练习材料：
L45-2: The power ofthe press
But they suddenlybecame the parents of quintuplets, four girls and a boy, an event whichradically changed their lives.The day after the birth of the five children anaeroplane arrived in Aberdeen bringing 60 reporters and photographers. The riseto fame was swift. Television cameras and newspapers carried the news toeveryone in the country. Newspapers and magazines offered the family huge sumsfor the exclusive rights to publish stories and photographs. Gifts poured innot only from unknown people, but from baby food and soap manufacturers whowished to advertise their products. The old farmhouse the family lived in wasto be replaced by a new $500,000 home. Reporters kept pressing for interviewsso lawyers had to be employed to act as spokesmen for the family at pressconferences. While the five babies were still quietly sleeping in oxygen tentsin a hospital nursery, their parents were paying the price for fame. It wouldnever again be possible for them to lead normal lives. They had become thevictims of commercialization, for their names had acquired a market value.Instead of being five new family members, these children had immediately becomea commodity.
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bʌt ðeɪ ˈsʌdnli bɪˈkeɪm ðə ˈpeərənts ɒv ˈkwɪntjʊplɪts, fɔː gɜːlz ænd ə bɔɪ, ən ɪˈvɛnt wɪʧ ˈrædɪkəli ʧeɪnʤd ðeə lɪvz.ðə deɪ ˈɑːftə ðə bɜːθ ɒv ðə faɪv ˈʧɪldrən ən ˈeərəpleɪn əˈraɪvd ɪn ˌæbəˈdiːn ˈbrɪŋɪŋ 60 rɪˈpɔːtəz ænd fəˈtɒgrəfəz. ðə raɪz tuː feɪm wɒz swɪft. ˈtɛlɪˌvɪʒən ˈkæmərəz ænd ˈnjuːzˌpeɪpəz ˈkærid ðə njuːz tuː ˈɛvrɪwʌn ɪn ðə ˈkʌntri.ˈnjuːzˌpeɪpəz ænd ˌmægəˈziːnz ˈɒfəd ðə ˈfæmɪli hjuːʤ sʌmz fɔː ði ɪksˈkluːsɪv raɪts tuː ˈpʌblɪʃ ˈstɔːriz ænd ˈfəʊtəgrɑːfs. gɪfts pɔːd ɪn nɒt ˈəʊnli frɒm ʌnˈnəʊn ˈpiːpl, bʌt frɒm ˈbeɪbi fuːd ænd səʊp ˌmænjʊˈfækʧərəz huː wɪʃt tuː ˈædvətaɪz ðeə ˈprɒdʌkts. ði əʊld ˈfɑːmhaʊs ðə ˈfæmɪli lɪvd ɪn wɒz tuː biː rɪˈpleɪst baɪ ə njuː $500,000 həʊm. rɪˈpɔːtəz kɛpt ˈprɛsɪŋ fɔːr ˈɪntəvjuːz səʊ ˈlɔːjəz hæd tuː biː ɪmˈplɔɪd tuː ækt æz spokesmen fɔː ðə ˈfæmɪli æt prɛs ˈkɒnfərənsɪz. waɪl ðə faɪv ˈbeɪbiz wɜː stɪl ˈkwaɪətli ˈsliːpɪŋ ɪn ˈɒksɪʤən tɛnts ɪn ə ˈhɒspɪtl ˈnɜːsəri, ðeə ˈpeərənts wɜː ˈpeɪɪŋ ðə praɪs fɔː feɪm. ɪt wʊd ˈnɛvər əˈgɛn biː ˈpɒsəbl fɔː ðɛm tuː liːd ˈnɔːməl lɪvz. ðeɪ hæd bɪˈkʌm ðə ˈvɪktɪmz ɒv kəˌmɜːʃəlaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n, fɔː ðeə neɪmz hæd əˈkwaɪəd ə ˈmɑːkɪt ˈvæljuː. ɪnˈstɛd ɒv ˈbiːɪŋ faɪv njuː ˈfæmɪli ˈmɛmbəz, ðiːz ˈʧɪldrənhæd ɪˈmiːdiətli bɪˈkʌm ə kəˈmɒdɪti.
任务配置：L0+L4
知识笔记：
单词：1、quintuplet：五胞胎，2、exclusive：独家的，优势，独占的，3、pour：倒，倾倒，4、advertise：广告，通知，宣扬，5、pressing：催促，急促，6、conference：会议，会晤，谈判，7、oxygen：氧，8、nursery：幼儿园，托儿所，苗圃，9、commercialization：商业化，10、commodity：商业化，货物，11、radically：根本
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练习感悟：这篇文章，语速太快了，读起来也非常拗口，跟昨天的文章差不多，都是录了非常都遍才达标。
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