练习材料：

Lesson 23-2     Bird flight

Duck, and likethem the pigeons, are endowed with steel-like muscles, that are a good part ofthe weight of the bird, and these will ply the short wings with suchirresistible power that they can bore for long distances through an opposinggale before exhaustion follows. Their humbler followers, such as partridges,have a like power of strong propulsion, but soon tire. You may pick them up inutter exhaustion, if wind over the sea has driven them to a long journey. Theswallow shares the virtues of both schools in highest measure. It tires not,nor does it boast of its power; but belongs to the air, travelling it may besix thousand miles to and from its northern nesting home, feeding its flownyoung as it flies, and slipping through a medium that seems to help its passageeven when the wind is adverse .such birds do us good ,though we no longer takeomens from their flight on this side and that; and even the most superstitiousvillagers no longer take off their hats to the magpie and wish it good-morning.

bɜːd flaɪt

dʌk, ænd laɪk ðɛm

ðə ˈpɪʤɪnz, ɑːr ɪnˈdaʊd wɪð stiːl-laɪk ˈmʌslz, ðæt ɑːr ə gʊd pɑːt ɒv ðə weɪt ɒv ðə bɜːd, ænd ðiːz wɪl plaɪ ðə ʃɔːt wɪŋz

wɪð sʌʧ ˌɪrɪˈzɪstəbl ˈpaʊə ðæt ðeɪ kæn bɔː fɔː lɒŋ ˈdɪstənsɪz θruː ən əˈpəʊzɪŋ

geɪl bɪˈfɔːr ɪgˈzɔːsʧən ˈfɒləʊz. ðeə ˈhʌmblə ˈfɒləʊəz, sʌʧ æz ˈpɑːtrɪʤɪz, hæv ə laɪk ˈpaʊər ɒv strɒŋ prəˈpʌlʃən,bʌt suːn ˈtaɪə. juː meɪ pɪk ðɛm ʌp ɪn ˈʌtər ɪgˈzɔːsʧən, ɪf wɪnd ˈəʊvə ðə siːhæz ˈdrɪvn ðɛm tuː ə lɒŋ ˈʤɜːni. ðə ˈswɒləʊ ʃeəz ðə ˈvɜːtjuːz ɒv bəʊθ skuːlz ɪnˈhaɪɪst ˈmɛʒə. ɪt ˈtaɪəz nɒt, nɔː dʌz ɪt bəʊst ɒv ɪts ˈpaʊə; bʌt bɪˈlɒŋz tuː ðieə, ˈtrævlɪŋ ɪt meɪ biː sɪks ˈθaʊzənd maɪlz tuː ænd frɒm ɪts ˈnɔːðən ˈnɛstɪŋ həʊm,ˈfiːdɪŋ ɪts fləʊn jʌŋ æz ɪt flaɪz, ænd ˈslɪpɪŋ θruː ə ˈmiːdiəm ðæt siːmz tuː hɛlpɪts ˈpæsɪʤ ˈiːvən wɛn ðə wɪnd ɪz ˈædvɜːs .sʌʧ bɜːdz duː ʌs gʊd ,ðəʊ wiː nəʊ ˈlɒŋgəteɪk ˈəʊmɛnz frɒm ðeə flaɪt ɒn ðɪs saɪd ænd ðæt; ænd ˈiːvən ðə məʊst ˌsjuːpəˈstɪʃəsˈvɪlɪʤəz nəʊ ˈlɒŋgə teɪk ɒf ðeə hæts tuː ðə ˈmægpaɪ ænd wɪʃ ɪt gʊd-ˈmɔːnɪŋ.

任务配置：L0 + L4

知识笔记：

单词：1、pigeon：鸽子，2、endow：赋予，3、muscle：肌肉，4、irresistible：不可抗拒，不能抵抗，5、ply：往返，6、bore：钻孔，烦扰，怒潮，7、opposing：反对，8、gale：大风，强风，9、exhaustion：筋疲力尽，衰竭，虚脱，10、humbler：谦虚的，谦卑，谦逊，11、follower：追随者，拥护者，12、partridge：鹧鸪，13、propulsion：推进力，动力，14、utter：说出，发出，绝对，15、swallow：吞，吞噬，燕子，家燕，16、in highest measure：最高标准，17、nest：巢，巢穴，筑巢，nesting：嵌套，18、flown：飞行，19、medium：中等的，20、adverse：不利的，敌对的，21、omens：预兆，22、superstitious：迷信的，23、magpie：鹊

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练习感悟：终于把欠的都补齐了，松了一口气。这篇文章，难度比较大，长度比较长，而且生词也比较多，读起来还是挺费劲的。最后，大概是录了三四遍达标，还是觉得挺庆幸的。