新概念英語(yǔ)第三冊(cè)Lesson54課堂筆記

Lesson54Instinctorcleverness?Listentothetapethenanswerthequestionbelow.Wasthewritersuccessfulinprotectinghispeachtree?Whynot?Wehavebeenbroughtuptofearinsects.Weregardthemasunnecessarycreaturesthatdomoreharmthangood.Wecontinuallywagewaronthem,fortheycontaminateourfood,carrydiseases,ordevourourcrops.Theystingorbitewithoutprovocation;theyflyuninvitedintoourroomsonsummernights,orbeatagainstourlightedwindows.Weliveindreadnotonlyofunpleasantinsectslikespidersorwasps,butofquiteharmlessoneslikemoths.Readingaboutthemincreasesourunderstandingwithoutdispellingourfears.Knowingthattheindustriousantlivesinahighlyorganizedsocietydoesnothingtopreventusfrombeingfilledwithrevulsionwhenwefindhordesofthemcrawlingoveracarefullypreparedpicniclunch.Nomatterhowmuchwelikehoney,orhowmuchwehavereadabouttheuncannysenseofdirectionwhichbeespossess,wehaveahorrorofbeingstung.Mostofourfearsareunreasonable,buttheyareimpossibletoerase.Atthesametime,however,insectsarestrangelyfascinating.Weenjoyreadingaboutthem,especiallywhenwefindthat;liketheprayingmantis,theyleadperfectlyhorriblelives.Weenjoystaringatthem,entrancedastheygoabouttheirbusiness,unaware(wehope)ofourpresence.Whohasnotstoodinaweatthesightofaspiderpouncingonafly,oracolumnofantstriumphantlybearinghomeanenormousdeadbeetle?LastsummerIspentdaysinthegardenwatchingthousandsofantscrawlingupthetrunkofmyprizepeachtree.Thetreehasgrownagainstawarmwallonashelteredsideofthehouse.Iamespeciallyproudofit,notonlybecauseithassurvivedseveralseverewinters,butbecauseitoccasionallyproduceslusciouspeaches.Duringthesummer,Inoticedthattheleavesofthetreewerebeginningtowither.Clustersoftinyinsectscalledaphidsweretobefoundontheundersideoftheleaves.Theywerevisitedbyalargecolonyofantswhichobtainedasortofhoneyfromthem.Iimmediatelyembarkedonanexperimentwhich,eventhoughitfailedtogetridoftheants,keptmefascinatedfortwenty-fourhours.Iboundthebaseofthetreewithstickytape,makingitimpossiblefortheantstoreachtheaphids.Thetapewassostickythattheydidnotdaretocrossit.Foralongtime,Iwatchedthemscurryingaroundthebaseofthetreeinbewilderment.Ievenwentoutatmidnightwithatorchandnotedwithsatisfaction(andsurprise)thattheantswerestillswarmingaroundthestickytapewithoutbeingabletodoanythingaboutit.Igotupearlynextmorninghopingtofindthattheantshadgivenupindespair.Instead,Isawthattheyhaddiscoveredanewroute.Theywereclimbingupthewallofthehouseandthenontotheleavesofthetree.IrealizedsadlythatIhadbeencompletelydefeatedbytheiringenuity.Theantshadbeenquicktofindananswertomythoroughlyunscientificmethods!NewWordsandExpressionsinsect/'insekt/n.昆蟲(chóng)entranced/?n?trɑ?nst/adj.出神的wage/weid?/v.進(jìn)行（斗爭(zhēng)）beetle/'bi:tl/n.甲蟲(chóng)contaminate/k?n't?mineit/v.弄臟sheltered/'?elt?d/adj.傷不著的，無(wú)危險(xiǎn)的provocation/'pr?v?'kei??n/n.惹怒luscious/'l???s/adj.甘美的spider/'spaid?/n.蜘蛛luster/'kl?st?/n.一簇wasp/w?sp/n.黃蜂aphid/'eifid/n.蚜蟲(chóng)moth/m?θ/n.飛蛾underside/'?nd?said/n.底面，下側(cè)ant/?nt/n.螞蟻colony/'k?l?ni/n.一群revulsion/ri'v?l??n/n.厭惡sticky/'stiki/adj.粘的horde/h?:d/n.群scurry/'sk?ri/v.小步跑uncanny/?n'k?ni/adj.神秘的，不可思議的swarm/sw?:m/v.聚集erase/i'reiz/v.擦，抹去ingenuity/'ind??'nju:iti/n.機(jī)靈prayingmantis/'preii?'m?ntis/螳螂Notesonthetext1.domoreharmthangood，害多益少。2.wagewaron，對(duì)……開(kāi)戰(zhàn)。3.doesnothingtoprevent，不能阻止……。4.goabout…，做……。5.standinawe，肅然起敬。參考譯文是本能還是機(jī)智我們自幼就在對(duì)昆蟲(chóng)的懼怕中長(zhǎng)大。我們把昆蟲(chóng)當(dāng)作害多益少的無(wú)用東西。人類(lèi)不斷地同昆蟲(chóng)斗爭(zhēng)，因?yàn)槔ハx(chóng)弄臟我們的食物，傳播疾病，吞噬莊稼。它們無(wú)緣無(wú)故地又叮又咬；夏天的晚上，它們未經(jīng)邀請(qǐng)便飛到我們房間里，或者對(duì)著露出亮光的窗戶(hù)亂撲亂撞。我們?cè)谌粘Ｉ钪校坏鲪喝缰┲?、黃蜂之類(lèi)令人討厭的昆蟲(chóng)，而且憎惡并無(wú)大害的飛蛾等。閱讀有關(guān)昆蟲(chóng)的書(shū)能增加我們對(duì)它們的了解，卻不能消除我們的恐懼心理。即使知道勤奮的螞蟻生活在具有高度組織性的社會(huì)里，當(dāng)看到大群螞蟻在我們精心準(zhǔn)備的午間野餐上爬行時(shí)，我們也無(wú)法抑制對(duì)它們的反感。不管我們多么愛(ài)吃蜂蜜，或讀過(guò)多少關(guān)于蜜蜂具有神秘的識(shí)別方向的靈感的書(shū)，我們?nèi)匀皇趾ε卤环潋?。我們的恐懼大部分是沒(méi)有道理的，但卻無(wú)法消除。同時(shí)，不知為什么昆蟲(chóng)又是迷人的。我們喜歡看有關(guān)昆蟲(chóng)的書(shū)，尤其是當(dāng)我們了解到螳螂等過(guò)著一種令人生畏的生活時(shí)，就更加愛(ài)讀有關(guān)昆蟲(chóng)的書(shū)了。我們喜歡入迷地看它們做事，它們不知道（但愿如此）我們就在它們身邊。當(dāng)看到蜘蛛撲向一只蒼蠅時(shí)，一隊(duì)螞蟻抬著一只巨大的死甲蟲(chóng)凱旋而歸時(shí)，誰(shuí)能不感到敬畏呢？去年夏天，我花了好幾天時(shí)間站在花園里觀察成千只螞蟻爬上我那棵心愛(ài)的桃樹(shù)的樹(shù)干。那棵樹(shù)是靠著房子有遮擋的一面暖墻生長(zhǎng)的。我為這棵樹(shù)感到特別自豪，不僅因?yàn)樗冗^(guò)了幾個(gè)寒冬終于活了下來(lái)，而且還因?yàn)樗袝r(shí)結(jié)出些甘甜的桃子來(lái)。到了夏天，我發(fā)現(xiàn)樹(shù)葉開(kāi)始枯萎，結(jié)果在樹(shù)葉背面找到成串的叫作蚜蟲(chóng)的小蟲(chóng)子。蚜蟲(chóng)遭到了一窩螞蟻的攻擊，螞蟻從它們身上可以獲得一種蜜。我當(dāng)即動(dòng)手作了一項(xiàng)試驗(yàn)，這項(xiàng)試驗(yàn)盡管沒(méi)有使我擺脫這些螞蟻，卻使我著迷了24小時(shí)。我用一條膠帶把桃樹(shù)底部包上，不讓螞蟻接近蚜蟲(chóng)。