《新概念英语》第三册 第二课 （附音频）

竹声

Lesson 2  Thirteen equals one
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1 h' U" Z8 C1 ^* GOur vicar is always raising money for one cause or another, but he has never managed to get enough money to have the church clock repaired. The big clock which used to strike the hours day and night was damaged many years ago and hasbeen silent ever since.
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One night, however, our vicar woke up with a start: the clock was striking the hours! Looking at his watch, he saw that it was one o'clock, but the bell struck thirteen times before it stopped. Armed with a torch, the vicar went up into the clock tower to see what was going on. In the torchlight, he caught sight of a figure whom he immediately recognized as Bill Wilkins, our local grocer.
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& _7 \4 M3 y4 G& x/ ~$ r! p; a'Whatever are you doing up here Bill?' asked the vicar in surprise.

  Z% S& C4 ]' g5 h* H- J3 G# T'I'm trying to repair the bell.' answered Bill. 'I've been coming up here night after night for weeks now. You see, I was hoping to give you a surprise.'

'You certainly did give mea surprise!' said the vicar. 'You've probably woken up everyone in the village as well. Still, I'm glad the bell is working again.'

+ s' r0 K4 k) x. L4 O0 S, w' {( k8 I'That's the trouble, vicar,' answered Bill. 'It's working all right, but I'm afraid that at one o'clock it will strike thirteen times and there's onthing I can do about it.'
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'We'll get used to that, Bill,' said the vicar. 'Thirteen is not as good as one, but it's better than nothing. Now let's go downstairs and have a cup of tea.'

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竹声

This lesson gives us good practice of the sound /l/.
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( L3 Z. R9 |* q& v' m5 k7 h/l/ sound is not hard at the beginning of a word, such as light, love, and look. However, /l/ can become tricky for us when it is at the end of a word, such as bell, Bill, and well in this short story.

In addition, we need to differentiate the /e/ and /i/ sounds, so we don't confuse Bell with Bill.

newelec

竹声，这篇读的比第一课更好了，佩服。有空也请谈谈学习的体会

竹声

Newelec, 谢谢你的评价。我第一课是用SONY recorder 录的，这一次是用IPhone 录的。还是IPhone 效果好，清楚，杂音小。

竹声

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: s+ D/ |) N( m+ m2 d( |% SI have used the following guidelines for practice.
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- q, ]" k( r- [7 A1. Read slowly and pay attention to details
2. Make sure consonants are clearly pronounced
3. Make sure vowels are fully pronounced
) {( @  ]6 M9 e4 j# b2 u# W, U8 e4. Pause between thought groups and at punctuations
5. Pay attention to endings of words
9 s# j% y, {$ n% G! @- Y  F4 B5. Record and listen back and critique yourself
7 Z" Z$ u" r& O7 m1 |+ i: i6. Get feedback from other people
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newelec

竹声 发表于 2013-2-25 18:01
I have used the following guidelines for practice.

$ E' N9 h% F( O1. Read slowly and pay attention to details

5 [! F, z; A! e- ?7 B我也觉得这次的录音效果非常好，你的录音确实体现了你说的这几个原则。这几个原则对我很有帮助和启发

月如钩

学习了。我最近居然得了咽炎，难道真的读多了？！郁闷。

krugerzhang

Very well.

newelec

没事就来听一听，算是对自己的激励，你讲的6条很有用。录音这么好，平时会更好。

竹声

newelec 发表于 2013-3-3 22:59
9 E- v: D% Z; x& T没事就来听一听，算是对自己的激励，你讲的6条很有用。录音这么好，平时会更好。

# B) [- M7 w' |) L谢谢支持！大家多分享，以互勉。

双城记

竹师，现在有开LETS的培训班吗

竹声

双城记 发表于 2013-3-7 00:52
竹师，现在有开LETS的培训班吗

7 w% N5 I3 Z* i) ]目前，我主要在做一对一IELTS 与TOEFL  辅导。准备在四月下旬或五月初办一期IELTS小班。如果你或你的朋友想参加，可以与我联系。谢谢！
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