Lan的ScalersTalk第四轮新概念朗读持续力训练Day

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[Day 1742 2019-07-04]

Lesson 17-1 A man-made disease

In the early days of the settlement of Australia, enterprising settlers unwisely

introduced the European rabbit. This rabbit had no natural enemies in the Antipodes,

so that it multiplied with that promiscuous abandon characteristic of rabbits. It overran

a whole continent. It caused devastation by burrowing and by devouring the herbage

which might have maintained millions of sheep and cattle. Scientists discovered that

this particular variety of rabbit (and apparently no other animal) was susceptible to a

fatal virus disease, myxomatosis. By infecting animals and letting them loose in the

burrows, local epidemics of this disease could be created. Later it was found that there

was a type of mosquito which acted as the carrier of this disease and passed it on to the

rabbits. So while the rest of the world was trying to get rid of mosquitoes, Australia was

encouraging this one.

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知识笔记：

Antipodes    n. (常作幽默) 澳大利亚和新西兰，澳新;

promiscuous    adj. 淫乱的; 滥交的; 大杂烩的; 杂乱的;

overran    v. 泛滥; 横行; 肆虐; 多用(时间、钱财等); 超时;

devastation    n. (尤指大面积的) 毁灭，破坏，蹂躏;

burrowing  v. 挖掘(洞或洞穴通道); 挖洞; 偎依; 使…钻到(…下面); (在…里) 搜寻;

devouring    v. (尤指因饥饿而) 狼吞虎咽地吃光; 津津有味地看; 如饥似渴地读; 吞没; 吞噬; 毁灭;

herbage  n. (统称) 草本植物; (尤指) 牧草;

susceptible  adj. 易受影响(或伤害等); 敏感; 过敏; 好动感情的; 感情丰富的; 善感的; 容许…的; 可能…的; 可以…的;

myxomatosis    n. 兔黏液瘤病; 多发黏液瘤病;

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