伊卡莱姆的ScalersTalk第四轮新概念朗读持续力训练Day

练习材料：

Lesson45-2 Of men and galaxies

It is not a simple competition for a fixed amount of food determined by the physical environment, because the environment that determines our evolution is no longer essentially physical. Our environment is chiefly conditioned by the things we believe. Morocco and California are bits of the Earth in very similar latitudes, both on the west coasts of continents with similar climates, and probably with rather similar natural resources. Yet their present development is wholly different, not so much because of different people even, but because of the different thoughts that exist in the minds of their inhabitants. This is the point I wish toemphasize. The most important factor in our environment is the state of our own minds.

It is well known that where the white man has invaded a primitive culture, the most destructive effects have come not from physical weapons but from ideas. Ideas are dangerous. The Holy Office knew this full well when it caused heretics to be burned in days gone by.

应用配置：L0+L4

知识笔记：determined/    climates/    emphasize/    invaded/

练习感悟：用时29分。晨读。挺长的段落，生词不多，读起来还算连贯。