练习材料：
L54-2: Instinct or cleverness?
We enjoy reading about them, especially when we find that, like the praying mantis, they lead perfectly horrible lives. We enjoy staring at them, entranced as they go about their business, unaware (we hope) of our presence. 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?
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. During the summer, I noticed tat the leaves of the tree were beginning to wither. Clusters of tin insects called aphids were to be found on the underside of the leaves.
ɛl54-2: ˈɪnstɪŋkt ɔː ˈklɛvənɪs?
wiː ɪnˈʤɔɪ ˈriːdɪŋ əˈbaʊt ðɛm, ɪsˈpɛʃəli wɛn wiː faɪnd ðæt, laɪk ðə ˈpreɪɪŋ ˈmæntɪs, ðeɪ liːd ˈpɜːfɪktli ˈhɒrəbl lɪvz. wiː ɪnˈʤɔɪ ˈsteərɪŋ æt ðɛm, ɪnˈtrɑːnst æz ðeɪ gəʊ əˈbaʊt ðeə ˈbɪznɪs, ˌʌnəˈweə (wiː həʊp) ɒv ˈaʊə ˈprɛzns. huː hæz nɒt stʊd ɪn ɔː æt ðə saɪt ɒv ə ˈspaɪdə ˈpaʊnsɪŋ ɒn ə flaɪ, ɔːr ə ˈkɒləm ɒv ænts traɪˈʌmfəntli ˈbeərɪŋ həʊm ən ɪˈnɔːməs dɛd ˈbiːtl?
lɑːst ˈsʌmər aɪ spɛnt deɪz ɪn ðə ˈgɑːdn ˈwɒʧɪŋ ˈθaʊzəndz ɒv ænts ˈkrɔːlɪŋ ʌp ðə trʌŋk ɒv maɪ praɪz piːʧ triː. ðə triː hæz grəʊn əˈgɛnst ə wɔːm wɔːl ɒn ə ˈʃɛltəd saɪd ɒv ðə haʊs. aɪ æm ɪsˈpɛʃəli praʊd ɒv ɪt, nɒt ˈəʊnli bɪˈkɒz ɪt hæz səˈvaɪvd ˈsɛvrəl sɪˈvɪə ˈwɪntəz, bʌt bɪˈkɒz ɪt əˈkeɪʒnəli ˈprɒdjuːsɪz ˈlʌʃəs ˈpiːʧɪz. ˈdjʊərɪŋ ðə ˈsʌmə, aɪ ˈnəʊtɪst tæt ðə liːvz ɒv ðə triː wɜː bɪˈgɪnɪŋ tuː ˈwɪðə. ˈklʌstəz ɒv tɪn ˈɪnsɛkts kɔːld ˈeɪfɪdz wɜː tuː biː faʊnd ɒn ði ˈʌndəˌsaɪd ɒv ðə liːvz.
我们喜欢看有关昆虫的书，尤其是当我们了解螳螂等过着一种令人生畏的生活时，就更加爱读有关昆虫的书了。我们喜欢入迷地看它们做事，它们不知道（但愿如此）我们就在它们身边。当看到蜘蛛扑向一只苍蝇时，一队蚂蚁抬着一只巨大的死甲虫凯旋归时，谁能不感到敬畏呢？
去年夏天，我花了好几天时间站在花园里观察成千只蚂蚁爬上我那棵心爱的桃树的树干。那棵树是靠着房子有遮挡的一面暖墙生长的。我为这棵树感到特别自豪，不仅因为它度过了几个寒冬终于活了下来，而且还因为它有时结出些甘甜的桃子来。到了夏天，我发现树叶开始枯萎，结果在树叶背面找到成串的叫作蚜虫小虫子。
任务配置：L0、L3、L4
知识笔记：
单词与短语
be begin to do sth开始做某事
on the underside of 在某物的背面
stood in awe at the sight of a 看到...，而感到敬畏
be proud of sth为某物感到自豪
练习感悟：半夜写作业，脑子是有点混的。
