练习材料：
Lesson96 The dead return
A Festival for theDead is held once a year in Japan. This festival is a cheerful occasion, for onthis day, the dead are said to return to their homes and they are welcomed bythe living. As they are expected to be hungry after their long journey, food islaid out for them. Specially-made lanterns are hung outside each house to help thedead to find their way. All night long, people dance and sing. In the earlymorning, the food that had been laid out for the dead is thrown into a river orinto the sea as it is considered unlucky for anyone living to eat it. In townsthat are near the sea, the tiny lanterns which had been hung in the streets thenight before, are placed into the water when the festival is over. Thousands oflanterns slowly drift out to sea guiding the dead on their return journey tothe other world. This is a moving spectacle, for crowds of people stand on theshore watching the lanterns drifting away until they can be seen no more.
ðə dɛd rɪˈtɜːn
ə ˈfɛstəvəl fɔː ðə
dɛd ɪz hɛld wʌns ə jɪər ɪn ʤəˈpæn. ðɪs ˈfɛstəvəl ɪz ə ˈʧɪəfʊl əˈkeɪʒən, fɔːr ɒn
ðɪs deɪ, ðə dɛd ɑː sɛd tuː rɪˈtɜːn tuː ðeə həʊmz ænd ðeɪ ɑː ˈwɛlkəmd baɪ ðə ˈlɪvɪŋ. æz ðeɪ ɑːr ɪksˈpɛktɪd tuː biː ˈhʌŋɡri ˈɑːftə ðeə lɒŋ ˈʤɜːni, fuːd ɪz leɪd aʊt fɔː ðɛm. ˈspɛʃəli-meɪd
ˈlæntənz ɑː hʌŋ ˌaʊtˈsaɪd iːʧ haʊs tuː hɛlp ðə dɛd
tuː faɪnd ðeə weɪ. ɔːl naɪt lɒŋ, ˈpiːpl dɑːns ænd sɪŋ. ɪn ði ˈɜːli ˈmɔːnɪŋ, ðə fuːd ðæt hæd biːn
leɪd aʊt fɔː ðə dɛd ɪz θrəʊn ˈɪntuː ə ˈrɪvər ɔːr ˈɪntuː ðə siː æz ɪt ɪz kənˈsɪdəd
ʌnˈlʌki fɔːr ˈɛnɪwʌn ˈlɪvɪŋ tuː iːt ɪt. ɪn taʊnz ðæt ɑː nɪə ðə siː, ðə ˈtaɪni ˈlæntənz wɪʧ hæd
biːn hʌŋ ɪn ðə striːts ðə naɪt bɪˈfɔː, ɑː pleɪst ˈɪntuː ðə ˈwɔːtə wɛn ðə ˈfɛstəvəl ɪz ˈəʊvə.
ˈθaʊzəndz ɒv ˈlæntənz ˈsləʊli drɪft aʊt tuː siː ˈɡaɪdɪŋ ðə dɛd ɒn ðeə rɪˈtɜːn ˈʤɜːni tuː ði ˈʌðə wɜːld.ðɪs ɪz ə ˈmuːvɪŋ ˈspɛktəkl, fɔː kraʊdz ɒv ˈpiːpl stænd ɒn ðə ʃɔː ˈwɒʧɪŋ ðəˈlæntənz ˈdrɪftɪŋ əˈweɪ ənˈtɪl ðeɪ kæn biː siːn nəʊ mɔː.
任务配置：L0 + L4
知识笔记：
单词：1、lantern：灯笼，提灯，2、drift：漂浮，漂移，漂，3、spectacle：壮观的景象，精彩的表演，4、
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练习感悟：这篇文章很简单，生词不多，读起来也不拗口，录了两遍就达标了。
