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In 1932, the Australian army went to war.
1932年，澳大利亚军队出征了。
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But the enemy wasn't another country.
但敌人并不是另一个国家。
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It was an army of birds. Emus!
而是一支鸟军。鸸鹋！
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And, as you might have guessed, the birds won.
你可能已经猜到了，赢的是鸟。
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After the First World War,
第一次世界大战结束后，
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many former soldiers were given land in Western Australia.
许多退伍军人在西澳大利亚分到了土地。
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They were encouraged to grow wheat,
他们被鼓励种小麦，
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but then the Great Depression hit and prices crashed.
可随后大萧条来袭，价格暴跌。
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Life was already hard. Then the emus arrived.
日子本来就难过，接着鸸鹋来了。
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Every year, emus travel inland after their breeding season.
每年繁殖季过后，鸸鹋都会向内陆迁徙。
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That year, around twenty thousand of them headed for the farms!
那一年，大约两万只鸸鹋直奔农场而来！
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They ate the wheat, trampled the crops,
它们吃小麦、踩坏庄稼，
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and smashed holes in the fences,
还把篱笆撞出窟窿，
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which let rabbits in as well.
结果连兔子也钻了进来。
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The farmers, many of them ex-soldiers, knew exactly what they wanted.
这些农民很多都是退伍军人，他们很清楚自己要什么。
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They asked the government for machine guns.
他们向政府要机枪。
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Surprisingly, the Minister of Defence said yes!
出人意料，国防部长竟然同意了！
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Major Meredith was sent with two soldiers and ten thousand bullets.
Meredith少校带着两名士兵和一万发子弹被派了过去。
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In November, the operation finally began.
十一月，行动终于开始了。
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But the emus didn't behave like an army at all.
可鸸鹋根本不像一支军队那样行动。
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As soon as the shooting started, they scattered in all directions.
枪声一响，它们就四散奔逃。
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One day, about a thousand birds came close,
有一天，大约一千只鸟靠近了，
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but then the gun jammed!
结果枪卡壳了！
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Next, they tried mounting a gun on a truck.
接着，他们试着把枪架到卡车上。
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But emus can run at fifty kilometres an hour,
可鸸鹋能跑到每小时五十公里，
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and the ground was so bumpy that nobody could aim.
地面又颠簸得厉害，谁也瞄不准。
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Each group even seemed to have its own lookout!
每群鸟似乎还有自己的哨兵！
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After less than a week, the army pulled out.
不到一周，军队就撤了。
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The soldiers did return later, at the farmers' request.
后来，应农民的请求，士兵们又回来了。
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By December, Meredith reported almost a thousand birds killed.
到了十二月，Meredith报告说打死了将近一千只。
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But that had taken nearly ten thousand bullets!
可为此他们用掉了将近一万发子弹！
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That's about ten bullets for every single emu.
相当于每只鸸鹋要用十发子弹。
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Meredith later said that with soldiers as tough as these birds,
Meredith后来说，要是有像这些鸟一样顽强的士兵，
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he could face any army in the world.
他就能对抗世界上任何一支军队。
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In the end, fences and rewards paid to farmers worked much better.
最后，围栏和发给农民的奖金反而有效得多。
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And the emus? They're still doing just fine.
那鸸鹋呢？它们至今过得好好的。
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So if anyone asks who won the Great Emu War,
所以，如果有人问你“鸸鹋大战”谁赢了，
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now you know the answer!
现在你知道答案了！

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本课的词汇与口语要点

这节 B2 级别的口语课以视频“SE-Ed: The Great Emu War”为素材。 视频中反复出现的词有：emu, birds, thousand, soldiers, army。 这段视频共有 38 个句子、316 个单词可供跟读。 讲话部分时长为 2:11。 说话人语速平稳，每分钟约 145 个词，很适合跟读。 84% 的单词属于英语最常用的 3,000 词，其余的词建议在练习前先学一下。

视频中的重点词汇

视频中最难的 13 个单词，附发音和释义：

单词发音释义
emu 名词/ˈim(j)u/鴯鶓 /鸸鹋
farmer 名词/ˈfɑɹ.mɚ/農夫 /农夫, 農民 /农民
wheat 名词/ˈwiːt/麥 /麦, 小麥 /小麦
kilometre 名词/kɪˈlɑmɪtəɹ/千米, 公里
scatter 动词/ˈskætɚ/散佈 /散布
trample 动词/ˈtɹæmpəl/踐踏 /践踏, 跴
behave 动词/bɪˈheɪv/為人 /为人
rabbit 名词/ˈɹæbɪt/兔子, 白兔
breed 动词/ˈbɹiːd/配種 /配种
surprisingly 副词/səˈpɹaɪzɪŋli/竟, 竟然
smash 动词/smæʃ/粉碎
crop 名词/kɹɑp/作物
jam 名词/ˈd͡ʒæm/果醬 /果酱

需要注意的发音

说话人用了 3 次缩略和弱读形式，例如 didn't, they're, wasn't。请按听到的简短形式来说。

  • 长单词——注意重音位置: kilometre /kɪˈlɑmɪtəɹ/, surprisingly /səˈpɹaɪzɪŋli/

中文母语者容易读错的音：

  • 词尾辅音 — 要读清楚，后面不要加元音: wheat /ˈwiːt/, lookout /ˈlʊkaʊt/, inland /ˈɪnlənd/, behave /bɪˈheɪv/, rabbit /ˈɹæbɪt/
  • /r/ 和 /l/ 的区别: kilometre /kɪˈlɑmɪtəɹ/, trample /ˈtɹæmpəl/, surprisingly /səˈpɹaɪzɪŋli/
  • /æ/ — 嘴张大，不要读成 /e/: scatter /ˈskætɚ/, trample /ˈtɹæmpəl/, rabbit /ˈɹæbɪt/, smash /smæʃ/, jam /ˈd͡ʒæm/

如何用这段视频练习

  1. 先完整听一遍视频，不要开口，记下不认识的单词。
  2. 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。
  3. 录下自己的声音并与原声对比，特别注意 emu, farmer, wheat 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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