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It's time to improve your English listening and speaking skills with another true and frankly crazy story.
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A story so unusual that many people think it cannot possibly be real.
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Imagine this, a government sends soldiers into battle.
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The soldiers carry machine guns and expect an easy victory.
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But they are not fighting another army.
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They are fighting thousands of large birds.
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This is the incredible true story of the Great Emu War.
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It was 1932 and Australia was facing difficult times.
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Like many countries around the world, Australia was suffering from the Great Depression.
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Money was scarce, jobs were hard to find and many families struggled to earn enough to survive.
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In Western Australia, many farmers were trying to build a new life.
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Some of them had fought in the First World War and had received farmland from the government after returning home.
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They hoped that farming would provide a stable future for their families.
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But life on the land was much harder than they had expected.
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The weather was often difficult.
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Prices for crops were low and making a profit was never easy.
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Then, as if those problems were not enough, another challenge arrived.
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Every year after the breeding season,
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thousands of emus migrated across Western Australia in search of food and water.
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An emu is the second largest bird in the world after the ostrich.
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Although it cannot fly, it is a powerful animal with long legs
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that allow it to run at speeds of almost 50 kilometers per hour.
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That year, around 20,000 emus entered the farming regions.
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The birds spread across the fields, eating wheat and damaging crops that farmers had spent months growing.
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As they moved through the countryside,
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they also broke fences, making it easy for rabbits and other animals to enter the farms and cause even more damage.
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For the farmers it was becoming a disaster.
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Many believed they might lose an entire season's work.
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They asked the Australian government for help, hoping that something could be done before it was too late.
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The government decided to send soldiers.
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It seemed like a simple solution.
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If trained soldiers had machine guns, surely they could deal with a group of birds.
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A small military team led by Major Meredith arrived with two Lewis machine guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition.
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At first, everyone expected the operation to be over within a few days.
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Instead, things quickly became much more difficult.
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When the soldiers found a large group of emus, they carefully moved into position.
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They waited for the birds to come closer before opening fire.
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But as soon as the shooting began, the emus reacted immediately.
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Instead of staying together, they scattered in every direction.
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Within seconds, one large group had become dozens of small groups running across the countryside.
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The soldiers found it almost impossible to hit enough birds before they disappeared.
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A few days later, they tried a different strategy.
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This time they attached one of the machine guns to a truck.
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The plan was to chase the emus across the fields while firing at them.
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On paper it sounded like a clever idea.
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In reality it was a complete failure.
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The ground was rough and uneven.
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The truck bounced constantly as it drove over rocks and holes,
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making it almost impossible for the gunner to aim accurately.
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Meanwhile, the emus ran surprisingly fast.
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They changed direction without warning,
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disappeared behind bushes, and often escaped before the soldiers could get close enough.
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The soldiers were becoming frustrated.
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The emus seemed to know exactly how to avoid them.
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Some newspapers even joked that the birds had their own military commanders who organized their escape.
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Of course, that was only a joke, but people across Australia began laughing at the strange operation.
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The soldiers continued their mission for several weeks.
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They fired thousands of bullets and managed to kill some emus, but nowhere near enough to stop the damage.
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For every group they chased away, another group appeared somewhere else.
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The birds simply kept coming coming.
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Eventually the government decided that the operation had become too expensive and was not producing the results everyone had hoped for.
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The soldiers were ordered to leave.
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Although some emus had been killed, thousands remained on the farms.
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The farmers still faced the same problem they had before.
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Over the following years different solutions were introduced.
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Stronger fences were built to protect farmland and farmers were encouraged to control the emu population themselves through reward programs.
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These methods proved to be much more effective than sending soldiers into the countryside.
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Today, the Great Emu War has become one of the most famous stories in Australian history.
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It is often described as the war that Australia lost against birds.
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Of course, it was never officially a war.
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It was a military operation designed to protect farmland from wild animals.
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But the nickname has survived for almost a hundred years because it perfectly captures how unusual the whole event was.
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Although the soldiers had modern weapons and military training, they underestimated their enemy.
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The Imios were fast, unpredictable and perfectly adapted to the Australian landscape.
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That is why this strange story continues to entertain people around the world nearly a century later.
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Now you can test yourself with a quick quiz.
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Don't forget to answer the questions out loud and press pause if you need more time.
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Ready?
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Why were the farmers asking for help?
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And the answer is because thousands of emus were eating their crops and damaging their fences.
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Why did the government send soldiers?
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The government believed the soldiers could quickly solve the problem with guns.
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Why didn't the soldiers succeed?
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And the answer is the emus ran very fast, scattered into small groups and escaped across the countryside.
