练习材料：

Lesson 44-3Patterns of culture

By the time he cantalk, he is the little creature of his culture, and by the time he is grown andable to take part in its activities, its habits are his habits, its beliefs hisbeliefs, its impossibilities his impossibilities. Every child that is born intohis group will share them with him, and no child born into one on the oppositeside of the globe can ever achieve the thousandth part. There is no socialproblem it is more incumbent upon us to understand than this of the role ofcustom. Until we are intelligent as to its laws and varieties, the maincomplicating facts of human life must remain unintelligible.

The study of customcan be profitable only after certain preliminary propositions have beenaccepted, and some of these propositions have been violently opposed. In thefirst place, any scientific study requires that there be no preferentialweighting of one or another of the items in the series it selects for itsconsideration.

ˈpætᵊnz ɒv ˈkʌlʧə

baɪ ðə taɪm hiː

kæn tɔːk, hiː ɪz ðə ˈlɪtᵊl ˈkriːʧər ɒv hɪz ˈkʌlʧə, ænd baɪ ðə taɪm hiː ɪz ɡrəʊn ænd ˈeɪbᵊl tuː teɪk pɑːt ɪn ɪts ækˈtɪvətiz, ɪts ˈhæbɪts ɑː hɪz ˈhæbɪts, ɪts bɪˈliːfs hɪz bɪˈliːfs, ɪts

ɪmˌpɒsəˈbɪlətiz hɪz ɪmˌpɒsəˈbɪlətiz. ˈɛvri ʧaɪld ðæt ɪz bɔːn ˈɪntuː hɪz ɡruːp wɪl ʃeə ðɛm wɪð hɪm, ænd nəʊ ʧaɪld bɔːn

ˈɪntuː wʌn ɒn ði ˈɒpəzɪt saɪd ɒv ðə ˈɡləʊb kæn ˈɛvər əˈʧiːv

ðə ˈθaʊzəntθ pɑːt. ðeər ɪz nəʊ ˈsəʊʃᵊl ˈprɒbləm ɪt ɪz mɔːr

ɪnˈkʌmbᵊnt əˈpɒn ʌs tuː ˌʌndəˈstænd ðæn ðɪs ɒv ðə rəʊl ɒv ˈkʌstəm. ənˈtɪl wiː ɑːr ɪnˈtɛlɪʤᵊnt æz tuː ɪts lɔːz ænd vəˈraɪətiz,ðə meɪn ˈkɒmplɪkeɪtɪŋ fækts ɒv ˈhjuːmən laɪf mʌst rɪˈmeɪn ˌʌnɪnˈtɛlɪʤəbᵊl.

ðə ˈstʌdi ɒv ˈkʌstəm

kæn biː ˈprɒfɪtəbᵊl ˈəʊnli ˈɑːftə ˈsɜːtᵊn prɪˈlɪmɪnəri ˌprɒpəˈzɪʃᵊnz hævbiːn əkˈsɛptɪd, ænd sʌm ɒv ðiːz ˌprɒpəˈzɪʃᵊnz hæv biːn ˈvaɪələntli əˈpəʊzd. ɪnðə fɜːst pleɪs, ˈɛni ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk ˈstʌdi rɪˈkwaɪəz ðæt ðeə biː nəʊ ˌprɛfᵊrˈɛnʃᵊlˈweɪtɪŋ ɒv wʌn ɔːr əˈnʌðər ɒv ði ˈaɪtəmz ɪn ðə ˈsɪəriːz ɪt sɪˈlɛkts fɔːr ɪts kənˌsɪdəˈreɪʃᵊn.

任务配置：L0 + L4

知识笔记：

单词：1、thousandth：千分之一，2、incumbent：现任者，incumbent upon：义不容辞的，3、intelligent as to：聪明地，了解到，4、unintelligible：难以理解的，不明晰的，5、profitable：有利可图，合算的，6、preliminary：初步的，初步措施，7、proposition：主张，议案，8、preferential：优惠，先取的，9、weighting：权重，加权，10、

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练习感悟：状态不好，文章拗口，特别难读，录了四五遍才勉强达标。