新概念英语第三册 Lesson 54 Instinct or cleverness 课件

Lesson 54 Instinct or cleverness Part1: Vocabulary insect [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 [ˌpreɪɪŋ ˈmæntɪs] 螳螂 New words and expressions 3 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 4 We have been brought _ to fear insects. We regard them _ unnecessary creatures _ do more harm _ good. We _ (continual) wage war on them, for they contaminate our food, carry diseases, or devour our crops. They sting or bite _ (with) provocation; they fly uninvited into our rooms on summer nights, or beat against our lighted windows. We live in dread not only of _ (pleasant) insects like spiders or wasps, _ of quite harmless one like moths. up as that than continually without unpleasant but bring up 抚养,长大 regard…as… 把…当做 do more hard than good 害多益少 wage war on 开战 contaminate v. 弄脏 devour our crops 吞噬庄稼 provocation n. 惹怒 without provocation 无缘故 beat against 乱扑乱撞 in dread 憎恨 _ (Read) about them increases our understanding without _(dispel) our fears. Knowing that the industrious ant lives in a highly organized society does nothing to prevent us _ being filled with revulsion when we find hordes of them crawling over a carefully prepared picnic lunch. No matter how _ we like honey, or how much we have read about the uncanny sense of direction_ bees possess, we have a horror of being stung. Most of our fears are unreasonable, but they are _(possible) to erase. Reading dispelling from much which impossible dispel our fears 消除恐惧 industrious adj. 勤奋的 a highly organized societ