新概念英语第三册Lesson 54课件

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We continually wage war on them, for they contaminate our food, carry diseases, or devour our crops.
Sin original sin Wrath Envy Gluttony Greed Lust Sloth Pride
Lesson 54 Instinct or cleverness?
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• Wage
• carry on (a war or campaign) • Launch
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Revulsion
be filled with, feel ~
充满厌恶；感到厌恶
cause ~
引起反感
express ~
high level of civilization
does nothing to:对---无济于事。= It's no use（找例句）
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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.
Uninvited: =unexpected
They fly uninvited into our rooms on summer nights
= They are uninvited when they fly into our rooms on summer nights
ቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱ
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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.
表达反感 conceal ~ 掩饰反感
a feeling/sense of revulsion
厌恶感
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Horde
A school of fish 一群小鱼 A flock of birds 一群鸟 A colony of bees 一群蜜蜂 A herd of sheep （羊群） A troop of wolves 一群狼
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They sting or bite without provocation; they fly uninvited into our rooms on summer nights, or beat against our lighted windows.
Provocation:
你一惹他，他就会打你。 （at the mere provocation）
Be brought up to do:在------中长大成人。
The sad truth is that most of us have been brought up to eat certain foods ….)
Do more harm than good : 害多益少 Do more good than harm : 益多害少
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Luscious
Sweet and juicy
How luscious the wine is ! 多么香甜的美酒！
luscious peaches 甘美多汁的桃子
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We have been brought up to fear insects. We regard them as unnecessary creatures that do more harm than good.
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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.
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We enjoy reading about them, especially when we find that, like the praying mantis, they lead perfectly horrible lives.
perfectly:
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.
highly organized: highly disciplined
high degree of responsibility/ trust/ attention
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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.
In dread of 介词分开 unpleasant insects: terrible ,awful.
increases our understanding:
提高眼界，打开胸怀，拓展平台
Raise one’s vision
Open up one’s mind
Expand one’s life platform