伊卡莱姆的ScalersTalk第四轮新概念朗读持续力训练Day

练习材料:

L9(2)：Flying cats

All these cats had one experience in common:

they had fallen off high buildings,

yet only eight of them died from shock or injuries.

Of course,

New York is the ideal place for such an interesting study，

because there is no shortage of tall buildings.

There are plenty of high-rise windowsills to fall from！

 One cat, Sabrina, fell 32 storeys, yet only suffered from a broken tooth.

'Cats behave like well-trained paratroopers.' a doctor said.

It seems that the further cats fall, the less they are likely to injure themselves.

In a long drop,

they reach speeds of 60 miles an hour and more.

At high speeds,

falling cats have time to relax.

They stretch out their legs like flying squirrels.

This increases their air-resistance and reduces the shock of impact when they hit the ground.

应用配置：L0+L4

知识笔记： shortage/ʃɔːtɪʤ    paratroopers/pærəˌtruːpəz    injure/ɪnʤə    stretch/ strɛʧ  squirrels/skwɪrəlz    impact/ ɪmpækt

练习感悟：这后半段的内容比较难读，花了好多时间。特别是有些单词发音比较拗口，不过最终还是完成了。昨晚参见了先生的座谈会，吸收到一个理念就是“一生只为一件事而来”。我认为在学习英语，确切说应该是掌握好英语这个事情上，就需要持续不断地做下去，没有终点，只有下一站。