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Bird-brained Part I : Reading and understanding Listen to the recording, and then answer this question:How long has the computer been in the attic? 听录音， 然后回答问题： Lucy: I’m just taking a break, Mum. I’ve found this really strange story on the eNews Website. Come and have a look? An eight- year old peacock in Shropshire has fallen hopelessly In love with a petrol pump. Every day for the last three years, Mr.P., the peacock, has made the three- hundred-meter journey along the main road from his home to the busy petrol station. There, he opens up his tail feathers, and shows off to a line of petrol pumps. The pumps make a clicking noise when someone is filling up. To Mr.P. , this sounds just like an asmiring peahen. One pump in particular has won Mr.P.’s admiration. He has been faithful to this pump since he was five. Mr.P. has lost interest in the peahens at home. Clearly, they can’t compete with the glamorous petrol pump. Part II : words bird-brained adj.头脑简单的 break n.休息，间歇 eNews n.电子新闻 peacock n.孔雀 faithful adj.忠诚的 hopelessly adv.没有希望的 fall in love 爱上 petrol pump 汽油泵 main road n.主要道路 tail feather n.尾羽 show off 炫耀 admiring adj.欣赏的 peahen n.雌孔雀 in particular adv.特别 clearly adv.清楚的 fill up 装满 Part III: speaking Patterns: A: How long has she known that man? B: She’s known him since 1990. A: Does she know that man? B: Of course she does. she’s known him for years. 43 44 known that man for years written for that paper for five years since 1990 since she left college 45 46 driven a truck for ages taught English for a long time since he left school since 1995 47 48 run a small hotel sold newspapers for about two years for about twenty years since they got married since they w