膠帶極粘，螞蟻不敢從上面爬過(guò)。在很長(zhǎng)一段時(shí)間里，我看見(jiàn)螞蟻圍著大樹(shù)底部來(lái)回轉(zhuǎn)悠，不知所措。半夜，我還拿著電筒來(lái)到花園里，滿(mǎn)意地（同時(shí)驚奇地）發(fā)現(xiàn)那些螞蟻還在圍著膠帶團(tuán)團(tuán)轉(zhuǎn)，無(wú)能為力。第二天早上，我起床后希望看到螞蟻已因無(wú)望而放棄了嘗試，結(jié)果卻發(fā)現(xiàn)它們又找到一條新的路徑。它們正在順著房子的外墻往上爬，然后爬上樹(shù)葉。我懊喪地感到敗在了足智多謀的螞蟻手下。螞蟻已很快找到了相應(yīng)的對(duì)策，來(lái)對(duì)付我那套完全不科學(xué)的辦法！課文練習(xí)答案1.B2.D3.A4.C5.C6.A7.C8.D9.B10.B11.B12.C（一）書(shū)本W(wǎng)ehavebeenbroughtuptofearinsects.我們自幼就在對(duì)昆蟲(chóng)的懼怕中長(zhǎng)大。Weregardthemasunnecessarycreaturesthatdomoreharmthangood.我們把昆蟲(chóng)當(dāng)作害多益少的無(wú)用東西。Wecontinuallywagewaronthem,fortheycontaminateourfood,carrydiseases,ordevourourcrops.人類(lèi)不斷同昆蟲(chóng)斗爭(zhēng)，因?yàn)槔ハx(chóng)弄臟我們的食物，傳播疾病，吞噬莊稼。Theystingorbitewithoutprovocation;它們無(wú)緣無(wú)故地又叮又咬；theyflyuninvitedintoourroomsonsummernights,orbeatagainstourlightedwindows.夏天的晚上，它們未經(jīng)邀請(qǐng)便飛到我們房間里，或者對(duì)著露出亮光的窗戶(hù)亂撲亂撞。Weliveindreadnotonlyofunpleasantinsectslikespidersorwasps,butofquiteharmlessonelikemoths.我們?cè)谌粘Ｉ钪?，不但憎惡如蜘蛛、黃蜂之類(lèi)令人討厭的昆蟲(chóng)，而且憎惡并無(wú)大害的飛蛾等。Readingaboutthemincreasesourunderstandingwithoutdispellingourfears.閱讀有關(guān)昆蟲(chóng)的書(shū)能增加我們對(duì)它們的了解，卻不能消除我們的恐懼的心理。Knowingthattheindustriousantlivesinahighlyorganizedsocietydoesnothingtopreventusfrombeingfilledwithrevulsion即使知道勤奮的螞蟻生活具有高度組織性的社會(huì)里，我們也無(wú)法抑制對(duì)它們的反感。whenwefindhordesofthemcrawlingoveracarefullypreparedpicniclunch.當(dāng)看到大群螞蟻在我們精心準(zhǔn)備的午間野餐上爬行時(shí)，Nomatterhowmuchwelikehoney,orhowmuchwehavereadabouttheuncannysenseofdirectionwhichbeespossess,不管我們多么愛(ài)吃蜂蜜，或讀過(guò)多少關(guān)于蜜蜂具有神秘的識(shí)別方向的靈感的書(shū)，wehaveahorrorofbeingstung.我們?nèi)匀皇趾ε卤环潋?。Mostofourfearsareunreasonable,buttheyareimpossibletoerase.我們的恐懼大部分是沒(méi)有道理的，但去無(wú)法消除。Atthesametime,however,insectsarestrangelyfascinating.同時(shí)，不知為什么昆蟲(chóng)又是迷人的。Weenjoyreadingaboutthem,especiallywhenwefindthat,liketheprayingmantis,theyleadperfectlyhorriblelives.我們喜歡看有關(guān)昆蟲(chóng)的書(shū)，尤其是當(dāng)我們了解螳螂等過(guò)著一種令人生畏的生活時(shí)，就更加愛(ài)讀有關(guān)昆蟲(chóng)的書(shū)了。Weenjoystaringatthem,entrancedastheygoabouttheirbusiness,unaware(wehope)ofourpresence.我們喜歡入迷地看它們做事，它們不知道（但愿如此）我們就在它們身邊。Whohasnotstoodinaweatthesightofaspiderpouncingonafly,oracolumnofantstriumphantlybearinghomeanenormousdeadbeetle?