概括地说，张策的朗读很好。第一、朗读流畅。第二、单词的发音基本正确。第三有一定的爆破。第四 有一定的连读。

值得肯定的地方在前边4点中很多很多，这里就不一一列举。但本朗读也有一些不足之处。为了使朗读者本人和其他同学更好地学习和模仿朗读，下边就具体不足之处列举，红字母之处为值得改进之处。

Why It Means Take Your Medicine

Our story today is very old. It goes back about 5,000 years. It is about a sign that is used to represent some words.

1、爆破欠缺，爆破得不够干脆，有拖泥带水之嫌：标题句why it means

和about 5000 years,

2、连读基本可以例如 about a。但也有不够明显的地方：本篇title句中的take your，类似于语音教材“英语语音练习”中的could you, would you等。it is about a sign…的连读不够清晰。

3、东北和华北方言的影响：汉语普通话没有/v/这个发音。但在中国的东北和华北，尤其是在北京和山东，人们把/w/发成/v/,例如本段最后一个单词words有点像vords之嫌。

4、有些变音没有太好地掌握：It is about a sign that 应读为/ðət/；

We see this sign on drug stores and whenever we visit a doctor to get an order for medicine. It also appears on bottles of pills and other medicines.

1、发音：stores读成了stories的发音；pill中的/i/有点像“衣服”的“衣”。

2、弱读：and 应读为/ənd/; an应读为/ən/ ; to get…中的to 应当发音为/tə/;

3、爆破：drug stores

4、连读：bottles of

5、读音饱满：sign

一下段落值得肯定的地方和不足之处与前两段基本相似。

The sign is formed by a line across the right foot of the letter "R." It represents the word " pre1111ion." It has come to mean "take this medicine."

The sign has its beginnings 5,000 years ago in Egypt. At that time, people prayed to Horus, the god of the Sun. It was said that when Horus was a child, he was attacked by Seth, the demon of evil.

The evil Seth put out the eye of the young Horus. The mother of Horus called for help. Her cry was answered by Thoth, the god of learning and magic. Thoth, with his wisdom and special powers, healed the eye of Horus. And the child was able to see again.

The ancient Egyptians used a drawing of the eye of Horus as a magic sign to protect themselves from disease, suffering and evil. They cut this sign in the stones they used for buildings. And it was painted on the papyrus rolls used for writing about medicine and doctors.

For thousands of years, the eye of Horus remained as a sign of the god`s help to the suffering and sick.

Long after the fall of the ancient Egyptian civilization, doctors and alchemists in Europe continued the custom of showing a sign of the gods` help and protection. But over the years, the sign changed from the eye of Horus to the sign for Jupiter, the chief god of the Romans. Jupiter`s sign looked much like the printed number "four."

That sign changed, also. Today, it is the easily-recognized capital "R" with a line across its foot.

The sign no longer offers heavenly assistance to the sick. It now means "take this medicine."