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Lesson 5-2  Youth

I find youngpeople exciting. They have an air of freedom, and they have not a drearycommitment to mean ambitions or love of comfort. They are not anxious socialclimbers, and they have no devotion to material things. All this seems to me tolink them with life, and the origins of things. It's as if they were, in somesense, cosmic beings in violent and lovely contrast with us suburban creatures.All that is in my mind when I meet a young person. He may be conceited,ill-mannered, presumptuous or fatuous, but I do not turn for protection todreary clichés about respect for elders -- as if mere age were a reason forrespect. I accept that we are equals, and I will argue with him, as an equal,if I think he is wrong.

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aɪ faɪnd jʌŋ

ˈpiːpl ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ. ðeɪ hæv ən eər ɒv ˈfriːdəm, ænd ðeɪ hæv nɒt ə ˈdrɪəri kəˈmɪtmənt

tuː miːn æmˈbɪʃ(ə)nz ɔː lʌv ɒv ˈkʌmfət. ðeɪ ɑː nɒt ˈæŋkʃəs ˈsəʊʃəl ˈklaɪməz, ænd ðeɪ hæv nəʊ dɪˈvəʊʃən

tuː məˈtɪərɪəl θɪŋz. ɔːl ðɪs siːmz tuː miː tuː lɪŋk ðɛm wɪð laɪf, ænd ði ˈɒrɪʤɪnz

ɒv θɪŋz. ɪts æz ɪf ðeɪ wɜː, ɪn sʌm sɛns, ˈkɒzmɪk ˈbiːɪŋz ɪn ˈvaɪələnt ænd ˈlʌvli

ˈkɒntrɑːst wɪð ʌs səˈbɜːbən ˈkriːʧəz. ɔːl ðæt ɪz ɪn

maɪ maɪnd wɛn aɪ miːt ə jʌŋ ˈpɜːsn. hiː meɪ biː kənˈsiːtɪd, ˈɪlˈmænəd, prɪˈzʌmptjʊəs

ɔː ˈfætjʊəs, bʌt aɪ duː nɒt tɜːn fɔː prəˈtɛkʃən tuː ˈdrɪəri clichéɛs əˈbaʊt rɪsˈpɛkt

fɔːr ˈɛldəz -- æz ɪf mɪər eɪʤ wɜːr ə ˈriːzn fɔː rɪsˈpɛkt. aɪ əkˈsɛpt ðæt wiː ɑːr ˈiːkwəlz, ænd aɪ wɪl ˈɑːgjuː wɪð hɪm, æz ən ˈiːkwəl, ɪf aɪ θɪŋkhiː ɪz rɒŋ.

任务配置：L0+L4

知识笔记：

单词：1、dreary：凄凉，沉闷的，2、commitment：承诺，3、anxious：焦虑，担心，4、devotion：奉献，devotion to：献身于，5、in some sense：在某种意义上，6、cosmic：宇宙的，广大无边的，7、violent：暴力，剧烈，凶猛，8、contrast：对比，比照，9、suburban：郊区的，10、conceited：自负，自高自大，11、ill-mannered：不礼貌的，12、presumptuous：冒昧，放肆，狂妄，13、fatuous：昏庸，糊涂的，14、clichés：陈词滥调，15、turn for protection：寻求保护，16、

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感悟：今天的文章其实还是比较难的，很多单词比较拗口，不过因为读多了，所以感觉也还可以，今天录了两三遍就达标了