练习材料：
Lesson 17-2 A man-made disease
It effectivelyspread the disease all over the continent and drastically reduced the rabbitpopulation. It later became apparent that rabbits were developing a degree ofresistance to this disease, so that the rabbit population was unlikely to becompletely exterminated. There were hopes, however, that the problem of therabbit would become manageable.
Ironically,Europe, which had bequeathed the rabbit as a pest to Australia, acquired thisman-made disease as a pestilence. A French physician decided to get rid of thewild rabbits on his own estate and introduced myxomatosis. It did not, however,remain within the confines of his estate. It spread through France, Where wildrabbits are not generally regarded as a pest but as a sport and a useful foodsupply, and it spread to Britain where wild rabbits are regarded as a pest butwhere domesticated rabbits, equally susceptible to the disease, are the basisof a profitable fur industry. The question became one of whether Man couldcontrol the disease he had invented.
ə ˈmænˈmeɪd dɪˈziːz
ɪt ɪˈfɛktɪvli sprɛd
ðə dɪˈziːz ɔːl ˈəʊvə ðə ˈkɒntɪnənt ænd ˈdræstɪkᵊli rɪˈdjuːst ðə ˈræbɪt ˌpɒpjəˈleɪʃᵊn.
ɪt ˈleɪtə bɪˈkeɪm əˈpærənt ðæt ˈræbɪts wɜː dɪˈvɛləpɪŋ ə dɪˈɡriː ɒv rɪˈzɪstəns tuː ðɪs dɪˈziːz, səʊ ðætðə ˈræbɪt ˌpɒpjəˈleɪʃᵊn wɒz ʌnˈlaɪkli tuː biː kəmˈpliːtli ɪkˈstɜːmɪneɪtɪd. ðeəwɜː həʊps, haʊˈɛvə, ðæt ðə ˈprɒbləm ɒv ðə ˈræbɪt wʊd bɪˈkʌm ˈmænɪʤəbᵊl.
aɪˈrɒnɪkᵊli, ˈjʊərəp,
wɪʧ hæd bɪˈkwiːðd ðə ˈræbɪt æz ə pɛst tuː ɒˈstreɪliːə, əˈkwaɪəd ðɪs ˈmænˈmeɪd dɪˈziːz
æz ə ˈpɛstɪləns. ə frɛnʧ fɪˈzɪʃən dɪˈsaɪdɪd tuː ɡɛt rɪd ɒv ðə waɪld ˈræbɪts ɒn hɪz əʊn ɪsˈteɪt ænd ˌɪntrəˈdjuːst
myxomatosis. ɪt dɪd nɒt, haʊˈɛvə, rɪˈmeɪn wɪˈðɪn ðə ˈkɒnfaɪnz ɒv hɪz ɪsˈteɪt. ɪt
sprɛd θruː ˈfrɑːns, weə waɪld ˈræbɪts ɑː nɒt ˈʤɛnərəli rɪˈɡɑːdɪd æz ə pɛst bʌt æz spɔːt ænd ə ˈjuːsfʊl
fuːd səˈplaɪ, ænd ɪt sprɛd tuː ˈbrɪtn weə waɪld ˈræbɪts ɑː rɪˈɡɑːdɪd æz ə pɛst bʌt weə dəʊˈmɛstɪkeɪtɪd ˈræbɪts, ˈiːkwəli
səˈsɛptəbᵊl tuː ðə dɪˈziːz, ɑː ðə ˈbeɪsɪs ɒv ə ˈprɒfɪtəbᵊl fɜːr ˈɪndəstri. ðə ˈkwɛsʧən bɪˈkeɪm wʌn ɒvˈwɛðə mæn kʊd kənˈtrəʊl ðə dɪˈziːz hiː hæd ɪnˈvɛntɪd.
任务配置：L0 + L4
知识笔记：
单词：1、drastically：彻底地，激烈地，2、resistance：电阻，阻力，抵抗，抵制，3、exterminate：消灭，灭绝，4、manageable：可管理的，可处理的，5、ironically：讽刺的是，6、bequeath：遗赠，7、pestilence：瘟疫，8、physician：医师，内科医生，9、estate：遗产，庄园，工业区，10、confine：限制，监禁，范围，边界，11、domesticate：驯化，驯养，12、profitable：赢利的，有利可图的，有益的，13、pest：害虫，令人讨厌之物，14、
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练习感悟：这篇文章，很难，很拗口，跟读的时候都觉得非常难以跟上，但是录的时候，居然录一遍就达标了，这成就感，嘎嘎的
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