L31-2：Alovableeccentric
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.
音標(biāo):?l31-2：? ?l?v?bl ?k?s?ntr?k
Dickie l?ft e? ??p w??ea?t ? w??d ?nd r??t??nd ?k?ri?? ? lɑ?? kl?θ b?g. ?z ?t w?z ?ks?tri?mli ?h?vi, hi? d?mpt ?t ?n e? ?ka?nt?. ei ??s?st?nt ɑ?skt h?m tu? li?v, b?t Dickie pe?d n?? ??t?n?(?)n tu? h?m ?nd r??kw?st?d tu? si? e? ?m?n???. ?r?k?gna?z?? hu? e? ?k?st?m? w?z, e? ?m?n??? w?z m??st ??p?l????t?k ?nd ?r?pr?mɑ?nd?d ei ??s?st?nt s??v??li. w?n Dickie w?z ?g?vn e? w??, hi? pr??z?nt?d ei ??s?st?nt w?e e? kl?θ b?g. ?t k?n?te?nd $300 ?n ?p?n?z. hi? ?n?s?st?d ?n ei ??s?st?nts ?ka?nt?? e? ?m?ni b??f?? hi? l?ft -- 30,000 ?p?n?z ?n ??l! ?n ??n?e?r ??ke???n, hi? ?n?va?t?d ? ?n?mb?r ?v ?m?p??t?nt ?kr?t?ks tu? si? h?z ?pra?v?t k??l?k??n ?v ?m?d?n ?pe?nt??z. e?s ??ks??b???n r??si?vd ? gre?t di?l ?v ??t?n?(?)n ?n e? pr?s, f?? e?? e? ?p?k??z w?? s??p??zd tu? bi? e? w??k ?v ?fe?m?s ?ɑ?t?sts, ee? h?d ?n f?kt bi?n ?pe?nt?d ba? Dickie. ?t t?k h?m f?? j??z tu? ste?? e?s ??l?b?r?t ???k ?s?mpli tu? pru?v e?t ?kr?t?ks du? n?t ???lwe?z n?? w?t ee? ɑ? ?t??k?? ??ba?t.
任務(wù)配置:L0+L4
知識筆記:1.beddraggled拖泥帶水的
2.dump把……砰的一聲拋下
3.reprimand訓(xùn)斥
4.apologetic道歉的
5.stage暗中策劃
6.elaborate精心構(gòu)思的
7.be? caught in作“突然遇上浦妄，碰上”
練習(xí)感悟:1.摸著摸著時間就過去了，忽然想著要不明天來補作業(yè)柄驻。后來想想自己的能力和精力不能兼顧邓馒，一口氣吃不了大胖子。這種撂攤子的行為還是扼殺在搖籃里比較好。說啥呢，干了再說酗昼。
