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Two players, two very different styles.

Dragonfly, bold and fast.

Damselfly, nimble and precise.

Welcome to the pond.

The game is simple, fly and hunt. So who's your pick?

From afar, they look similar.

They're ancient cousins, descended from the same 300 -million -year -old ancestor.

But these expert hunters have evolved different strategies even within the same pond.

Dragonflies rocket across the upper strata of the pond scape, reaching speeds up to 30 miles an hour.

Their forewings move independently, so they can switch between two flight modes out of sync for lift and twists,

or nearly in sync for bursts of speed.

Even when they touch down, they keep their wings outstretched, ready to go.

Damselflies sit and wait, with wings folded neatly along their backs, on the lookout for prey.

When they take off, they hover like helicopters, down low in the vegetation.

They need to be nimble, maneuvering between the shoots and stems crowding the airspace.

Plants down here break up the airflow, creating swirling wind currents.

Flying in that turbulence requires some serious control.

To understand how damselflies pull this off,

Researchers at UC Berkeley put these graceful flyers in a wind tunnel and saw that when they hit rough air,

the damselflies maintain stability by quickly tweaking the flapping of their four wings.

You may have picked your jetpack, but now let's consider your headset.

Both players have compound eyes made of a mosaic of thousands of tiny eye units.

Their brains stitch the information together into one big, clear picture.

But they each see the world differently.

How would you like a pair of these babies?

Damselfly eyes are dicoptic, two separate eyes like us.

But these wide -set eyes give damselflies an ultra -panoramic view.

From a perch, they lock in on their prey.

Just like humans, their brains compare two slightly different images to calculate distance and depth. And boom.

They snatch their prey with precision.

Dragonflies have heloptic eyes.

They wrap around their head, giving them a nearly 360 -degree view.

These eyes act like huge surveillance cameras.

Flying in the open air,

they can detect movement that happens anywhere around them and track it. Or avoid it.

In one study, researchers at UC Davis showed that dragonflies are experts of interception.

Turns out it's a killer hunting skill.

They anticipate where their prey is going and snag it with a 95 % success rate.

Watch how they both use their spindly legs like a basket.

Ah, fresh catch.

Now our damselfly can eat in peace.

Or try to.

That move right there is damselfly for not now, man.

So did you pick your player?

Team damselfly or team dragonfly?

In this game, everyone's a well -fed winner.

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本课的词汇与口语要点

这节口语课以视频“Pick Your Player: Dragonfly vs Damselfly”为素材。视频中反复出现的词有：eye, damselfly, damselflies, prey, dragonflies。这段视频共有 46 个句子、453 个单词可供跟读。讲话部分时长为 4:08。说话人语速平稳，每分钟约 110 个词，很适合跟读。只有 74% 的单词属于英语最常用的 3,000 词，词汇难度较高。

视频中的重点词汇

视频中 15 个值得学习的单词，附发音和释义：

单词	发音	释义
prey 名词	/pɹeɪ/	獵物 /猎物
pond 名词	/pɑnd/	池塘, 池
researcher 名词	/ˈɹiˌsɝ.t͡ʃɚ/	研究員 /研究员, 研究者
killer 名词	/ˈkɪlɚ/	殺手 /杀手, 兇手 /凶手
compare 动词	/kəmˈpɛɚ/	比, 比較 /比较
skill 名词	/skɪl/	技巧, 技能
cousin 名词	/ˈkʌz(ə)n/	堂兄, 堂哥
hunter 名词	/ˈhʌntɚ/	獵犬 /猎犬
rocket 名词	/ˈɹɑk.ɪt/	火箭發動機 /火箭发动机, 火箭
stability 名词	/stəˈbɪlɪti/	穩定性 /稳定性, 穩定 /稳定
bold 形容词	/ˈbəʊld/	膽大 /胆大, 勇敢
tunnel 名词	/ˈtʌn(ə)l/	隧道, 地下道
twist 动词	/twɪst/	扭, 搓
wrap 动词	/ɹæp/	包裝 /包装, 包
compound 名词	/ˈkɑmpaʊnd/	化合物

视频中出现的短语动词

单词	释义
take off 动词	脫 /脱
turn out 动词	原來 /原来

需要注意的发音

“sh” 和 “zh” 音: precision /pɹɪˈsɪʒ.ən/, vegetation /ˌvɛd͡ʒəˈteɪʃən/, interception /ɪntɚˈsɛpʃən/
长单词——注意重音位置: stability /stəˈbɪlɪti/, differently /ˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt.li/, helicopter /ˈheliːˌkɔptə(ɹ)/, independently /ˌɪndɪˈpɛndəntli/, vegetation /ˌvɛd͡ʒəˈteɪʃən/

中文母语者容易读错的音：

/v/ — 不要读成 /w/，上齿轻触下唇: surveillance /sɚˈveɪ.ləns/, evolve /ɪˈvɑlv/, vegetation /ˌvɛd͡ʒəˈteɪʃən/, maneuver /məˈnuvɚ/, hover /ˈhɒvə/
词尾辅音 — 要读清楚，后面不要加元音: pond /pɑnd/, sync /sɪŋk/, rocket /ˈɹɑk.ɪt/, bold /ˈbəʊld/, twist /twɪst/
/r/ 和 /l/ 的区别: differently /ˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt.li/, ultra /ˈʌltɹə/, helicopter /ˈheliːˌkɔptə(ɹ)/, flyer /ˈflaɪə(ɹ)/, dragonfly /ˈdɹæɡənˌflaɪ/

如何用这段视频练习

先完整听一遍视频，不要开口，记下不认识的单词。
用正常速度逐句跟读，每句重复到你的节奏与说话人一致为止。
录下自己的声音并与原声对比，特别注意 prey, pond, researcher 这类单词。

什么是跟读法？

跟读法 (Shadowing) 是一种有科学依据的语言学习技巧，最初开发用于专业口译员的培训，并由多语言者Alexander Arguelles博士普及。这个方法简单而强大：您在听英语母语原声的同时立即大声重复——就像是一个延迟1-2秒紧跟说话者的影子。与被动听力或语法练习不同，跟读法强迫您的大脑和口腔肌肉同时处理并模仿真实的讲话模式。研究表明它能显着提高发音准确性，语调，节奏，连读，听力理解和口语流利度——使其成为雅思口语备考和真实英语交流最有效的方法之一。

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