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1、到乌蒙山区的昭通;从甘肃中部的定西，到内蒙古边陲的阿尔山，看真贫、知真贫，真扶贫、扶真贫，成为“花的精力最多”的事;“扶贫先扶志”“扶贫必扶智”“实施精准扶贫”Unit4BodylanguageⅠ.阅读理解Theideaforascienceexperimentcancomefromanunusualplace.AfterwatchingaYouTubevideoofadancingbirdnamedSnowball,ascientistinCaliforniadecidedtostudytheabilityofanimal
2、stokeepthebeat.Birdlovershavelongclaimedthattheirpetshaverhythm,andtherearemanyvideosofdancingbirdsonline.Untilnow,scientistshavesuspectedthathumansaretheonlyanimalsthatcanaccuratelykeeprhythmwithmusic.ThankstoSnowball,thatscientificopinionischanging.Snowballisacoc
3、katoo,akindofparrot,andhisfavoritesongis“Everybody”bytheBackstreetBoys.Whenhehearsthesong,hemoveshisfeetandswayshisbodywiththetempo,orpaceofthemusic,asthoughheistheonlybirdmemberoftheboyband.AniruddhPatelisaneuroscientist,orascientistwhostudieshowthebrainandthenerv
4、oussystemcontributetolearning,seeingandothermentalabilities.HeworksatthetheNeurosciencesInstituteinSanDiego.AfterseeingSnowball’sdancemovesonline,Patelvisitedthecockatooatthebirdrescuefacilityhe’scalledhomefortwoyears.Thescientistplayed“Everybody”forSnowballandalso
5、playedversionsofthesongthatwerespeduporsloweddown.Sometimes,Snowballdancedtoofastortooslowly.Often,whentherewasachangeintempo,Snowballadjustedhisdancingtomatchtherhythm.Inotherexperiments,scientistshaveobservedthesameabilitiesinpreschoolchildren.Patelisn’ttheonlysc
6、ientistwhohasstudiedSnowball’smoves.AdenaSchachner,whostudiespsychologyatHarvardUniversity,alsowantedtoknowmoreaboutthedancingbird.Schachner’steamplayeddifferentmusicalpiecesforSnowballandaparrotnamedAlex,aswellaseighthumanvolunteers.Thescientistsobservedthatthebir
7、dsandthehumanskepttimetothemusicwithaboutthesameaccuracy.Schachnerandherteamdidn’tstopwiththebirds.SheandhercolleagueswatchedthousandsofYouTubevideosofdifferentanimalsmovingtomusic.Notalltheanimalscoulddance,however.Fromwatchingthevideos,thescientistsobservedthaton
8、lyanimalsthatimitatesounds,including14parrotspeciesandAsianelephants,accuratelymovedintimetomusic.1.Theunderlinedwords“thatscientificopinion”inth
