新概念英语第三册Lesson54Instinctorcleverness课件

Lesson

54Instinct

or

clevernessPart1:Vocabularyinsect [ˈɪnsekt] n.昆虫wage [weɪdʒ] v.进行（斗争）contaminate [kənˈtæmɪneɪt] v.弄脏provocation [ˌprɒvəˈkeɪʃn] n.惹怒spider [ˈspaɪdə(r)] n.蜘蛛wasp [wɒsp] n.黄蜂moth [mɒθ] n.飞蛾ant [ænt] n.蚂蚁revulsion [rɪˈvʌlʃn] n.厌恶horde [hɔːd] n.群uncanny

[ʌnˈkæni] adj.神秘的erase [ɪˈreɪz] v.擦praying

mantis [ˌpreɪɪŋˈmæntɪs] 螳螂Newwordsandexpressions

entranced

[ɪnˈtrɑːnst] adj.出神的beetle [ˈbiːtl] n.甲虫sheltered [ˈʃeltəd] adj.伤不着的，无危险的luscious [ˈlʌʃəs] adj.甘美的cluster [ˈklʌstə(r)] n.一簇aphid [ˈeɪfɪd] n.蚜牙underside [ˈʌndəsaɪd] n.底面colony [ˈkɒləni] n.一群sticky [ˈstɪki] adj.粘的scurry [ˈskʌri] v.小步跑swarm [swɔːm] v.聚集ingenuity [ˌɪndʒəˈnjuːəti] n.机灵

Wehavebeenbrought________tofearinsects.Weregardthem________unnecessarycreatures________domoreharm________good.We________(continual)wagewaronthem,fortheycontaminateourfood,carrydiseases,ordevourourcrops.Theystingorbite________(with)provocation;theyflyuninvitedintoourroomsonsummernights,orbeatagainstourlightedwindows.Weliveindreadnotonlyof________(pleasant)insectslikespidersorwasps,________ofquiteharmlessonelikemoths.upasthatthancontinuallywithoutunpleasantbutbring

up抚养，长大regard…as…把…当做do

more

hard

than

good害多益少wage

war

on开战contaminatev.弄脏devourourcrops吞噬庄稼provocationn.惹怒without

provocation无缘故beatagainst乱扑乱撞indread憎恨

________(Read)aboutthemincreasesourunderstandingwithout________(dispel)ourfears.Knowingthattheindustriousantlivesinahighlyorganizedsocietydoesnothingtopreventus________beingfilledwithrevulsionwhenwefindhordesofthemcrawlingoveracarefullypreparedpicniclunch.Nomatterhow________welikehoney,orhowmuch

wehavereadabouttheuncannysenseofdirection________beespossess,wehavea

horrorofbeingstung.Mostofourfearsareunreasonable,buttheyare________(possible)toerase.Readingdispellingfrommuchwhichimpossibledispel

ourfears消除恐惧industriousadj.勤奋的ahighlyorganizedsociety高度组织性的社会里revulsionn.反感crawlingover爬carefullypreparedpicniclunch精心准备的午餐uncanny神秘的unreasonableadj.没有道理的

Atthesametime,however,insectsarestrangelyfascinating.Weenjoyreadingaboutthem,especiallywhenwefindthat,liketheprayingmantis,theyleadperfectly

horriblelives.Weenjoystaring________them,

entrancedastheygoabouttheirbusiness,unaware(wehope)________ourpresence.Whohasnotstoodinawe________thesightofaspiderpouncingonafly,oracolumnofantstriumphantlybearinghomeanenormousdeadbeetle?atofatprayingmantis螳螂leadperfectly

horriblelives过着令人生畏的生活stare

at盯着entrancedadj.出神的goabouttheirbusiness做它们的事情stoodinawe望而生畏at

the

sight

of看到pounceon扑向triumphantlybearinghome凯旋而归watching

LastsummerIspentdaysinthegarden________(watch)thousandsofantscrawlingupthetrunkofmyprizepeachtree.Thetreehasgrownagainstawarmwallonashelteredsideofthehouse.Iamespeciallyproud________it,not________becauseithassurvivedseveralseverewinters,butbecauseit________(occasion)produceslusciouspeaches.Duringthesummer,Inoticedthattheleavesofthetreewerebeginningtowither.ofonlyoccasionllyashelteredsideofthehouse房子有遮挡的一面severewinters寒冬luscious adj.甜美的witherv.枯萎Clustersoftinyinsects________(call)aphidsweretobefoundontheundersideoftheleaves.Theywerevisitedbyalargecolonyofants________obtainedasort________honeyfromthem.Iimmediatelyembarkedonanexperimentwhich,eventhoughitfailedtogetrid________theants,keptmefascinatedfor24hours.Iboundthebaseofthetreewithstickytape,making________impossiblefortheantstoreachtheaphids.Thetapewassostickythattheydidnotdaretocrossit.Foralongtime.Iwatchedthemscurryingaroundthebaseofthetreein________(bewilder).

calledwhichofofitbewildermentclustersof成串的aphidn.