當(dāng)看到蜘蛛撲向一只蒼蠅時(shí)，一隊(duì)螞蟻抬著一只巨大的死甲蟲(chóng)凱旋歸時(shí)，誰(shuí)能不感到敬畏呢?LastsummerIspentdaysinthegardenwatchingthousandsofantscrawlingupthetrunkofmyprizepeachtree.去年夏天，我花了好幾天時(shí)間站在花園里觀察成千只螞蟻爬上我那棵心愛(ài)的桃樹(shù)的樹(shù)干。Thetreehasgrownagainstawarmwallonashelteredsideofthehouse.那棵樹(shù)是靠著房子有遮擋的一面暖墻生長(zhǎng)的。Iamespeciallyproudofit,notonlybecauseithassurvivedseveralseverewinters,butbecauseitoccasionallyproduceslusciouspeaches.我為這棵樹(shù)感到特別自豪，不僅因?yàn)樗冗^(guò)了幾個(gè)寒冬終于活了下來(lái)，而且還因?yàn)樗袝r(shí)結(jié)出些甘甜的桃子來(lái)。Duringthesummer,Inoticedthattheleavesofthetreewerebeginningtowither.到了夏天，我發(fā)現(xiàn)樹(shù)葉開(kāi)始枯萎，Clustersoftinyinsectscalledaphidsweretobefoundontheundersideoftheleaves.結(jié)果在樹(shù)葉背面找到成串的叫作蚜蟲(chóng)小蟲(chóng)子。Theywerevisitedbyalargecolonyofantswhichobtainedasortofhoneyfromthem.蚜蟲(chóng)遭到一窩螞蟻的攻擊，螞蟻從它們身上可以獲得一種蜜。Iimmediatelyembarkedonanexperimentwhich,eventhoughiffailedtogetridoftheants,keptmefascinatedfortwenty-fourhours.我當(dāng)即動(dòng)手作了一項(xiàng)試驗(yàn)，這項(xiàng)試驗(yàn)盡管沒(méi)有使我擺脫這些螞蟻，卻使我著迷了24小時(shí)。Iboundthebaseofthetreewithstickytape,makingitimpossiblefortheantstoreachtheaphids.我用一條膠帶把桃樹(shù)底部包上，不讓螞蟻接近蚜蟲(chóng)。Thetapewassostickythattheydidnotdaretocrossit.膠帶極粘，螞蟻不敢從上面爬過(guò)。Foralongtime.Iwatchedthemscurryingaroundthebaseofthetreeinbewilderment.在很長(zhǎng)一段時(shí)間里，我看見(jiàn)螞蟻圍著大樹(shù)底部來(lái)回轉(zhuǎn)悠，不知所措。Ievenwentoutatmidnightwithatorchandnotedwithsatisfaction(andsurprise)thattheantswerestillswarmingaroundthestickytapewithoutbeingabletodoanythingaboutit.半夜，我還拿著電筒來(lái)到花園里，滿(mǎn)意地（同時(shí)驚奇地）發(fā)現(xiàn)那些螞蟻還圍著膠帶團(tuán)團(tuán)轉(zhuǎn)。無(wú)能為力。Igotupearlynextmorninghopingtofindthattheantshadgivenupindespair.第二天早上，我起床后希望看見(jiàn)螞蟻已因無(wú)望而放棄了嘗試，Instead,Isawthattheyhaddiscoveredanewroute.結(jié)果卻發(fā)現(xiàn)它們又找到一條新的路徑。Theywereclimbingupthewallofthehouseandthenontotheleavesofthetree.它們正在順著房子的外墻往上爬，然后爬上樹(shù)葉。IrealizedsadlythatIhadbeencompletelydefeatedbytheiringenuity.我懊喪地感到敗在了足智多謀的螞蟻的手下。Theantshadbeenquicktofindananswertomythoroughlyunscientificmethods!螞蟻已很快找到了相應(yīng)的對(duì)策，來(lái)對(duì)付我那套完全不科學(xué)的辦法！筆記Newwordsandexpression生詞和短語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)詞匯時(shí)僅知道漢語(yǔ)語(yǔ)義是不夠的，要把單詞放在語(yǔ)句中體會(huì)其應(yīng)用學(xué)習(xí)關(guān)鍵句結(jié)構(gòu)是則要把它放在段落結(jié)構(gòu)或文章里wagev.