Lesson54Instinctorcleverness?是本能還是機(jī)智、Wehavebeenbroughtuptofearinsects.Weregardthemasunnecessarycreatures（thatdomoreharmthangood定語從句）.Wecontinuallywagewaronthem,（fortheycontaminateourfood,carrydiseases,ordevourourcrops.原因狀語從句）我們自幼就在對昆蟲的懼怕中長大。我們把昆蟲當(dāng)作害多益少的無用東西。人類不斷同昆蟲斗爭，因為昆蟲弄臟我們的食物，傳播疾病，吞噬莊稼。bringup撫養(yǎng)，養(yǎng)育=raiseregardAasB把A看作B=seeAasBwage(n.)薪水（周），工資(v.)實(shí)行，進(jìn)行wage（awar）onsb.開始，進(jìn)行（戰(zhàn)爭，運(yùn)動等）eg.沒有國家愿意打核戰(zhàn)爭。Nocountryiswillingtowageanuclearwar.警方正向毒品分子開戰(zhàn)。Thepolicearewagingawaronthedrugdealer.向鄰國開戰(zhàn)wageawarontheneighbouringcountrycontaminate（vt.）弄臟，污染eg.飲用水被污染了。Drinkingwateriscontaminated.他們正在污染我們年輕人的心靈。Theyarecontaminatingouryoungpersons’minds.devour(vt.)吞食（食物），吞噬，毀滅eg.她如饑似渴地讀這本新的偵探小說。Shedevouredthisnewdetectivestory.大火吞噬了大片森林。Thebigfiredevouredahugeareaofforest.2、Theystingorbitewithoutprovocation;theyflyuninvitedintoourroomsonsummernights,orbeatagainstourlightedwindows.Weliveindreadnotonlyofunpleasantinsectslikespidersorwasps,butofquiteharmlessonelikemoths.它們無緣無故地又叮又咬；夏天的晚上，它們未經(jīng)邀請便飛到我們房間里，或者對著露出亮光的窗戶亂撲亂撞。我們在日常生活中，不但憎惡如蜘蛛、黃蜂之類令人討厭的昆蟲，而且憎惡并無大害的飛蛾等。provocation(n.)激怒，挑釁provoke(v.)激怒（某人），挑釁eg.我不容易被激怒，但是這種行為無法容忍。Iamnoteasilyprovoked,butthisbehaviorisintolerable.如果你挑釁狗，它會咬你。Ifyouprovokethedogs,theywillbitevokesb.intodoingsth.刺激某人做某事eg.他粗魯?shù)难哉摯碳の疑鷼饬恕isrudewords/remarksprovokedmeintobeingangry.uninvited不受邀請的（非謂語動詞done，作定語，表被動，修飾they）beindreadof害怕=beafraidofnotonly…but…不僅…而且…3、Readingaboutthemincreasesourunderstandingwithoutdispellingourfears.Knowingthattheindustriousantlivesinahighlyorganizedsocietydoesnothingtopreventusfrombeingfilledwithrevulsion（whenwefindhordesofthemcrawlingoveracarefullypreparedpicniclunch時間狀語從句）.閱讀有關(guān)昆蟲的書能增加我們對它們的了解，卻不能消除我們的恐懼的心理。即使知道勤奮的螞蟻生活具有高度組織性的社會里，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，我們也無法抑制對它們的反感。dispel(v.)消除，驅(qū)散eg.dispelone’sanger/rumour/worryindustrious(adj.)勤奮的=hard-workingpreventsb.fromdoingsth.阻止某人做某事revulsion(n.)厭惡eg.asenseofrevulsion厭惡感revolt(vt.)厭惡berevoltedby對…感到厭惡eg.我很討厭他隨地吐痰的惡習(xí)。Iamextremelyrevoltedbyhisbadhabitofspitting.hordesof一大群，一大幫（貶）=ahordeof=abandofeg.ahordeoffans/shoppers/touristscrawl(v.)爬（向前爬），自由泳climb(v.)爬（向上爬）4、Nomatterhowmuchwelikehoney,orhowmuchwehavereadabouttheuncannysenseofdirection（whichbeespossess定語從句）,wehaveahorrorofbeingstung.Mostofourfearsareunreasonable,buttheyareimpossibletoerase.Atthesametime,however,insectsarestrangelyfascinating.Weenjoyreadingaboutthem,especially（whenwefind（that,liketheprayingmantis,theyleadperfectlyhorriblelives時間狀語從句/賓語從句）.不管我們多么愛吃蜂蜜，或讀過多少關(guān)于蜜蜂具有神秘的識別方向的靈感的書，我們?nèi)匀皇趾ε卤环潋亍Ｎ覀兊目謶执蟛糠质菦]有道理的，但去無法消除。同時，不知為什么昆蟲又是迷人的。我們喜歡看有關(guān)昆蟲的書，尤其是當(dāng)我們了解螳螂等過著一種令人生畏的生活時，就更加愛讀有關(guān)昆蟲的書了。uncanny(adj.)異乎尋常的，神奇的eg.Thesilencewasuncanny.靜得異常。一個神奇的巧合。anuncannycoincidence她的預(yù)測證明異乎尋常地準(zhǔn)確。