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L49-1: The idealservant

It is a good thingmy aunt Harriet died years ago. If she were alive today she would not be ableto air her views on her favourite topic of conversation: domestic servants.Aunt Harriet lived in that leisurely age when servants were employed to dohousework. She had a huge, rambling country house called 'The Gables'. She wassentimentally attached to this house, for even though it was far too big forher needs, she persisted in living there long after her husband's death. Beforeshe grew old, Aunt Harriet used to entertain lavishly. I often visited TheGables when I was a boy. No matter how many guests were present, the greathouse was always immaculate. The parquet floors shone like mirrors; highlypolished silver was displayed in gleaming glass cabinets; even my uncle's hugecollection of books was kept miraculously free from dust. Aunt Harriet presidedover an invisible army of servants that continuously scrubbed, cleaned, andpolished. She always referred to them as 'the shifting population', for theycame and went with such frequency that I never even got a chance to learn theirnames.

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ɪt ɪz ə gʊd θɪŋ maɪɑːnt ˈhærɪət daɪd jɪəz əˈgəʊ. ɪf ʃiː wɜːr əˈlaɪv təˈdeɪ ʃiː wʊd nɒt biː ˈeɪbl tuː eə hɜː vjuːz ɒn hɜː ˈfeɪvərɪt ˈtɒpɪk ɒv ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃən: dəʊˈmɛstɪk ˈsɜːvənts. ɑːnt ˈhærɪət lɪvd ɪn ðæt ˈlɛʒəli eɪʤ wɛn ˈsɜːvənts wɜːr ɪmˈplɔɪd tuː duː ˈhaʊswɜːk. ʃiː hæd ə hjuːʤ, ˈræmblɪŋ ˈkʌntri haʊs kɔːld ðə ˈgeɪblz. ʃiː wɒz ˌsɛntɪˈmɛntli əˈtæʧt tuː ðɪs haʊs, fɔːr ˈiːvən ðəʊ ɪt wɒz fɑː tuː bɪg fɔː hɜː niːdz, ʃiː pəˈsɪstɪd ɪn ˈlɪvɪŋ ðeə lɒŋ ˈɑːftə hɜː ˈhʌzbəndz dɛθ. bɪˈfɔː ʃiː gruː əʊld,ɑːnt ˈhærɪət juːzd tuː ˌɛntəˈteɪn ˈlævɪʃli. aɪ ˈɒf(ə)n ˈvɪzɪtɪd ðə ˈgeɪblz wɛn aɪ wɒz ə bɔɪ. nəʊ ˈmætə haʊ ˈmɛni gɛsts wɜː ˈprɛznt, ðə greɪt haʊs wɒz ˈɔːlweɪz ɪˈmækjʊlɪt. ðə ˈpɑːkeɪ flɔːz ʃɒn laɪk ˈmɪrəz; ˈhaɪli ˈpɒlɪʃt ˈsɪlvə wɒz dɪsˈpleɪd ɪn ˈgliːmɪŋ glɑːs ˈkæbɪnɪts; ˈiːvən maɪ ˈʌŋklz hjuːʤ kəˈlɛkʃən ɒv bʊks wɒz kɛpt mɪˈrækjʊləsli friː frɒm dʌst. ɑːnt ˈhærɪət prɪˈzaɪdɪd ˈəʊvər ən ɪnˈvɪzəbl ˈɑːmi ɒv ˈsɜːvənts ðæt kənˈtɪnjʊəsli skrʌbd, kliːnd, ænd ˈpɒlɪʃt. ʃiː ˈɔːlweɪz rɪˈfɜːd tuː ðɛm æz ðə ˈʃɪftɪŋ ˌpɒpjʊˈleɪʃən, fɔː ðeɪ keɪm ænd wɛnt wɪð sʌʧ ˈfriːkwənsi ðæt aɪ ˈnɛvər ˈiːvən gɒt ə ʧɑːns tuː lɜːn ðeə neɪmz.

任务配置：L0+L4

知识笔记：

单词：1、air her views：发表她的意见，2、domestic：国内的，家庭的，3、leisurely：悠闲，悠悠，4、rambling：漫无边际，漫步的，5、sentinmentally：多愁善感，富情感地，sentinmentally attach to：依恋，6、lavishly：大手笔，丰富地，过度，7、immaculate：完美无瑕，8、parquet：镶木地板，9、shone：闪耀，10、gleaming：闪闪发光，闪光，11、miraculously：奇迹般的，12、preside over：主持，13、invisible：无形的，看不见的，14、scrub：擦洗，刷洗，15、shifting：换挡，16、refer to A as B：称A为B，17、frequency：频率，次数，频道

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练习感悟：今天的文章，虽然生词比较多，但是整体读起来不拗口，语速也不快，所以录了一遍就达标了。