练习材料：
Lesson 45-2 Of men and galaxies
It is not a simplecompetition for a fixed amount of food determined by the physical environment,because the environment that determines our evolution is no longer essentiallyphysical. Our environment is chiefly conditioned by the things we believe.Morocco and California are bits of the Earth in very similar latitudes, both onthe west coasts of continents with similar climates, and probably with rathersimilar natural resources. Yet their present development is wholly different,not so much because of different people even, but because of the differentthoughts that exist in the minds of their inhabitants. This is the point I wishto emphasize. The most important factor in our environment is the state of ourown minds.
It is well knownthat where the white man has invaded a primitive culture, the most destructiveeffects have come not from physical weapons but from ideas. Ideas aredangerous. The Holy Office knew this full well when it caused heretics to beburned in days gone by.
ɒv mɛn ænd ˈgæləksiz
ɪt ɪz nɒt ə ˈsɪmpl
ˌkɒmpɪˈtɪʃən fɔːr ə fɪkst əˈmaʊnt ɒv fuːd dɪˈtɜːmɪnd baɪ ðə ˈfɪzɪkəl ɪnˈvaɪərənmənt,
bɪˈkɒz ði ɪnˈvaɪərənmənt ðæt dɪˈtɜːmɪnz ˈaʊər ˌiːvəˈluːʃən ɪz nəʊ ˈlɒŋgər ɪˈsɛnʃəli
ˈfɪzɪkəl. ˈaʊər ɪnˈvaɪərənmənt ɪz ˈʧiːfli kənˈdɪʃənd baɪ ðə θɪŋz wiː bɪˈliːv. məˈrɒkəʊ
ænd ˌkæləˈfɔːniə ɑː bɪts ɒv ði ɜːθ ɪn ˈvɛri ˈsɪmɪlə ˈlætɪtjuːdz, bəʊθ ɒn ðə wɛst kəʊsts ɒv
ˈkɒntɪnənts wɪð ˈsɪmɪlə ˈklaɪmɪts, ænd ˈprɒbəbli wɪð ˈrɑːðə ˈsɪmɪlə ˈnæʧrəl rɪˈsɔːsɪz. jɛt ðeə ˈprɛzntdɪˈvɛləpmənt ɪz ˈhəʊli ˈdɪfrənt, nɒt səʊ mʌʧ bɪˈkɒz ɒv ˈdɪfrənt ˈpiːpl ˈiːvən,bʌt bɪˈkɒz ɒv ðə ˈdɪfrənt θɔːts ðæt ɪgˈzɪst ɪn ðə maɪndz ɒv ðeər ɪnˈhæbɪtənts.ðɪs ɪz ðə pɔɪnt aɪ wɪʃ tuː ˈɛmfəsaɪz. ðə məʊst ɪmˈpɔːtənt ˈfæktər ɪn ˈaʊər ɪnˈvaɪərənməntɪz ðə steɪt ɒv ˈaʊər əʊn maɪndz.
ɪt ɪz wɛl nəʊn ðæt
weə ðə waɪt mæn hæz ɪnˈveɪdɪd ə ˈprɪmɪtɪv ˈkʌlʧə, ðə məʊst dɪsˈtrʌktɪv ɪˈfɛkts
hæv kʌm nɒt frɒm ˈfɪzɪkəl ˈwɛpənz bʌt frɒm aɪˈdɪəz. aɪˈdɪəz ɑː ˈdeɪnʤrəs. ðə ˈhəʊli ˈɒfɪs njuː ðɪs fʊl wɛlwɛn ɪt kɔːzd ˈhɛrətɪks tuː biː bɜːnd ɪn deɪz gɒn baɪ.
任务配置：L0 + L4
知识笔记：
单词：1、amount：数量，金额，2、determine：决定，测定，准确算出，3、evolution：变化，演变，发展，4、essentially：本质上，根本上，5、chiefly：主要，多半，6、latitude：维度，7、coast：海岸，岸边，8、wholly：完全，万万，9、emphasize：强调，注重，10、destructive：破坏性的，有害，11、heretic：异教徒，异端
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练习感悟：今天的文章，比较长，读起来也有点拗口，不过整体来说，难度不大，所以录了两三遍也就达标了。
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