标准美语发音的13个秘诀 CD 3 strack 10（在线收听）

Exercise 3-5: Reading the [ä] Sound    CD strack 10 

A Lät of Läng, Hät Walks in the Garden 

John was not sorry when the boss called off the walks in the garden. Obviously, to him, it was awfully hot, and the walks were far too long. He had not thought that walking would have caught on the way it did, and he fought the policy from the onset. At first, he thought he could talk it over at the law office and have it quashed, but a small obstacle* halted that thought. The top lawyers always bought coffee at the shop across the lawn and they didn't want to stop on John's  account. John's problem was not office politics, but office policy. He resolved the problem by bombing the garden.

* lobster • a small lobster • lobstacle • a small obstacle

* Pause the CD and read A Lät of Läng, Hät Wälks in the Gärden aloud.