Lesson 3 Matterhorn man 马特霍恩山区人 First listen and then answer the following question. 听录音，然后回答以下问题。 What was the main objective of early mountain climbers? Modern alpinists try to climb mountains by a route which will give them good sport, and the more difficult it is, the more highly it is regarded. In the pioneering days, however, this was not the case at all. The early climbers were looking for the easiest way to the top, because the summit was the prize they sought, especially if it had never been attained before. It is true that during their explorations they often faced difficulties and dangers of the most perilous nature, equipped in a manner which would make a modern climber shudder at the thought, but they did not go out of their way to court such excitement. They had a single aim, a solitary goal -- the top! It is hard for us to realize nowadays how difficult it was for the pioneers. Except for one or two places such as Zermatt and Chamonix, which had rapidly become popular, Alpine village tended to be impoverished settlements cut off from civilization by the high mountains. Such inns as there were were generally dirty and flea-ridden; the food simply local cheese accompanied by bread often twelve months old, all washed down with coarse wine. Often a valley boasted no inn at all, and climbers found shelter wherever they could -- sometimes with the local priest (who was usually as poor as his parishioners), sometimes with shepherds or cheese-makers. Invariably the background was the same: dirt and poverty, and very uncomfortable. For men accustomed to eating seven-course dinners and sleeping between fine linen sheets at home, the change to the Alps must have been very hard indeed. WALTER UNSWORTH Matterhorn Man
New words and expressions 生词和短语 Matterhorn n. 马特霍恩峰（阿尔卑斯山之一，在意大利和瑞士边境） alpinist n. 登山运动员 pioneer v. 开辟，倡导； n. 先锋，开辟者 summit n. 顶峰 attain v. 到达 perilous adj. 危险的 shudder v. 不寒而栗 court v. 追求 solitary adj. 唯一的 impoverish v. 使贫困 Alpine adj. 阿尔卑斯山的 flea-ridden adj. 布满跳蚤的 coarse adj. 粗劣的
I was busy last Saturday.
So, I catch up the Lesson3 of NCE4 today. It is an inspiration for me to study NCE4 as there are so many English masters on this forum.
Hopefully， after finishing NCE4, I can make some progress on my accent reduction, English reading and writing.
Bricks are welcome!
My reading:
Original reading:(American English)
https://www.tingclass.net/show-5046-921-1.html
(British English):
https://m.irrting.com/English/nce/191054
Lesson 3
Matterhorn man
马特霍恩山区人
First listen and then answer the following question.
听录音，然后回答以下问题。
What was the main objective of early mountain climbers?
Modern alpinists try to climb mountains by a route which will give them good sport, and the more difficult it is, the more highly it is regarded. In the pioneering days, however, this was not the case at all. The early climbers were looking for the easiest way to the top, because the summit was the prize they sought, especially if it had never been attained before. It is true that during their explorations they often faced difficulties and dangers of the most perilous nature, equipped in a manner which would make a modern climber shudder at the thought, but they did not go out of their way to court such excitement. They had a single aim, a solitary goal -- the top!
It is hard for us to realize nowadays how difficult it was for the pioneers. Except for one or two places such as Zermatt and Chamonix, which had rapidly become popular, Alpine village tended to be impoverished settlements cut off from civilization by the high mountains. Such inns as there were were generally dirty and flea-ridden; the food simply local cheese accompanied by bread often twelve months old, all washed down with coarse wine. Often a valley boasted no inn at all, and climbers found shelter wherever they could -- sometimes with the local priest (who was usually as poor as his parishioners), sometimes with shepherds or cheese-makers. Invariably the background was the same: dirt and poverty, and very uncomfortable. For men accustomed to eating seven-course dinners and sleeping between fine linen sheets at home, the change to the Alps must have been very hard indeed.
WALTER UNSWORTH Matterhorn Man
New words and expressions 生词和短语
Matterhorn
n. 马特霍恩峰（阿尔卑斯山之一，在意大利和瑞士边境）
alpinist
n. 登山运动员
pioneer
v. 开辟，倡导；
n. 先锋，开辟者
summit
n. 顶峰
attain
v. 到达
perilous
adj. 危险的
shudder
v. 不寒而栗
court
v. 追求
solitary
adj. 唯一的
impoverish
v. 使贫困
Alpine
adj. 阿尔卑斯山的
flea-ridden
adj. 布满跳蚤的
coarse
adj. 粗劣的
操日韩语的人，改说英语要困难得多，有些音可能一辈子都改不过来。中国南方语系一般发音比普通话音调多，口音多会在英语中体现。粤语九腔六调比普通话阴平阳仄复杂多了
如果都准确到位，就成地道英语发音了吧
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你也读啊。勿以利小而不为：）
本来我想在主帖里想说“坛子里这么多牛人是对我的一个激励，促使我学NCE4。” 居然表达不好，我就没说：）
你的发音真的很清晰，不看文本我都听得非常清楚，我再听自己的发现几个音发的都不好，比如face的/ei/， go的“o”音嘴不够圆，还有find的i音都不到位，这些暂且是双元音的问题。还有你的climber的er的发音也很自然，我也发不好。你的唯一我能听出来的就是“Matterhorn”的重音是第一个Mat，你听听原读比较一下。
热烈鼓掌！花董真是比我想象得还要出色得多！
坛子里这么多牛人是对我的一个激励，促使我学NCE4
It is an inspiration for me to study NCE4 as there are so many English gurus on this forum.
这么表达有问题吗？
原读是第一教科书，反复听，标注重音，弱读，断句。
我这个的流畅性肯定比第一遍强很多，但发音真是so so，比花董差太远了，
但有一点肯定：读就比不读强。不管怎么样，读出来。以后会留作比较：）
这我自己都不知道, 还是老师告诉我的
甚至用英语学一些技能，比如操作 Word , Excel，或做个简单的 app。在用中学，边用边学足矣。
同时又学了相对复杂的英文表达，加强了语感，还有很多科普知识，都是英文原版啊，一举多得。
它只有48课，一周一课，一年完成，也很可行。目前坚持学了三课，我还是很有兴趣接着学的：）
最重要的一点，是有原读。：）
太简单的材料，我会很快失去兴趣。：）
用Google Translate 读linen ， 它怎么都听不懂。