去年，2014，我正好做了這麽一件事。沒有花你說的那麽多時間，也沒有選那麽短的內容，但是真的堅持了一整年。
1、2014年1月4號的錄音：
這個當時也是在練了兩三個星期之後才錄的。
2、一年後的2015年1月5號的錄音：
平均下來，大約每周練了五天，每天約45分鍾。沒有每天都跟著原版音頻讀，但不時會拿出樣板音頻反複聽幾遍。
這個時間要是用來讀/聽書，一年下來也有厚厚一摞了，雖然還是比不過你，但足以自豪一下了！
我是08年9月開始閉門造車，糾正口音的，這些年一直在這兒混，有兩年真的是走火入魔啊（當時被人這麽說我還挺生氣的）！口音這個東西，我當初覺得改得了，現在六年多都過去了，雖然我的進步非常有限，可我還是覺得這是件可為的事兒 -- 閉門造車不行，若有老師有環境，成年人雖慢一些，但還是可以改到很好的程度的 -- 當然花這麽多的時間精力，是不是負擔得起、是不是值得，又是另一回事兒了。
同一段文字，我10年12月也練過一段時間，還有幸存的配樂錄音，這個非常難聽，真希望當時有人告訴我實話。
心髒不夠強壯的就不要點開這個錄音了吧。VOA的朗讀其實很難學的，拐來拐去的，我們學不像！
希望再過四年我回頭聽上麵最新錄音的時候，會有今天聽這個四年前的錄音時一樣的感覺，那至少說明自己聽力有明顯進步。：-）
原文和播音視頻在這裏：
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.
An evergreen tree is a Christmas tradition in many American homes. The tree is usually a pine or fir dressed with lights and other colorful decorations.
Families might buy a cut tree or go to a tree farm and cut one down themselves. Some people bring a live tree in a pot into their home for the holidays and then put it back outdoors.
Some people rent a Christmas tree. Companies might bring the same live tree to the same family year after year. Or the tree might get planted in a park or someplace else where it could help the environment.
There are some trees that can be reused year after year because they are made of plastic or metal. Or, instead of a tree, some people have a small, sweet-smelling rosemary plant, cut to look like a little Christmas tree.
Another popular evergreen this time of year is the mistletoe plant. It has small white berries and leaves that feel like leather. The traditional Christmas mistletoe is native to Europe.
Ancient Druids believed mistletoe had magical powers. The plant can be found growing on apple trees, lindens, maples and poplars. Mistletoe is a parasitic plant. It connects itself to a tree and steals nutrients and water.
Today mistletoe is best known as an excuse to steal a kiss at a Christmas party. Kissing is a tradition if two people stand under mistletoe hung in a doorway.
Another plant that many people connect with Christmas is the poinsettia. Poinsettias are native to Mexico. They can be white or pink, but most are bright red. They are named after the first American ambassador to Mexico. Joel Poinsett liked them enough to send some back to the United States.
Babies or pets that chew on poinsettias might get sick. But experts say the plant is not as poisonous as some people think.
Like millions of other houses, the home of America's first president is decorated for Christmas. George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate is in Virginia.
Visitors can hear stories about what Christmas was like at Mount Vernon in the eighteenth century. The museum where visitors begin their tour is decorated with Christmas trees.
Yet Mount Vernon would not have had Christmas trees during the late seventeen hundreds, when Washington led the country. They did not become popular in the United States until the eighteen hundreds.
Visitors learn that in Washington's time, there was greenery inside the mansion, but that was probably the extent of the decorations.And that's the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.
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