练习材料：

Dreams of finding lost treasure almost came true recently. A new machine called 'The Revealer' has been invented and it has been used to detect gold which has been buried in the ground. The machine was used in a cave near the seashore where--it is said--pirates used to hide gold. The pirates would often bury gold in the cave and then fail to collect it. Armed with the new machine, a search party went into the cave hoping to find buried treasure. The leader of the party was examining the soil near the entrance to the cave when the machine showed that there was gold under the ground. Very excited, the party dug a hole two feet deep. They finally found a small gold coin which was almost worthless. The party then searched the whole cave thoroughly but did not find anything except an empty tin trunk. In spite of this, many people are confident that 'The Revealer' may reveal something of value fairly soon.

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Once a year, a race is held for old cars. A lot of cars entered for this race last year and there was a great deal of excitement just before it began. One of the most handsome cars was a Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost. The most unusual car was a Benz which had only three wheels. Built in 1885, it was the oldest car taking part. After a great many loud explosions, the race began. Many of the cars broke down on the course and some drivers spent more time under their cars than in them ! A few cars, however, completed the race. The winning car reached a speed of forty miles an hour--much faster than any of its rivals. It sped downhill at the end of the race and its driver had a lot of trouble trying to stop it. The race gave everyone a great deal of pleasure. It was very different from modern car races but no less exciting.

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任务配置：L0+L4

知识笔记：

1.词汇：

*gold n.金子

*mine n.矿

*treasure n.财宝

*revealer n.探测器

*invent v.发明

*detect v.探测，发现

*bury v.埋藏

*cave n.山洞

*seashore n.海岸

*pirate n.海盗

*arm v.武装

*soil n.泥土

*entrance n.入口

*finally adv.最后

*confident adj.自信的

*value n.价值

*trunk n.行李箱

*a hole two feet deep两英尺深的坑

*thoroughly adv.彻底地

*it is said据说

*worthless adj.毫无价值的

*sound n.声音

*excitement n.激动，兴奋

*handsome adj.漂亮的，美观的

*explosion n.爆炸，轰响

*course n.跑道，行程

*rival n.对手

*downhill adv.下坡

*once a year每年一次

*a great deal of 大量的

*break down抛锚

练习感悟：

前两天嗓子发不出声音就没去练习，可是快好的那段时间，我发现自己其实还是有些臭毛病。如果不愿意做那件事，会想很多理由不去做。（这句话貌似在哪儿听过。）

其实前两天我的嗓子就快恢复正常了。可是，我却突然不愿意做朗读任务了。我在想，都过去好几天了，别人都往后面读了，我一下子还得追过去，练得好累，干脆就别练了。

这个逻辑感觉挺奇怪的。明明是我自己没能按日完成朗读任务，反而将责任推向其他人。说到底还是我自己想偷懒。

我可以按照自己朗读的节奏来，接着往后读，至于能不能很快追上前面的人，这不重要。重要的是，我自己要把自己应该最好的事做好。