進(jìn)行(斗爭(zhēng))=beginandcontinueastruggle=carryon表示開(kāi)始進(jìn)行=undertaketodo著手--Heundertooktoinformpeopleconcerned.wageawaragainst/on就什么方面展開(kāi)斗爭(zhēng)--Lifemeansperpetualstruggleagainstpoverty.engagein不僅開(kāi)展,而且全身心地投入beengagedin/bedeterminedonsth/bededicatedtosth/bedevotedtosthcontaminatev.弄臟,玷污:makedirtyorbadorimpurebymixingwithdirtyorpoisonousmatter--Don’teattheapple.Ithasbeencontaminatedbyflies.--Don’treadthehotstory(黃色書(shū)刊)justbecauseitwillcontaminate(毒害)yourmind.pollutev.污染--Theairhasbeenpollutedseverely/terribly/badly.pollutionn.polluteda.tintvt.弄臟(通常用被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài),突出壞因素對(duì)人的負(fù)面影響)=contaminate--Don’treadthehotstoryjustbecauseitwillcontaminate/tintyourmind.--Hisreputationwastintedbythescandal.(丑聞)foul:makesthdirty--Dogsareforbiddentogointothestreetsbecauseweareafraidthestreetswillbefouled.--Thefactoryisresponsibleforfoulinguptheair.foulup=pollutedefile:makesthimpure=contaminate使污染，內(nèi)含不純--Ilikehoney,butIdon’twanttodrinkthehoneydefiledbyflies.poisonvt污染(較口語(yǔ)化)=foulup/pollute--Gasesfromcarsarepoisoningtheairofourvocationn.惹怒，激怒provokev.激起=makeangryorbad-tempered/cause挑釁，引起，激起--Hewasprovokedbeyondhisendurance.--Hewasprovokedanditwasmorethanhecouldendure.他是怒不可遏。arousev.激起--Thebookarouses/provokesmyinterest.bringabout/resultin/leadto/giverisetoprovokesb’sinterestinsth激起某人興趣provokesbtodo/provokesbintodoing/causesbtodosth致使某人做某時(shí)--Youprovokedhimtosayso,why?revulsionn.厭惡=disgust/dislikeuncannya.神秘的,不可思議的mysteriousa.神秘的--Theyareleadingamysteriouslife.--Inspiteofthis,hesurvivedmysteriously.eeriea.怪誕的,奇異的--Helookseerie.--Whathesaidiseerietome.weirda.怪異的,怪誕的,奇異的--Ican’tgetalongwellwithhimbecauseheisaweirdperson.--Whydoyoudecidetomarrysuchaweirdperson?cryptica.神秘的,突出鬼鬼祟祟的--Whydidyoudosuchalittlethinginacrypticway.erasev.擦,抹去--Erasetheideafromyourmind!--Heerasesthenamefromthenamelist.cancel取消writeoff把……勾銷(xiāo)，注銷(xiāo)crossoff把……劃去--Thewordisunnecessaryhere,soitcrossedoff.關(guān)注“新標(biāo)準(zhǔn)英語(yǔ)”,免費(fèi)同步輔導(dǎo)，免費(fèi)海量資源wipeout完全擦掉--Iwanttowriteontheblackboard,soIhavetowipeallthewordshereout.--Ican’timagingwhyyouraresohot,pleasewipeoutsweatonyourface.obliteratev.