1.练习材料
Lesson 54 Instinct or cleverness?
We have been brought up to fear insects. We regard them as unnecessary creatures that do more harm than good. We continually wage war on them, for they contaminate our food, carry diseases, or devour our crops. They sting or bite without provocation; they fly uninvited into our rooms on summer nights, or beat against our lighted windows. We live in dread not only of unpleasant insects like spiders or wasps, but of quite harmless ones like moths. Reading about them increases our understanding without dispelling our fears. Knowing that the industrious ant lives in a highly organized society does nothing to prevent us from being filled with revulsion when we find hordes of them crawling over a carefully prepared picnic lunch. No matter how much we like honey, or how much we have read about the uncanny sense of direction which bees possess, we have a horror of being stung. Most of our fears are unreasonable, but they are impossible to erase. At the same time, however, insects are strangely fascinating.
2.任务配置:L0
3.知识笔记
(1)查音标
/ˈlɛsn/ 54 /ˈɪnstɪŋkt/ /ɔː/ /ˈklɛvənɪs/?
/wiː/ /hæv/ /biːn/ /brɔːt/ /ʌp/ /tuː/ /fɪər/ /ˈɪnsɛkts/. /wiː/ /rɪˈgɑːd/ /ðɛm/ /æz/ /ʌnˈnɛsɪsəri/ /ˈkriːʧəz/ /ðæt/ /duː/ /mɔː/ /hɑːm/ /ðæn/ /gʊd/. /wiː/ /kənˈtɪnjʊəli/ /weɪʤ/ /wɔːr/ /ɒn/ /ðɛm/, /fɔː/ /ðeɪ/ /kənˈtæmɪneɪt/ /ˈaʊə/ /fuːd/, /ˈkæri/ /dɪˈziːzɪz/, /ɔː/ /dɪˈvaʊər/ /ˈaʊə/ /krɒps/. /ðeɪ/ /stɪŋ/ /ɔː/ /baɪt/ /wɪˈðaʊt/ /ˌprɒvəˈkeɪʃən/; /ðeɪ/ /flaɪ/ /ˌʌnɪnˈvaɪtɪd/ /ˈɪntuː/ /ˈaʊə/ /ruːmz/ /ɒn/ /ˈsʌmə/ /naɪts/, /ɔː/ /biːt/ /əˈgɛnst/ /ˈaʊə/ /ˈlaɪtɪd/ /ˈwɪndəʊz/. /wiː/ /lɪv/ /ɪn/ /drɛd/ /nɒt/ /ˈəʊnli/ /ɒv/ /ʌnˈplɛznt/ /ˈɪnsɛkts/ /laɪk/ /ˈspaɪdəz/ /ɔː/ /wɒsps/, /bʌt/ /ɒv/ /kwaɪt/ /ˈhɑːmlɪs/ /wʌnz/ /laɪk/ /mɒθs/. /ˈriːdɪŋ/ /əˈbaʊt/ /ðɛm/ /ˈɪnkriːsɪz/ /ˈaʊər/ /ˌʌndəˈstændɪŋ/ /wɪˈðaʊt/ /dɪsˈpɛlɪŋ/ /ˈaʊə/ /fɪəz/. /ˈnəʊɪŋ/ /ðæt/ /ði/ /ɪnˈdʌstrɪəs/ /ænt/ /lɪvz/ /ɪn/ /ə/ /ˈhaɪli/ /ˈɔːgənaɪzd/ /səˈsaɪəti/ /dʌz/ /ˈnʌθɪŋ/ /tuː/ /prɪˈvɛnt/ /ʌs/ /frɒm/ /ˈbiːɪŋ/ /fɪld/ /wɪð/ /rɪˈvʌlʃən/ /wɛn/ /wiː/ /faɪnd/ /hɔːdz/ /ɒv/ /ðɛm/ /ˈkrɔːlɪŋ/ /ˈəʊvər/ /ə/ /ˈkeəfli/ /prɪˈpeəd/ /ˈpɪknɪk/ /lʌnʧ/. /nəʊ/ /ˈmætə/ /haʊ/ /mʌʧ/ /wiː/ /laɪk/ /ˈhʌni/, /ɔː/ /haʊ/ /mʌʧ/ /wiː/ /hæv/ /rɛd/ /əˈbaʊt/ /ði/ /ʌnˈkæni/ /sɛns/ /ɒv/ /dɪˈrɛkʃən/ /wɪʧ/ /biːz/ /pəˈzɛs/, /wiː/ /hæv/ /ə/ /ˈhɒrər/ /ɒv/ /ˈbiːɪŋ/ /stʌŋ/. /məʊst/ /ɒv/ /ˈaʊə/ /fɪəz/ /ɑːr/ /ʌnˈriːznəbl/, /bʌt/ /ðeɪ/ /ɑːr/ /ɪmˈpɒsəbl/ /tuː/ /ɪˈreɪz/. /æt/ /ðə/ /seɪm/ /taɪm/, /haʊˈɛvə/, /ˈɪnsɛkts/ /ɑː/ /ˈstreɪnʤli/ /ˈfæsɪneɪtɪŋ/.
(2) 学单词
1) insect /ˈɪnsɛkt/ n. 昆虫
2) wage /weɪʤ/ v. 进行(斗争)
3) contaminate /kənˈtæmɪneɪt/ v. 弄脏
4) provocation /ˌprɒvəˈkeɪʃən/ n. 惹怒
5) spider /ˈspaɪdə/ n. 蜘蛛
6) wasp /wɒsp/ n. 黄蜂
7) moth /mɒθ/ n. 蛾
8) ant /ænt/ n. 蚂蚁
9) revulsion /rɪˈvʌlʃən/ 厌恶
10) horde /hɔːd/ n. 群
11) uncanny /ʌnˈkæni/ a. 神秘的，不可思议都
12) erase /ɪˈreɪz/ v. 擦，抹去
13) praying mantis /ˈpreɪɪŋ/ /ˈmæntɪs/ n. 螳螂
14) entranced /ɪnˈtrɑːnst/ a. 出神的
15) beetle /ˈbiːtl/ n. 甲虫
16) sheltered /ˈʃɛltəd/ a. 伤不着的，无危险的
17) luscious /ˈlʌʃəs/ a. 甘美的
18) cluster /ˈklʌstə/ n. 一簇
19) aphid /ˈeɪfɪd/ n. 蚜虫
20) underside /ˈʌndəˌsaɪd/ n. 底面，下侧
21) colony /ˈkɒləni/ n. 一群
22) sticky /ˈstɪki/ a. 粘的
23) scurry /ˈskʌri/ v. 小步跑
24) swarm /swɔːm/ v. 聚集
25) ingenuity /ˌɪnʤɪˈnju(ː)ɪti/ n. 机灵
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