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Why did the truck plan fail?
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The uneven ground made it difficult to drive and almost impossible to aim a machine gun.
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How was the problem managed later?
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And the answer is better fences and reward programs for farmers.
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I love this story because it reminds us that nature is often much more unpredictable than we expect.
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What do you think?
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If you had been in charge, part of the Australian government, how would you have solved the problem?
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Let me know below in the comments.
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It really helps.
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I'll see you in the next video.
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Take care.
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本課的詞彙與口語要點
這段影片共有 97 個句子、1087 個單詞可供跟讀。 講話部分時長為 10:24。 說話人語速較慢，每分鐘約 105 個詞，你有足夠的時間模仿每一個音。 87% 的單詞屬於英語最常用的 3,000 詞，詞彙容易理解。
影片中的重點詞彙
影片中 15 個不太常見的單詞，附發音和釋義：
- farmer /ˈfɑɹ.mɚ/ (名詞) — 農夫 /農夫, 農民 /農民. A person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock; anyone engaged in agriculture on a farm.
- fence /fɛns/ (名詞) — 籬笆 /籬笆, 柵欄 /柵欄. A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands of a house, building, etc.
- countryside /ˈkʌn.tɹiˌsaɪd/ (名詞) — 農村 /農村, 鄉下 /鄉下. An area located outside of towns and cities; an area that is not urban or suburban; a rural area.
- crop /kɹɑp/ (名詞) — 作物. A plant, grown for it, or its fruits or seeds, to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose.
- unusual /ʌnˈjuːʒ(u)əl/ (形容詞) — 稀有. Not usual, out of the ordinary.
- chase /t͡ʃeɪs/ (動詞) — 追逐, 追. To follow at speed.
- solve /sɒlv/ (動詞) — 解決 /解決. To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.
- arrive /əˈɹaɪv/ (動詞) — 到達 /到達, 到. To reach; to get to a certain place.
- reward /ɹɪˈwɔɹd/ (名詞) — 報酬 /報酬, 獎勵 /獎勵. Something of value given in return for an act.
- disappear /dɪsəˈpɪɹ/ (動詞) — 消失. To vanish.
- unpredictable (形容詞) — 不可預知的 /不可預知的. Unable to be predicted.
- earn /ɝn/ (動詞) — 掙 /掙, 賺 /賺. To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work.
- meanwhile /ˈmiːnwaɪl/ (副詞) — 同時 /同時. During the time that something is happening, often specifically in a different place.
- stable /ˈsteɪ.bəl/ (名詞) — 馬廄, 馬棚 /馬棚. A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) ungulates, especially horses.
- carefully /ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/ (副詞) — 小心地. With care; attentively, circumspectly.
需要注意的發音
說話人用了 4 次縮略和弱讀形式，例如 don't, didn't, I'll。請按聽到的簡短形式來說。
- “sh” 和 “zh” 音: unusual /ʌnˈjuːʒ(u)əl/, capture /ˈkæp.(t)ʃɚ/, ammunition /ˌæmjuˈnɪʃən/
- 長單詞——注意重音位置: unusual /ʌnˈjuːʒ(u)əl/, surprisingly /səˈpɹaɪzɪŋli/, accurately /ˈæk.jə.ɹɪt.li/, ammunition /ˌæmjuˈnɪʃən/, underestimate /ʌndɚˈɛs.tɪ.meɪt/
如何用這段影片練習
- 先完整聽一遍影片，不要開口，記下不認識的單詞。
- 用正常速度逐句跟讀，每句重複到你的節奏與說話人一致為止。
- 錄下自己的聲音並與原聲對比，特別注意 farmer, fence, countryside 這類單詞。
影片中的語法
說話人最常用的結構，並附上影片中的原話：
| 結構 | 影片中的用法 |
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| 被動語態 be + 過去分詞 — 強調發生了什麼，而不是誰做的 | could be done · were ordered · had been killed |
| 現在完成時 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去發生但與現在仍有關聯的事 | has become · has survived · have solved |
什麼是跟讀法？
跟讀法 (Shadowing) 是一種有科學依據的語言學習技巧，最初開發用於專業口譯員的培訓，並由多語言者Alexander Arguelles博士普及。這個方法簡單而強大：您在聽英語母語原聲的同時立即大聲重複——就像是一個延遲1-2秒緊跟說話者的影子。與被動聽力或語法練習不同，跟讀法強迫您的大腦和口腔肌肉同時處理並模模擬實的講話模式。研究表明它能顯著提高發音準確性，語調，節奏，連讀，聽力理解和口語流利度——使其成為雅思口語備考和真實英語交流最有效的方法之一。