涂去--Heobliteratedtwowordsinink/withapen.--Iobliteratethewordwithchalk.entranceda.出神的entrancen/vt:carryawaywithjoyanddelightentrancetotheroom/hallbeentrancedinthought想得入了迷/出了神--Idon’tknowwhathehasinhismind,anywayheisentrancedinthought.beentrancedwithfear嚇得魂不附體--Atthestoryatnight,Iwasentrancedwithfear.bepleasedwith/besatisfiedwith/bepopularwith/entrancedwith+Performance/film/book表示入迷--Hewasentrancedwithfilm.--Areyouentrancedwiththestory?--Helistenedtothestoryentranced.--Thewriterwatchedantsentranced.ingenuityn.機(jī)靈--Theboyshowsingenuityinmakingtoys.這男孩在制作玩具方面顯得機(jī)靈。Text課文Wehavebeenbroughtuptofearinsects.我們自幼就在對(duì)昆蟲(chóng)的懼怕中長(zhǎng)大。Wehavebeenbroughtuptoeatcertainfood.Wehavelearnttodo…表示已經(jīng)學(xué)會(huì)適應(yīng)了什么。--Wehavelearnttofearinsects.--Girlshavebeenbroughtuptofearmice.Weregardthemasunnecessarycreaturesthatdomoreharmthangood.我們把昆蟲(chóng)當(dāng)作害多益少的無(wú)用東西。domornharmthangood--Theexercisewilldoyougood.--Smokingwilldoyouharm.Wecontinuallywagewaronthem,fortheycontaminateourfood,carrydiseases,ordevourourcrops.人類(lèi)不斷同昆蟲(chóng)斗爭(zhēng)，因?yàn)槔ハx(chóng)弄臟我們的食物，傳播疾病，吞噬莊稼。Wagewaragainst/wagewaronthemdevour吞噬--Twodogsbenefitedfromtheaccidentandtheydevouredtheremainsofthecake.--HereyesdevourthebeautifuldressTheystingorbitewithoutprovocation;theyflyuninvitedintoourroomsonsummernights,orbeatageistourlightedwindows.它們無(wú)緣無(wú)故地又叮又咬；夏天的晚上，它們未經(jīng)邀請(qǐng)便飛到我們房間里，或者對(duì)著露出亮光的窗戶(hù)亂撲亂撞。flyuninvitedintoourrooms/withoutbeinginvited做定語(yǔ)時(shí)，light只能用lighted形式Weliveindreadnotonlyofunpleasantinsectslikespidersorwasps,butofquiteharmlessonelikemoths.我們?cè)谌粘Ｉ钪校坏鲪喝缰┲?、黃蜂之類(lèi)令人討厭的昆蟲(chóng)，而且憎惡并無(wú)大害的飛蛾等。書(shū)面語(yǔ)中常常借助介詞短語(yǔ)口語(yǔ)中Ididsoas/becauseIbelievethatyoucandoitwell.我這樣做是因?yàn)槲蚁嘈拍隳馨堰@項(xiàng)工作做得很好。書(shū)面語(yǔ)中Ididsointhebeliefthat…inthethoughtthat/inthehopethatin/under書(shū)面語(yǔ)中常使用--Evenhestilllivesundertheillusionthatcountrylifeismuchmorebeautiful.我的這些朋友還依舊抱有一種幻想鄉(xiāng)村生活更美。--Weliveundertheillusionthatcitylifeiswonderful.indread:infearindreadof害怕什么dreaddoing/dreadtodoones:insects在使用notonly……,but(also)……(aswell)句型時(shí)，要突出介詞短語(yǔ)或動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)中的介詞，則此介詞要重復(fù)出現(xiàn)。