练习材料：

L31-2：A lovable eccentric

Dickie left the shop without a word and returned carrying a large cloth bag. As it was extremely heavy, he dumped it on the counter. The assistant asked him to leave, but Dickie paid no attention to him and requested to see the manager. Recognizing who the customer was, the manager was most apologetic and reprimanded the assistant severely. When Dickie was given the watch, he presented the assistant with the cloth bag. It contained $300 in pennies. He insisted on the assistant's counting the money before he left -- 30,000 pennies in all! On another occasion, he invited a number of important critics to see his private collection of modern paintings. This exhibition received a great deal of attention in the press, for though the pictures were supposed to be the work of famous artists, they had in fact been painted by Dickie. It took him four years to stage this elaborate joke simply to prove that critics do not always know what they are talking about.

Dickie lɛft ðə ʃɒp wɪˈðaʊt ə wɜːd ænd rɪˈtɜːnd ˈkæriɪŋ ə lɑːʤ klɒθ bæg. æz ɪt wɒz ɪksˈtriːmli ˈhɛvi, hiː dʌmpt ɪt ɒn ðə ˈkaʊntə. ði əˈsɪstənt ɑːskt hɪm tuː liːv, bʌt Dickie peɪd nəʊ əˈtɛnʃ(ə)n tuː hɪm ænd rɪˈkwɛstɪd tuː siː ðə ˈmænɪʤə. ˈrɛkəgnaɪzɪŋ huː ðə ˈkʌstəmə wɒz, ðə ˈmænɪʤə wɒz məʊst əˌpɒləˈʤɛtɪk ænd ˈrɛprɪmɑːndɪd ði əˈsɪstənt sɪˈvɪəli. wɛn Dickie wɒz ˈgɪvn ðə wɒʧ, hiː prɪˈzɛntɪd ði əˈsɪstənt wɪð ðə klɒθ bæg. ɪt kənˈteɪnd $300 ɪn ˈpɛnɪz. hiː ɪnˈsɪstɪd ɒn ði əˈsɪstənts ˈkaʊntɪŋ ðə ˈmʌni bɪˈfɔː hiː lɛft -- 30,000 ˈpɛnɪz ɪn ɔːl! ɒn əˈnʌðər əˈkeɪʒən, hiː ɪnˈvaɪtɪd ə ˈnʌmbər ɒv ɪmˈpɔːtənt ˈkrɪtɪks tuː siː hɪz ˈpraɪvɪt kəˈlɛkʃən ɒv ˈmɒdən ˈpeɪntɪŋz. ðɪs ˌɛksɪˈbɪʃən rɪˈsiːvd ə greɪt diːl ɒv əˈtɛnʃ(ə)n ɪn ðə prɛs, fɔː ðəʊ ðə ˈpɪkʧəz wɜː səˈpəʊzd tuː biː ðə wɜːk ɒv ˈfeɪməs ˈɑːtɪsts, ðeɪ hæd ɪn fækt biːn ˈpeɪntɪd baɪ Dickie. ɪt tʊk hɪm fɔː jɪəz tuː steɪʤ ðɪs ɪˈlæbərɪt ʤəʊk ˈsɪmpli tuː pruːv ðæt ˈkrɪtɪks duː nɒt ˈɔːlweɪz nəʊ wɒt ðeɪ ɑː ˈtɔːkɪŋ əˈbaʊt.

任务配置：

L0＋L4

知识笔记：

新词：dump 倾倒，丢下；counter 柜台；request 要求；apologetic 道歉的；reprimand 谴责；severely 严重地；penny 便士；critic 评论、批评家；stage 筹办，演出；elaborate 精心制作的；

词组：pay no attention to sb 对某人置之不理；present sb with sth 向某人显示某物，把某物授予某人；in all 总共；

练习感悟：

总算是早起成功了……还是很开心的，毕竟时间就摆在那里，宽松了很多。