Module 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 外研社版

外刊阅读 ▶ “答案与解析”见P31 小鸟之感 Over Christmas in 2012, a young peewee 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 was not yet fuly feathered, the peewee 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 middle of the city, where everything was new. On the second day, I heard the peewee singing from the 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 before as I stood beside 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 realised that this bird had noticed a pattern and remembered it: opening the gate → the carer coming home → the carer making meatbals → the carer feeding me meatbals → a ful stomach. Or, in shorthand, opening the gate → a ful stomach. The little peewee 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