyed black, had been washed clean by the rain!

ˈɑːftə ˈtɛlɪŋ ˈsɛvrəl ɒv hɪz frɛndz əˈbaʊt ðə θɛft, diːˈmiːtri faʊnd aʊt ðæt hɪz ˈneɪbə, Aleko, hæd ˈsʌdnli əˈkwaɪəd ə njuː læm. diːˈmiːtri ɪˈmiːdiətli wɛnt tuː Aleko's haʊs ænd ˈæŋgrɪli əˈkjuːzd hɪm ɒv ˈstiːlɪŋ ðə læm. hiː təʊld hɪm hiː hæd ˈbɛtə rɪˈtɜːn ɪt ɔː hiː wʊd kɔːl ðə pəˈliːs. Aleko dɪˈnaɪd ˈteɪkɪŋ ɪt ænd lɛd diːˈmiːtri ˈɪntuː hɪz ˌbækˈjɑːd. ɪt wɒz truː ðæt hiː hæd ʤʌst bɔːt ə læm, hiː ɪksˈpleɪnd, bʌt hɪz læm wɒz blæk. əˈʃeɪmd ɒv ˈhævɪŋ ˈæktɪd səʊ ˈræʃli, diːˈmiːtri əˈpɒləʤaɪzd tuː Aleko fɔː ˈhævɪŋ əˈkjuːzd hɪm. waɪl ðeɪ wɜː ˈtɔːkɪŋ ɪt bɪˈgæn tuː reɪn ænd diːˈmiːtri steɪd ɪn Aleko's haʊs ənˈtɪl ðə reɪn stɒpt. wɛn hiː wɛnt ˌaʊtˈsaɪd hɑːf ən ˈaʊə ˈleɪtə, hiː wɒz əsˈtɒnɪʃt tuː faɪnd ðə ˈlɪtl blæk læm wɒz ˈɔːlməʊst waɪt. ɪts wʊl, wɪʧ hæd biːn daɪd blæk, hæd biːn wɒʃt kliːn baɪ ðə reɪn!

任务配置：

L0＋L4

知识笔记：

新词：theft 偷盗；accuse 谴责，指控；deny 拒绝，拒绝承认；backyard 后院；act 行动；dye 染色

词组：several of 指特定范围内的某些；deny doing 否认做过某事；be ashamed of 为…感到羞愧；be astonished to 对做某事感到惊讶；

练习感悟：

新词其实不算多，但是词组的运用有很多大概都是考试常用的。听表姐说在高中阶段词组基本上就占到很大一块分数，包括完型都会用得到。

千万千万，要努力啊。