听力原文

Our journey starts at the very heart of China, Beijing. China's capital is a vast metropolis, home to 15 million people.
我们的旅程将从中国的心脏北京启航。中国的首都是一座巨大的城市，供养着1500万人口。
This bustling modern city seems an unlikely place for traditional beliefs and customs. But beneath the contemporary veneer, it's possible to see glimpses of a far older China.
这座熙熙攘攘的现代都市似乎与传统信仰和习俗无缘，在现代的浮华外表之下依稀可以窥探到远古中国的身影。
Every morning, people head to the parks around the Forbidden City, to continue a custom which is centuries old.
每一个早晨，人们汇聚到紫禁城附近的公园里，延续一种保持了数个世纪的传统。
Many Chinese keep birds as companions, specifically a type of laughing thrush from southern China.
许多中国人把鸟儿当作自己的伙伴，尤其喜欢一种来自中国南方的画眉鸟。
But they know that cooped up indoors, birds may become depressed.
养鸟的人知道把鸟关在笼子里，鸟儿也许会变得消沉
So they try to brighten their day by meeting other birds. This surprising scene in the heart of modern Beijing is a clue to China's oldest spiritual ambition, the harmonious co-existence of man and nature.
因此他们试图让鸟儿们也高兴起来。通过让鸟儿们聚会的这种方式，北京的中心上演了出人意料的一幕。从中可以发掘到远古中国心灵的渴望，那就是——人与自然

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重点讲解

重点讲解：
1. be possible to do sth.
做得到的；能实现的；
eg. If it is possible to find out where your brother is, we shall.
如果能找出你兄弟在哪儿，我们就会去找。
eg. Gallant says it should be possible to reproduce dream images using this method.
加朗特说，运用这种方法应该能够重现梦中的图像。
2. a glimpse of/glimpses of
一瞥；扫视；
eg. When I saw how worried he was, I had a glimpse of his true feelings.
当我看到他是那么焦急的时候，我窥见到他真实的情感。
eg. We have only vague and tantalizing glimpses of his power.
我们只能隐隐约约地领略他的威力，的确有一种可望不可及的感觉。
3. be cooped up
被禁锢的；被困住的；被拘禁的；
eg. He is cooped up in a cramped cell with 10 other inmates.
他和其他10名犯人被囚禁在一间狭窄的牢房里。
eg. It isn't good for her to be cooped up all the time.
总是足不出户对她没有好处。
4. a clue to
线索；提示；
eg. He found a clue to solve the mysterious affair.
他发现解开那宗神秘事件的线索。
eg. The british heart foundation said the findings could offer a clue to ways of preventing heart disease.
英国心脏基金会称这个研究成果为预防心脏病提供了一个途径。