练习材料：
Lesson 45-1 Of men and galaxies
In man's earlydays, competition with other creatures must have been critical. But this phaseof our development is now finished. Indeed, we lack practice and experiencenowadays in dealing with primitive conditions. I am sure that, without modernweapons, I would make a very poor show of disputing the ownership of a cavewith a bear, and in this I do not think that I stand alone. The last creatureto compete with man was the mosquito. But even the mosquito has been subdued byattention to drainage and by chemical sprays.
Competitionbetween ourselves, person against person, community against community, stillpersists, however; and it is as fierce as it ever was.
But thecompetition of man against man is not the simple process envisioned in biology.
ɒv mɛn ænd ˈgæləksiz
ɪn mænz ˈɜːli deɪz.
ˌkɒmpɪˈtɪʃən wɪð ˈʌðə ˈkriːʧəz mʌst hæv biːn ˈkrɪtɪkəl. bʌt ðɪs feɪz ɒv ˈaʊə dɪˈvɛləpmənt
ɪz naʊ ˈfɪnɪʃt. ɪnˈdiːd, wiː læk ˈpræktɪs ænd ɪksˈpɪərɪəns ˈnaʊədeɪz ɪn ˈdiːlɪŋ
wɪð ˈprɪmɪtɪv kənˈdɪʃənz. aɪ æm ʃʊə ðæt, wɪˈðaʊt ˈmɒdən ˈwɛpənz, aɪ wʊd meɪk ə
ˈvɛri pʊə ʃəʊ ɒv dɪsˈpjuːtɪŋ ði ˈəʊnəʃɪp ɒv ə keɪv wɪð ə beə, ænd ɪn ðɪs aɪ duː
nɒt θɪŋk ðæt aɪ stænd əˈləʊn. ðə lɑːst ˈkriːʧə tuː kəmˈpiːt wɪð mæn wɒz ðə məsˈkiːtəʊ. bʌtˈiːvən ðə məsˈkiːtəʊ hæz biːn səbˈdjuːd baɪ əˈtɛnʃ(ə)n tuː ˈdreɪnɪʤ ænd baɪ ˈkɛmɪkəlspreɪz.
ˌkɒmpɪˈtɪʃən bɪˈtwiːnˌaʊəˈsɛlvz, ˈpɜːsn əˈgɛnst ˈpɜːsn, kəˈmjuːnɪti əˈgɛnst kəˈmjuːnɪti, stɪl pəˈsɪsts,haʊˈɛvə; ænd ɪt ɪz æz fɪəs æz ɪt ˈɛvə wɒz.
bʌt ðə ˌkɒmpɪˈtɪʃənɒv mæn əˈgɛnst mæn ɪz nɒt ðə ˈsɪmpl ˈprəʊsɛs ɪnˈvɪʒənd ɪn baɪˈɒləʤi.
任务配置：L0 + L4
知识笔记：
单词：1、dispute：对……提出质询，对……表示怀疑，2、ownership：所有权，产权，3、subdue：制服，征服，4、drainage：排水，放水，5、spray：喷雾，喷剂，6、fierce：凶猛，猛烈，7、envisioned：展望，想象
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练习感悟： 今天游完泳，感觉整个人都有点晕乎乎的，很累，还好今天的文章不难，不仅生词少，读起来不拗口，而且语速也不快，录了两遍就达标了。
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