练习材料:
Lesson 22-1 Knowledge and progress
Why does the ideaof progress loom so large in the modern world? Surely because progress of aparticular kind is actually taking place around us and is becoming moreand more manifest.Although mankind has undergone no general improvement in intelligenceor morality, it has made extraordinary progress in the accumulation ofknowledge.Knowledge began to increase as soon as the
thoughts of one individual could be communicated to another by means of speech.With the invention of writing, a great
advance was made, for knowledge could then be not only communicated but also
stored.Libraries made education possible, and
education in its turn added to libraries: the growth of knowledge followed a
kind of compound interest law, which was greatly enhanced by the invention of
printing.All this was comparatively slow until, with
the coming of science, the tempo was suddenly raised.
ˈnɒlɪʤ ænd ˈprəʊɡrəs
waɪ dʌz ði aɪˈdɪə ɒv
ˈprəʊɡrəs luːm səʊ lɑːʤ ɪn ðə ˈmɒdᵊn wɜːld? ˈʃʊəli bɪˈkɒz ˈprəʊɡrəs ɒv ə pəˈtɪkjələ kaɪnd ɪz ˈækʧʊəli ˈteɪkɪŋ
pleɪs əˈraʊnd ʌs ænd ɪz bɪˈkʌmɪŋ mɔːr ænd mɔː ˈmænɪfɛst.ɔːlˈðəʊ mænˈkaɪnd hæz ˌʌndəˈɡɒn nəʊ ˈʤɛnᵊrᵊl ɪmˈpruːvmənt ɪn ɪnˈtɛlɪʤəns
ɔː məˈræləti, ɪt hæz meɪd ɪksˈtrɔːdnri ˈprəʊɡrəs ɪn ði əˌkjuːmjəˈleɪʃᵊn ɒv ˈnɒlɪʤ.ˈnɒlɪʤ bɪˈɡæn tuː ˈɪnkriːs æz suːn æz ðə θɔːts ɒv wʌn ˌɪndɪˈvɪʤuəl
kʊd biː kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪtɪd tuː əˈnʌðə baɪ miːnz ɒv spiːʧ.wɪð ði ɪnˈvɛnʃᵊn ɒv ˈraɪtɪŋ, ə ɡreɪt ədˈvɑːns wɒz meɪd, fɔː ˈnɒlɪʤ kʊd ðɛn biː nɒt ˈəʊnli kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪtɪd
bʌt ˈɔːlsəʊ stɔːd.ˈlaɪbrəriz meɪd ˌɛʤʊˈkeɪʃᵊn ˈpɒsəbᵊl, ænd ˌɛʤʊˈkeɪʃᵊn ɪn ɪts tɜːn ˈædɪd
tuː ˈlaɪbrəriz: ðə ɡrəʊθ ɒv ˈnɒlɪʤ ˈfɒləʊd ə kaɪnd ɒv ˈkɒmpaʊnd ˈɪntrɛst lɔː, wɪʧ wɒz ˈɡreɪtli ɪnˈhɑːnst baɪ ði ɪnˈvɛnʃᵊn ɒv ˈprɪntɪŋ.ɔːl ðɪs wɒz kəmˈpærətɪvli sləʊ ənˈtɪl, wɪð
ðə ˈkʌmɪŋ ɒv ˈsaɪəns, ðə ˈtɛmpəʊ wɒz ˈsʌdnli reɪzd.
任务配置:L0 + L4
知识笔记:
单词:1、loom:织布机,逼近,显得突出,赫然耸现,2、manifest:显现,表明,表现,3、mankind:人类,男性,4、undergone:经历过的,5、morality:道德,6、compound:化合物,复合,合成,7、enhance:提高,增进,8、comparatively:比较,相对,9、tempo:节奏,拍子
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练习感悟:第一遍录超时,第二遍录少于达标时间,第三遍录就读得慢一点达标。不过这篇文章感觉难度还是有点的,比较拗口。
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