练习材料：

Lesson 17-2 A man-made disease 

It effectively spread the disease all over the continent and drastically reduced the rabbit population. It later became apparent that rabbits were developing a degree of resistance to this disease, so that the rabbit population was unlikely to be completely exterminated. There were hopes, however, that the problem of the rabbit would become manageable.

 Ironically, Europe, which had bequeathed the rabbit as a pest to Australia, acquired this man-made disease as a pestilence. A French physician decided to get rid of the wild rabbits on his own estate and introduced myxomatosis. It did not, however, remain within the confines of his estate. It spread through France, Where wild rabbits are not generally regarded as a pest but as sport and a useful food supply, and it spread to Britain where wild rabbits are regarded as a pest but where domesticated rabbits, equally susceptible to the disease, are the basis of a profitable fur industry. The question became one of whether Man could control the disease he had invented.

应用配置：L0+L4

知识笔记： effectively/ɪˈfɛktɪvli spread/sprɛdd    rastically/dræstɪkli    exterminated/ɪkˈstɜrməˌneɪtɪd    Ironically/aɪˈrɑnɪkli    bequeathed/bəˈkwiθt    pestilence/pɛstələns    confines/kənˈfaɪnz    pest/pɛst    domesticated/dəˈmɛstəˌkeɪtəd

练习感悟：用时49分。段落比较长，语感恢复一些，生词多但是比较好读。