--Iliveindreadnotonlyofdogs,butofcats.beafraidof--Iamafraidnotonlyofdogs,butofcats.both……and……--Weliveindreadofbothdogsandcats.--IaminterestednotonlyinEnglish,butinFrench.Readingaboutthemincreasesourunderstandingwithoutdispellingourfears.閱讀有關(guān)昆蟲(chóng)的書(shū)能增加我們對(duì)它們的了解，卻不能消除我們的恐懼的心理。dispel:erase/getridof/remove消除，去除Knowingthattheindustriousantlivesinahighlyorganizedsocietydoesnothingtopreventusfrombeingfilledwithrevulsionwhenwefindhordesofthemcrawlingoveracarefullypreparedpicniclunch.即使知道勤奮的螞蟻生活具有高度組織性的社會(huì)里，當(dāng)看到大群螞蟻在我們精心準(zhǔn)備的午間野餐上爬行時(shí)，我們也無(wú)法抑制對(duì)它們的反感。inahighlyorganizedsociety具有高度組織性的社會(huì)--Weliveinahighlyorganizedsociety.doesnothingtodo不會(huì)起作用--Doingsodoesnothingtopreventmefromhatingyou.Preventsb.fromdoingsth.阻止某人做某事--Nothingwillpreventmefromsayingso.--Whateveryousaydoesnothingtopreventmefromattaining/accomplishingmygoal.無(wú)論你說(shuō)什么都不會(huì)阻止我去實(shí)現(xiàn)我的夢(mèng)想。Accomplishgoal/attaingoalAccomplishaim/attainaimHorde/colonyCrawl/creep/climbNomatterhowmuchwelikehoney,orhowmuchwehavereadabouttheuncannysenseofdirectionwhichbeespossess,wehaveahorrorofbeingstung.不管我們多么愛(ài)吃蜂蜜，或讀過(guò)多少關(guān)于蜜蜂具有神秘的識(shí)別方向的靈感的書(shū)，我們?nèi)匀皇趾ε卤环潋?。Nomatterhow:howevermuchDread/fear/horror/terror語(yǔ)氣逐步加強(qiáng)--Webecomeillogicalwhenwehaveahorrorofbeingstung.Mostofourfearsareunreasonable,buttheyareimpossibletoerase.我們的恐懼大部分是沒(méi)有道理的，但去無(wú)法消除。Itisimpossibleforustodosth關(guān)注“新標(biāo)準(zhǔn)英語(yǔ)”,免費(fèi)同步輔導(dǎo)，免費(fèi)海量資源Itisimpossibleforustoerasethefears.Itiseasyfoeeveryonetoread./itiseasytoread.Atthesametime,however,insectsarestrangelyfascinating.同時(shí)，不知為什么昆蟲(chóng)又是迷人的。Befascinatedwith對(duì)……著迷Strangely/uncanny神秘的Weenjoystaringatthem,entrancedastheygoabouttheirbusiness,unaware(wehope)ofourpresence.我們喜歡看有關(guān)昆蟲(chóng)的書(shū)，尤其是當(dāng)我們了解螳螂等過(guò)著一種令人生畏的生活時(shí)，就更加愛(ài)讀有關(guān)昆蟲(chóng)的書(shū)了。goabouttheirbusiness:astheydowhattheyshoulddo干它們應(yīng)該干的事astheygetdowntotheirbusiness--letusgetdowntoourbusiness.讓我們言歸正傳。--Youshouldgoaboutyourbusiness.干你們應(yīng)該干的事情。注意該句的平行結(jié)構(gòu)。Whohasnotstoodinaweatthesightofaspiderpouncingonafly,oracolumnofantstriumphantlybearinghomeanenormousdeadbeetle?當(dāng)看到蜘蛛撲向一只蒼蠅時(shí)，一隊(duì)螞蟻抬著一只巨大的死甲蟲(chóng)凱旋歸時(shí)，誰(shuí)能不感到敬畏呢？