练习材料:
Lesson 24-2 Beauty
There is no sky inJune so blue that it does not point forward to a bluer, no sunset so beautifulthat it does not waken the vision of a greater beauty, a vision which passesbefore it is fully glimpsed, and in passing leaves an indefinable longing and regret.But, if this world is not merely a bad joke, life a vulgar flare amid the coolradiance of the stars, and existence an empty laugh braying across themysteries; if these intimations of a something behind and beyond are not evilhumour born of indigestion, or whimsies sent by the devil to mock and maddenus. if, in a word, beauty means something, yet we must not seek to interpretthe meaning. If we glimpse the unutterable, it is unwise to try to utter it,nor should we seek to invest with significance that which we cannot grasp.Beauty in terms of our human meanings is meaningless.
ˈbjuːti
ðeər ɪz nəʊ skaɪ ɪn
ʤuːn səʊ bluː ðæt ɪt dʌz nɒt pɔɪnt ˈfɔːwəd tuː ə ˈbluːə, nəʊ ˈsʌnsɛt səʊ ˈbjuːtəfʊl
ðæt ɪt dʌz nɒt ˈweɪkᵊn ðə ˈvɪʒᵊn ɒv ə ˈɡreɪtə ˈbjuːti, ə
ˈvɪʒᵊn wɪʧ ˈpɑːsɪz bɪˈfɔːr ɪt ɪz ˈfʊli ɡlɪmpst, ænd ɪn ˈpɑːsɪŋ liːvz ən ˌɪndɪˈfaɪnəbᵊl ˈlɒŋɪŋ ænd rɪˈɡrɛt. bʌt, ɪf ðɪs wɜːld ɪz nɒt ˈmɪəli ə bæd ʤəʊk,
laɪf ə ˈvʌlɡə fleər əˈmɪd ðə kuːl ˈreɪdiəns ɒv ðə stɑːz, ænd ɪɡˈzɪstəns ən ˈɛmpti
lɑːf ˈbreɪɪŋ əˈkrɒs ðə ˈmɪstəriz; ɪf ðiːz ˌɪntɪˈmeɪʃᵊnz
ɒv ə ˈsʌmθɪŋ bɪˈhaɪnd ænd bɪˈjɒnd ɑː nɒt ˈiːvᵊl
ˈhjuːmə bɔːn ɒv ˌɪndɪˈʤɛsʧᵊn, ɔː ˈwɪmziz sɛnt baɪ ðə ˈdɛvᵊl tuː mɒk ænd ˈmædᵊn ʌs.
ɪf, ɪn ə wɜːd, ˈbjuːti miːnz ˈsʌmθɪŋ, jɛt wiː mʌst nɒt siːk tuː ɪnˈtɜːprɪt ðə
ˈmiːnɪŋ. ɪf wiː ɡlɪmps ði ʌnˈʌtərəbᵊl, ɪt ɪz ʌnˈwaɪz tuː traɪ
tuː ˈʌtər ɪt, nɔː ʃʊd wiː siːk tuː ɪnˈvɛst wɪð sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəns ðæt wɪʧ
wiː ˈkænɒt ɡrɑːsp. ˈbjuːti ɪntɜːmz ɒv ˈaʊə ˈhjuːmən ˈmiːnɪŋz ɪz ˈmiːnɪŋləs.
任务配置:L0 + L4
知识笔记:
单词:1、vision:想象,视力,目光,眼光,2、indefinable:无法定义的,3、regret:后悔,遗憾,4、vulgar:庸俗,低级,粗鄙,5、flare:耀斑,爆发,闪光,6、amid:中,在……之中,7、radiance:辐射,光辉,光芒,8、braying:叫声,9、mysteries:谜团,10、intimations:暗示,11、evil:恶魔,12、indigestion:消化不良,13、whimsies:奇思妙想,14、devil:魔鬼,15、mock:嘲笑,讥笑,模仿,16、madden:使发疯,使非常生气,17、interpret:解释,翻译,18、unutterable:无法言喻的,19、unwise:不智,失策,20、invest:投资,花费,21、significance:意义,重要性,22、grasp:抓牢,把握,掌握,23、in terms of:按照,
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练习感悟:这篇文章就很难了,生词多,理解困难,读起来也有点拗口,不过,我还是录了两遍就达标了。