Feb 28, 2009 #9

lintelleUID: 2297267

We all learn to respond to incentives, negative and positive, from the outset of life. If you toddle over to the hot stove and touch it, you burn a finger. But if you bring home straight A’s from school, you get a new bike. If you are spotted picking your nose in class, you get ridiculed. But if you make the basketball team, you move up the social ladder. If you break curfew, you get grounded. But if you ace your SATs, you get to go to a good college. If you flunk out of law school, you have to go to work at your father’s insurance company. But if you perform so well that a rival company comes calling, you become a vice president and no longer have to work for your father. If you become so excited about your new vice president job that you drive home at eighty mph, you get pulled over by the police and fined $100. But if you hit your sales projections and collect a year-end bonus, you not only aren’t worried about the $100 ticket but can also afford to buy that Viking range you’ve always wanted -- and on which your toddler can now burn her own finger.
－－from Steven D. Levitt’s Freakonomics

一生的成长轨迹，我读到最后一句才明白这一点。中心句是第一句，其后的整一段都是实例。非常有效的填充字数的方法，尤其对于写书的人（通常写书是按字数算稿酬的）。也是北美生活的一个简短而生动的写照。

本次选段选自寄托书画旅途版面的活动图书，Freakonomics，中文译名《魔鬼经济学》。在三月底之前写出阅读心得，并被版友投票评选成前三名的作者，可以得到当月读书勋章。欢迎大家踊跃参加。
https://bbs.gter.net/thread-915744-1-1.html
https://bbs.gter.net/thread-918513-1-1.html

背诵奖励是100GTB＋1声望。音频发送至email
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结束日期Mar 8, 2009

lintelleUID: 2297267

这次选段是从书上摘抄的，没有原版录音，我就自己录了一个代替了。相同音频也已经发送至邮箱中，有需要密码的pm我

艾惟UID: 2502625

两个都是8号结束啊~~~~只好选一个背学校去背啦。每次周末回来忙得像打仗:dizzy:

艾惟UID: 2502625

是不是背诵按照上传的SAMPLE这个速度啊？

lintelleUID: 2297267

不用。自己发音越标准的越好

艾惟UID: 2502625

刚发送了。

lintelleUID: 2297267

你那个calling实在很英式英语。
有些词发音不完整。你可以发的不太完整，但前提是语速很快。以你的速度，很多单词后面的d，t，k这些辅音还是要发出来才好。——也许是你的手机录音效果不够好的缘故。反正辅音不是可以忽略不读的。
整个听下来，我觉得你的舌头和上颚比较分不开。这也许是你发音不够纯的最大原因。试着读每个字的时候让舌头尽量“躺”在下颚上。想像你含着一个鸡蛋在说话。下次我再听听。

艾惟UID: 2502625

含着一个鸡蛋在说话？是什么感觉，一时没领悟出来，而且我塞不进去的说= =