Standinawe:fearbutrespect敬畏Atthesightof:assoonasyousee……一看到……Pounceon:jumpat/chargeat向什么猛撲過(guò)去Standinaweof敬畏什么--Generallyspeaking,employeesstandinaweoftheiremployer.--Inprimaryschool,pupilsstandinaweoftheirteacher.Acolonyofants一群螞蟻LastsummerIspentdaysinthegardenwatchingthousandsofantscrawlingupthetrunkofmyprizepeachtree.去年夏天，我花了好幾天時(shí)間站在花園里觀察成千只螞蟻爬上我那棵心愛(ài)的桃樹(shù)的樹(shù)干。Prize：dearIamespeciallyproudofit,notonlybecauseithassurvivedseveralseverewinters,butbecauseitoccasionallyproduceslusciouspeaches.那棵樹(shù)是靠著房子有遮擋的一面暖墻生長(zhǎng)的。我為這棵樹(shù)感到特別自豪，不僅因?yàn)樗冗^(guò)了幾個(gè)寒冬終于活了下來(lái)，而且還因?yàn)樗袝r(shí)結(jié)出些甘甜的桃子來(lái)。如果要突出原因，則要重復(fù)because.Duringthesummer,Inoticedtattheleavesofthetreewerebeginningtowither.到了夏天，我發(fā)現(xiàn)樹(shù)葉開(kāi)始枯萎.Wither枯萎Horde/colony/column/cluster一般形容小的動(dòng)物。Clustersoftininsectscalledaphidsweretobefoundontheundersideoftheleaves.結(jié)果在樹(shù)葉背面找到成串的叫作蚜蟲(chóng)小蟲(chóng)子。Weretobefound/werefoundSee/find/congratulate常和beto搭配，用于被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)Theboywasfoundbehindthedoor.口語(yǔ)中Theboywastobefoundbehindthedoor.書(shū)面語(yǔ)中--Hewascongratulatedbyhisfriends.--Hewastobecongratulatedbyhisfriends.Wecan’tfindhimanywhere./wecanfindhimnowhere.到處也找不見(jiàn)他Heisnowheretobefound/seen比較正式的書(shū)面用語(yǔ)Theywerevisitedbyalargecolonyofantswhichobtainedasortofhoneyfromthem.蚜蟲(chóng)遭到一窩螞蟻的攻擊，螞蟻從它們身上可以獲得一種蜜。Whichobtained:toobtainIimmediatelyembarkedonanexperimentwhich,eventhoughiffailedtogetridoftheants,keptmefascinatedfortwenty-fourhours.我當(dāng)即動(dòng)手作了一項(xiàng)試驗(yàn)，這項(xiàng)試驗(yàn)盡管沒(méi)有使我擺脫這些螞蟻，卻使我著迷了24小時(shí)。embarkedon:setouttodo/setaboutdoing正式的開(kāi)始著手做某事--Iimmediatelysetouttodoanexperiment.keptmefascinated：keptmeoccupiedIboundthebaseofthetreewithstickytape,makingitimpossiblefortheantstoreachtheaphids.我用一條膠帶把桃樹(shù)底部包上，不讓螞蟻接近蚜蟲(chóng)。Bind/bound捆綁makingitimpossibleforsb.todo-ing形式做狀語(yǔ)，進(jìn)一步修飾前一步的情況。--Iworkhardmakingitpossibletopasstheexamination.--Iprepareddinnercarefully,makingitpossibletopleasemyguests.Thetapewassostickthattheydidnotdaretocrossit.膠帶極粘，螞蟻不敢從上面爬過(guò)。Thedidn’tdaretocrossit./Theydarednotcrossit.注意dare用法。Need/Youneedn’tcomehereonSunday.Youdon’tneedtocomehereonSunday.Foralongtime.Iwatchedthemscurryingaroundthebaseofthetreeinbewi