练习材料：
Lesson 26-3 Thepast life of the earth
This is whathappened to the famous Beresovka mammoth which was found preserved and in goodcondition. In his mouth were the remains of fir trees -- the last meal that hehad before he fell into the crevasse and broke his back. The mammoth has nowbeen restored in the Palaeontological Museum in ST. Petersburg. Other animals weretrapped in tar pits, like the elephants, sabre-toothed cats, and numerous othercreatures that are found at Rancho la Brea. Which is now just a suburb of LosAngeles. Apparently what happened was that water collected on these tar pits,and the bigger animals like the elephants ventured out on to the apparentlyfirm surface to drink, and were promptly bogged in the tar. And then, when theywere dead, the carnivores, like the sabre-toothed cats and the giant wolves,came out to feed and suffered exactly the same fate. There are also endlessnumbers of birds in the tar as well.
ðə pɑːst laɪf ɒv ði ɜːθ
ðɪs ɪz wɒt ˈhæpənd
tuː ðə ˈfeɪməs Beresovka ˈmæməθ wɪʧ wɒz faʊnd prɪˈzɜːvd ænd ɪn gʊd kənˈdɪʃən. ɪn
hɪz maʊθ wɜː ðə rɪˈmeɪnz ɒv fɜː triːz -- ðə lɑːst miːl ðæt hiː hæd bɪˈfɔː hiː fɛl ˈɪntuː ðə krɪˈvæs
ænd brəʊk hɪz bæk. ðə ˈmæməθ hæz naʊ biːn rɪsˈtɔːd ɪn ðə Palaeontological
mju(ː)ˈzɪəm ɪn ɛs-tiː. ˈpiːtəzˌbɜːg. ˈʌðər ˈænɪməlz wɜː træpt ɪn tɑː pɪts, laɪk ði ˈɛlɪfənts, ˈseɪbə-tuːθt
kæts, ænd ˈnʌmbəz ˈʌðə ˈkriːʧəz ðæt ɑː faʊnd æt Rancho lɑː Brea. wɪʧ ɪz naʊ ʤʌst ə ˈsʌbɜːb ɒv Los ˈeɪnʤəlz. əˈpærəntli
wɒt ˈhæpənd wɒz ðæt ˈwɔːtə kəˈlɛktɪd ɒn ðiːz tɑː pɪts, ænd ðə ˈbɪgər ˈænɪməlz laɪk ði ˈɛlɪfənts ˈvɛnʧəd
aʊt ɒn tuː ði əˈpærəntli fɜːm ˈsɜːfɪs tuː drɪŋk, ænd wɜː ˈprɒmptli bɒgd ɪn ðə tɑː. ænd ðɛn, wɛn ðeɪ wɜː dɛd, ðə ˈkɑːnɪvɔːz, laɪk ðə ˈseɪbə-tuːθt kæts ænd ðə ˈʤaɪənt
wʊlvz, keɪm aʊt tuː fiːd ænd ˈsʌfəd ɪgˈzæktli ðə seɪm feɪt. ðeər ɑːr ˈɔːlsəʊ ˈɛndlɪs ˈnʌmbəz ɒv bɜːdz ɪn ðə tɑːr æz wɛl.
任务配置：L0 + L4
知识笔记：
单词：1、fir：冷杉，2、trapped：被困，3、tar pits：焦油坑，4、sabre：军刀，马刀，5、suburb：市郊，6、ventured：冒险，7、promptly：及时，立刻，连忙，8、bogged：陷入困境，9、carnivore：肉食动物，10、giant：巨大的，11、wolves：狼群，12、
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练习感悟：今天的这篇文章，真是够难的，长度比较长一点，关键是语速很快，而且读起来许多生词很拗口，读得嘴巴都有点酸，已经蛮久没这样的感觉的了。
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