Unit 8 学霸新视野外刊阅读-【拔尖特训】2023-2024学年九年级上册英语 人教版

外刊阅读 ▶ “答案与解析”见P29 小鸟之感 In 2012, a young pewee was staying in my spare room for a few days. The little bird had been found on the ground, with no parents in sight, and brought to me—a volunteer wildlife carer—until longer-term care could be arranged. As it had not yet fuly sprouted(长出) its adult plumage(羽衣), the pewee had a crown of fuzz (绒毛) on top of its head, the last sign of its chick period of development. This baby bird was away from its parents and its natural environment, and found itself in strange surroundings in the center of the city, where everything was new. On the second day, I heard the pewee keeping singing from inside as I let myself through the gate on my way home after having done some shopping. I went inside and made some smal meatbals, which I fed to it on the end of a toothpick. The next afternoon, I noticed the same loud singing as I came inside. It had been silent the moment when I stood at the mailbox looking through my mail, and only started up with the sound of opening the gate. This time I stopped and thought about it. I realized that this bird had noticed a pattern and remembered it: opening the gate→the carer coming home→ the carer making meatbals→the carer feeding meatbals→a ful stomach. Or, in short, opening the gate→a ful stomach. The little pewee learned fast in logic(逻 辑). After just one day, it knew what might happen after I . Of course, this action was important for its living. Caught in a smal cage in an unfamili