Herpredictionsprovedtobeuncannilyaccurate.possess(v.)擁有=own=have=beinpossessionof（beinthepossessionof被…擁有）stingstungstung刺，蜇，叮atthesametime同時=meanwhile=inthemeantimefascinating(adj.)迷人的=interestingfascinated(adj.)感到著迷的=interestedbefascinatedin…=beinterestedin…對…非常感興趣prayingmantis螳螂leadone’slife過著…的生活5、Weenjoystaringatthem,entranced（astheygoabouttheirbusiness時間狀語從句）,unaware(wehope)ofourpresence.Whohasnotstoodinaweatthesightofaspiderpouncingonafly,oracolumnofantstriumphantlybearinghomeanenormousdeadbeetle?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，一隊螞蟻抬著一只巨大的死甲蟲凱旋歸時，誰能不感到敬畏呢？stare(vi.)盯著stareatsth.=fixone’seyesonsth.entrance(n.)入口，進(jìn)口（v.）使某人著迷beentrancedby被…迷住eg.我被美麗的風(fēng)景迷住了。Iwasentrancedbythebeautyspot.presence(n.)在場——present(adj.)在場的awe(n.)敬畏[U]be/standinaweofsth./sb.敬畏…eg.她初見金字塔時，敬畏之感油然而生。Herfirstviewofthepyramidsfilledherwithawe.人們應(yīng)該敬畏大自然。Peopleshouldbeinaweofthenature.pounceon猛撲，突襲acolumnof一列（軍隊）triumphantly（adv.）得意洋洋地bear=carry攜帶6、LastsummerIspentdaysinthegardenwatchingthousandsofantscrawlingupthetrunkofmyprizepeachtree.Thetreehasgrownagainstawarmwallonashelteredsideofthehouse.Iamespeciallyproudofit,notonly（becauseithassurvivedseveralseverewinters,butbecauseitoccasionallyproduceslusciouspeaches原因狀語從句）.去年夏天，我花了好幾天時間站在花園里觀察成千只螞蟻爬上我那棵心愛的桃樹的樹干。那棵樹是靠著房子有遮擋的一面暖墻生長的。我為這棵樹感到特別自豪，不僅因為它度過了幾個寒冬終于活了下來，而且還因為它有時結(jié)出些甘甜的桃子來。sb.spendsometime(in)doingsth.某人花了…時間做某事sheltered(adj.)遠(yuǎn)離危險的，不受壞事影響的eg.她在鄉(xiāng)村過著不受影響的生活。Sheleadsashelteredlifeinthecountryside.shelter(n.)避難所beproudof以…自豪、驕傲occasionally(adv.)偶爾，有時候=sometimes=onceinawhileluscious(adj.)美味多汁的=deliciousandjuicyeg.lusciouswatermelon/fruit美味多汁的西瓜/水果aglassoflusciouswine一杯甘醇的紅酒7、Duringthesummer,Inoticed（thattheleavesofthetreewerebeginningtowither賓語從句）.Clustersoftinyinsectscalledaphidsweretobefoundontheundersideoftheleaves.Theywerevisitedbyalargecolonyofants（whichobtainedasortofhoneyfromthem定語從句）.Iimmediatelyembarkedonanexperiment（which,eventhoughiffailedtogetridoftheants,keptmefascinatedfortwenty-fourhours）.到了夏天，我發(fā)現(xiàn)樹葉開始枯萎，結(jié)果在樹葉背面找到成串的叫作蚜蟲小蟲子。蚜蟲遭到一窩螞蟻的攻擊，螞蟻從它們身上可以獲得一種蜜。我當(dāng)即動手作了一項試驗，這項試驗盡管沒有使我擺脫這些螞蟻，卻使我著迷了24小時。wither(v.)枯萎，凋謝clustersof一叢，一簇=aclusterofeg.aclusterofflowers/tallbuildings/peoplea(large)colonyof一（大）群（生活或生長在同一地方的植物或動物）embarkedon開始從事getridof除去，擺脫8、Iboundthebaseofthetreewithstickytape,makingitimpossiblefortheantstoreachtheaphids.Thetapewassostickythattheydidnotdaretocrossit.Foralongtime.Iwatchedthemscurryingaroundthebaseofthetreeinbewilderment.Ievenwentoutatmidnightwithatorchandnotedwithsatisfaction(andsurprise)thattheantswerestillswarmingaroundthestickytapewithoutbeingabletodoanythingaboutit.我用一條膠帶把桃樹底部包上，不讓螞蟻接近蚜蟲。膠帶極粘，螞蟻不敢從上面爬過。在很長一段時間里，我看見螞蟻圍著大樹底部來回轉(zhuǎn)悠，不知所措。半夜，我還拿著電筒來到花園里，滿意地（同時驚奇地）發(fā)現(xiàn)那些螞蟻還圍著膠帶團(tuán)團(tuán)轉(zhuǎn)。無能為力。bound(v.)捆，扎，綁=