泽平 的ScalersTalk第七轮新概念朗读持续力训练Day
练习材料:
Lesson 44-4Patterns of culture
In all the lesscontroversial fields, like the study of cacti or termites or the nature ofnebulae, the necessary method of study is to group the relevant material and totake note of all possible variant forms and conditions. In this way, we havelearned all that we know of the laws of astronomy, or of the habits of thesocial insects, let us say. It is only in the study of man himself that themajor social sciences have substituted the study of one local variation, thatof Western civilization.
Anthropology wasby definition impossible, as long as these distinctions between ourselves andthe primitive, ourselves and the barbarian, ourselves and the pagan, held swayover people's minds. It was necessary first to arrive at that degree ofsophistication where we no longer set our own belief against our neighbour’ssuperstition. It was necessary to recognize that these institutions which arebased on the same premises, let us say the supernatural, must be consideredtogether, our own among the rest.
ˈpætənz ɒv ˈkʌlʧə
ɪn ɔːl ðə lɛs ˌkɒntrəˈvɜːʃəlfiːldz, laɪk ðə ˈstʌdi ɒv ˈkæktaɪ ɔː ˈtɜːmaɪts ɔː ðə ˈneɪʧər ɒv ˈnɛbjʊliː, ðəˈnɛsɪsəri ˈmɛθəd ɒv ˈstʌdi ɪz tuː gruːp ðə ˈrɛlɪvənt məˈtɪərɪəl ænd tuː teɪk nəʊtɒv ɔːl ˈpɒsəbl ˈveərɪənt fɔːmz ænd kənˈdɪʃənz. ɪn ðɪs weɪ, wiː hæv lɜːnt ɔːlðæt wiː nəʊ ɒv ðə lɔːz ɒv əsˈtrɒnəmi, ɔːr ɒv ðə ˈhæbɪts ɒv ðə ˈsəʊʃəl ˈɪnsɛkts,lɛt ʌs seɪ. ɪt ɪz ˈəʊnli ɪn ðə ˈstʌdi ɒv mæn hɪmˈsɛlf ðæt ðə ˈmeɪʤə ˈsəʊʃəl ˈsaɪənsɪzhæv ˈsʌbstɪtjuːtɪd ðə ˈstʌdi ɒv wʌn ˈləʊkəl ˌveərɪˈeɪʃən, ðæt ɒv ˈwɛstən ˌsɪvɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən.
ˌænθrəˈpɒləʤi wɒz
baɪ ˌdɛfɪˈnɪʃən ɪmˈpɒsəbl, æz lɒŋ æz ðiːz dɪsˈtɪŋkʃənz bɪˈtwiːn ˌaʊəˈsɛlvz ænd
ðə ˈprɪmɪtɪv, ˌaʊəˈsɛlvz ænd ðə bɑːˈbeərɪən, ˌaʊəˈsɛlvz ænd ðə ˈpeɪgən, hɛld sweɪ ˈəʊvə
ˈpiːplz maɪndz. ɪt wɒz ˈnɛsɪsəri fɜːst tuː əˈraɪv æt ðæt dɪˈgriː ɒv səˌfɪstɪˈkeɪʃən
weə wiː nəʊ ˈlɒŋgə sɛt ˈaʊər əʊn bɪˈliːf əˈgɛnst ˈaʊə ˈneɪbəz ˌsjuːpəˈstɪʃən. ɪt
wɒz ˈnɛsɪsəri tuː ˈrɛkəgnaɪz ðæt ðiːz ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃənz wɪʧ ɑː beɪst ɒn ðə seɪm ˈprɛmɪsɪz, lɛt ʌs seɪ ðəˌsjuːpəˈnæʧrəl, mʌst biː kənˈsɪdəd təˈgɛðə, ˈaʊər əʊn əˈmʌŋ ðə rɛst.
任务配置:L0 + L4
知识笔记:
单词:1、controversial:有争议的,争论的,2、cacti:仙人掌,3、termite:白蚁,4、nebulae:星云,5、relevant:相关的,相应的,6、variant:变体,变种,7、astronomy:天文学,8、social:群居,社会的,9、substitute:代替,替换,10、variation:变化,变奏,变异,变动,11、anthropology:人类学,12、definition:定义,精确度,13、distinction:区别,卓越,14、primitive:原始,原始人,15、barbarian:野蛮人,16、pagan:异教徒,17、sway:摇摆,摆动,晃动,18、sophistication:精致,诡辩,18、premise:前提,19、supernatural:超自然,20、
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练习感悟:今天的文章,虽然又长,生词又多,难度也不低,但还好读起来不拗口,而且语速也不算快,所以录了两遍左右就达标了,感觉还是挺好的。