新概念英語(yǔ)課件第三冊(cè)Lesson54

1、Lesson 54 Instinct or cleverness? WageWage carry on (a war or campaign) Launch Revulsion be filled with, feel 充滿厭惡；感到厭惡充滿厭惡；感到厭惡cause 引起反感引起反感express 表達(dá)反感表達(dá)反感conceal 掩飾反感掩飾反感a feeling/sense of revulsion 厭惡感厭惡感Horde A school of fish A school of fish 一群小魚一群小魚 A flock of birds A flock of birds 一群鳥一群鳥 A

2、 colony of bees A colony of bees 一群蜜蜂一群蜜蜂A herd of sheep A herd of sheep （羊群）（羊群） A troop of wolves 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 creat

3、ures that do more harm than good.Do more harm than good : Do more harm than good : 害多益少害多益少Do more good than harm : Do more good than harm : 益多害少益多害少Be brought up to do:Be brought up to do:在在-中長(zhǎng)大成人。中長(zhǎng)大成人。The sad truth is that most of us have been brought up to eat certain foods .) We continually wag

4、e war on them, for they contaminate our food, carry diseases, or devour our crops. Sin original sinSin original sinWrathWrathEnvyEnvyGluttonyGluttonyGreedGreedLustLustSlothSlothPridePride They sting or bite without provocation; they fly uninvited into our rooms on summer nights, or beat against our

5、lighted windows. Uninvited: =unexpected Uninvited: =unexpected Provocation:你一惹他，他就會(huì)打你。（at the mere provocation）They fly uninvited into our rooms on They fly uninvited into our rooms on summer nightssummer nights= They are uninvited when they fly into = They are uninvited when they fly into our rooms

6、 on summer nightsour 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.unpleasant insects: terrible ,awfu

7、l.increases our understanding: increases our understanding: 提高眼界，打開(kāi)胸懷，拓展平臺(tái)提高眼界，打開(kāi)胸懷，拓展平臺(tái)Raise ones vision Open up ones mind Expand ones life platformIn dread of 介詞分開(kāi)介詞分開(kāi) Knowing that the industrious ant lives in a highly organized society does nothing to prevent us from being filled with revulsion w

8、hen we find hordes of them crawling over a carefully prepared picnic lunch. crawl into/out of bed ：to get into or out of to get into or out of bed slowly because you are very tired: bed slowly because you are very tired: We crawled into bed at 2 am. We crawled into bed at 2 am.does nothing to:does n

9、othing to:對(duì)對(duì)-無(wú)濟(jì)于事。無(wú)濟(jì)于事。= Its no use= Its no use（找例句）（找例句）highly organized: highly disciplined: highly disciplinedhigh degree of responsibility/ trust/ high degree of responsibility/ trust/ attention attention high level of civilization high level of civilization No matter how much we like honey, or

10、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., but we find the

11、m impossible to erase. We enjoy reading about them, especially when we find that, like the praying mantis, they lead perfectly horrible lives.perfectly: perfectly: = completely = completely We enjoy staring at them, entranced as they go about their business, unaware (we hope) of our presence. go abo

12、ut their businessgo about their business：go about doing sth 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 awestood in awe：fear but respect fear but respect 敬畏敬畏bearbear：L

13、The wedding guests arrived, bearing gifts.L The wedding guests arrived, bearing gifts.who-who-修辭性疑問(wèn)（期待得到回答，否定表示肯定。）修辭性疑問(wèn)（期待得到回答，否定表示肯定。）例句：例句：why didt you tell me?why didt you tell me?為什么不告訴我？為什么不告訴我？ （你早該告訴我）（你早該告訴我）Who doesnt know?Who doesnt know?誰(shuí)不知道??？誰(shuí)不知道??？ （地球人都知道）（地球人都知道） Last summer I spent d

14、ays 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 peac

15、hes. severe winterssevere winters：harder/bitter winter.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 t

16、iny insects called aphids were to be found on the underside of the leaves.Be to do = can,may. Be to do = can,may. They were visited by a large colony of ants which obtained a sort of honey from them. Visit:( Visit:(災(zāi)害，疾病災(zāi)害，疾病) )侵襲侵襲=attacked.=attacked. The place was recently visited by a serious The

17、 place was recently visited by a serious volcanic eruption. volcanic eruption. 這地方最近遇到了一次火山大爆發(fā)。這地方最近遇到了一次火山大爆發(fā)。 Poets were often visited by fits of gloom. Poets were often visited by fits of gloom. 詩(shī)人常有一陣陣憂郁。詩(shī)人常有一陣陣憂郁。 I immediately embarked on an experiment which, even though it failed to get rid o

18、f the ants, kept me fascinated for twenty-four hours. kept me fascinatedkept me fascinated：“I find myself fascinating.” -Milan Kundera I find myself fascinating.” -Milan Kundera (Czech Novelist, Playwright and Poet, b.1929)(Czech Novelist, Playwright and Poet, b.1929) “I like work; it fascinates me.

19、 I can sit and “I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. I love to keep it by me; the idea look at it for hours. I love to keep it by me; the idea of getting rid of it nearly breaks my heart.” - of getting rid of it nearly breaks my heart.” - Jerome K. Jerome Jerome K. Jero

20、me , despite its failure to get rid of the ants, 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 Bind : bind up a wound 包

21、扎傷口包扎傷口 He wants a shirt that does not bind him. He wants a shirt that does not bind him. 他要一件不使他覺(jué)得過(guò)緊的襯衫。他要一件不使他覺(jué)得過(guò)緊的襯衫。 For a long time. I watched them scurrying around the base of the tree in bewilderment. in blank astonishmentin blank astonishment in complete puzzlement in complete puzzlementin b

22、ewilderment :in 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 itdo anything about it：無(wú)法扭轉(zhuǎn)乾坤。：無(wú)法扭轉(zhuǎn)乾坤。 You can do nothing but let m

23、atters You can do nothing but let matters take their course. take their course. 你無(wú)能為力你無(wú)能為力, ,只能聽(tīng)其自然。只能聽(tīng)其自然。 I have to watch you in silence without I have to watch you in silence without being able to do anything about it. being able to do anything about it. 我只能默默的注視著你，無(wú)能為力。我只能默默的注視著你，無(wú)能為力。 I got up

24、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 已在絕望中放棄已在絕望中放棄 after the fifth encirclement and suppression. Instead ,he saw that they had discovered a new rou

25、te- 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 ： 徹底被打敗徹底被打敗 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.Daniel Mendoza was quick to learn.（2121） “Simple people are very quick to see the Simple people are very quick to see the live facts which are going on about them