新概念英语第三册Lesson-54.ppt

Lesson 54 Instinct or cleverness?.Wagecarry on (a war or campaign)Launch.Revulsion be filled with,feel 充满厌恶；感到厌恶充满厌恶；感到厌恶cause 引起反感引起反感express 表达反感表达反感conceal 掩饰反感掩饰反感a feeling/sense of revulsion 厌恶感厌恶感.Horde A school of fish 一群小鱼一群小鱼 A flock of birds 一群鸟一群鸟 A colony of bees 一群蜜蜂一群蜜蜂A herd of sheep （羊群）（羊群）A troop of wolves 一群狼一群狼.Luscious Sweet and juicyHow luscious the wine is!多么香甜的美酒！多么香甜的美酒！luscious peaches 甘美多汁的桃子甘美多汁的桃子.We have been brought up to fear insects.We regard them as unnecessary creatures that do more harm than good.Do more harm than good:害多益少害多益少Do more good than harm:益多害少益多害少Be brought up to do:在在-中长大成人。中长大成人。The sad truth is that most of us have been brought up to eat certain foods.).We continually wage war on them,for they contaminate our food,carry diseases,or devour our crops.Sin original sinWrathEnvyGluttonyGreedLustSlothPride.They sting or bite without provocation;they fly uninvited into our rooms on summer nights,or beat against our lighted windows.Uninvited:=unexpected Provocation:你一惹他，他就会打你。你一惹他，他就会打你。（at the mere provocation）They fly uninvited into our rooms on summer nights=They are uninvited when they fly into our rooms on summer nights.We live in dread not only of unpleasant insects like spiders or wasps,but of quite harmless one like moths.Reading about them increases our understanding without dispelling our fears.unpleasant insects:terrible,awful.increases our understanding:提高眼界，打开胸怀，拓展平台提高眼界，打开胸怀，拓展平台Raise ones vision Open up ones mind Expand ones life platformIn dread of 介词分开介词分开.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.crawl into/out of bed：to get into or out of bed slowly because you are very tired:We crawled into bed at 2 am.does nothing to:对对-无济于事。无济于事。=Its no use（找例句）（找例句）highly organized:highly disciplinedhigh degree of responsibility/trust/attention high level of civilization.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.,but we find them impossible to erase.We enjoy reading about them,especially when we find that,like the praying mantis,they lead perfectly horrible lives.perfectly:=completely .We enjoy staring at them,entranced as they go about their business,unaware(we hope)of our presence.go about their business：go about doing sth 忙于干忙于干-.Who has not stood in awe at the sight of a spider pouncing on a fly,or a column of ants triumphantly bearing home an enormous dead beetle?stood in awe：fear but respect 敬畏敬畏bear：L The wedding guests arrived,bearing gifts.who-修辞性疑问（期待得到回答，否定表示肯定。）修辞性疑问（期待得到回答，否定表示肯定。）例句：例句：why didt you tell me?为什么不告诉我？为什么不告诉我？（你早该告诉我）（你早该告诉我）Who doesnt know?谁不知道啊？谁不知道啊？（地球人都知道）（地球人都知道）.Last summer I spent days in the garden watching thousands of ants crawling up the trunk of my prize peach tree.The tree has grown against a warm wall on a sheltered side of the house.I am especially proud of it,not only because it has survived several severe winters,but because it occasionally produces luscious peaches.severe winters：harder/bitter winter.A flower from the greenhouse cannot survive the storm.Life is not about how to survive the storm,but how to dance in the rain.During the summer,I noticed that the leaves of the tree were beginning to wither.Clusters of tiny insects called aphids were to be found on the underside of the leaves.Be to do =can,may.They were visited by a large colony of ants which obtained a sort of honey from them.Visit:(灾害，疾病灾害，疾病)侵袭侵袭=attacked.The place was recently visited by a serious volcanic eruption.这地方最近遇到了一次火山大爆发。这地方最近遇到了一次火山大爆发。Poets were often visited by fits of gloom.诗人常有一阵阵忧郁。诗人常有一阵阵忧郁。.I immediately embarked on an experiment which,even though it failed to get rid of the ants,kept me fascinated for twenty-four hours.kept me fascinated：“I find myself fascinating.”-Milan Kundera(Czech Novelist,Playwright and Poet,b.1929)“I like work;it fascinates me.I can sit and look at it for hours.I love to keep it by me;the idea of getting rid of it nearly breaks my heart.”-Jerome K.Jerome,despite its failure to get rid of the ants,.I bound the base of the tree with sticky tape,making it impossible for the ants to reach the aphids.The tape was so sticky that they did not dare to cross it.Bind:bind up a wound 包扎伤口包扎伤口 He wants a shirt that does not bind him.他要一件不使他觉得过紧的衬衫。他要一件不使他觉得过紧的衬衫。.For a long time.I watched them scurrying around the base of the tree in bewilderment.in blank astonishment in complete puzzlementin bewilderment:.I even went out at midnight with a torch and noted with satisfaction(and surprise)that the ants were still swarming around the sticky tape without being able to do anything about it.do anything about it：无法扭转乾坤。：无法扭转乾坤。You can do nothing but let matters take their course.你无能为力你无能为力,只能听其自然。只能听其自然。I have to watch you in silence without being able to do anything about it.我只能默默的注视着你，无能为力。我只能默默的注视着你，无能为力。.I got up early next morning hoping to find that the ants had given up in despair.Instead,I saw that they had discovered a new route.Jiangjieshi returned to Nanjing 希望得知希望得知 that The Rad Army had 已在绝望中放弃已在绝望中放弃 after the fifth encirclement and suppression.Instead,he saw that they had discovered a new route-The Long March.Red star over china.EDGAR SNOW.They were climbing up the wall of the house and then on to the leaves of the tree.I realized sadly that I had been completely defeated by their ingenuity.Be completely defeated：彻底被打败彻底被打败 The salvage operation had been a complete failure.L 32.The ants had been quick to find an answer to my thoroughly unscientific methods!Daniel Mendoza was quick to learn.（21）“Simple people are very quick to see the live facts which are going on about them.”American Quote Find an answer to sth:=solveThe police do not find an answer to the rising crime.Be quick to do:.The tape was so sticky that they 不敢不敢 cross it.For a long time.I watched them scurrying around the base of the tree 迷惑不解的迷惑不解的.I even went out at midnight with a torch and 非常满意非常满意地发现地发现(and surprise)that the ants were still 团团团转团转 the sticky tape without being able to do anything about it.I got up early next morning hoping to find that the ants had 因无望而放弃因无望而放弃.Instead,I saw that they had discovered a new route.They were climbing up the wall of the house and then on to the leaves of the tree.I 失落的发现失落的发现 that I had been completely defeated 被他们的足智多谋被他们的足智多谋.The ants 很快找到对很快找到对付办法付办法 my thoroughly unscientific methods!.