练习材料
[Day 2423 2021-05-14] ('01'17' )
L54-1:
Instinct or cleverness?
/ˈɪnstɪŋkt/ /ɔː/ /ˈklɛvənɪs?/
We have been brought up to fear insects. We regard them as
/wiː/ /hæv/ /biːn/ /brɔːt/ /ʌp/ /tuː/ /fɪər/ /ˈɪnsɛkts./ /wiː/ /rɪˈgɑːd/ /ðɛm/ /æz/
unnecessary creatures that do more harm than good. We
/ʌnˈnɛsɪsəri/ /ˈkriːʧəz/ /ðæt/ /duː/ /mɔː/ /hɑːm/ /ðæn/ /gʊd./ /wiː/
continually wage war on them, for they contaminate our
/kənˈtɪnjʊəli/ /weɪʤ/ /wɔːr/ /ɒn/ /ðɛm,/ /fɔː/ /ðeɪ/ /kənˈtæmɪneɪt/ /ˈaʊə/
food, carry diseases, ordevour our crops. They sting or bite
/fuːd,/ /ˈkæri/ /dɪˈziːzɪz,/ /ɔː//dɪˈvaʊər//ˈaʊə/ /krɒps./ /ðeɪ/ /stɪŋ/ /ɔː/ /baɪt/
without provocation; they fly uninvited into our rooms on
/wɪˈðaʊt/ /ˌprɒvəˈkeɪʃən;/ /ðeɪ/ /flaɪ/ /ˌʌnɪnˈvaɪtɪd/ /ˈɪntuː/ /ˈaʊə/ /ruːmz/ /ɒn/
summer nights, or beat against our lighted windows. We live
/ˈsʌmə/ /naɪts,/ /ɔː/ /biːt/ /əˈgɛnst/ /ˈaʊə/ /ˈlaɪtɪd/ /ˈwɪndəʊz./ /wiː/ /lɪv/
indreadnot only of unpleasant insects like spiders orwasps,
/ɪn/ /drɛd//nɒt/ /ˈəʊnli/ /ɒv/ /ʌnˈplɛznt/ /ˈɪnsɛkts/ /laɪk/ /ˈspaɪdəz/ /ɔː/ /wɒsps,/
but of quite harmless ones likemoths. Reading about them
/bʌt/ /ɒv/ /kwaɪt/ /ˈhɑːmlɪs/ /wʌnz/ /laɪk//mɒθs.//ˈriːdɪŋ/ /əˈbaʊt/ /ðɛm/ /
increases our understanding without dispelling our fears.
/ˈɪnkriːsɪz/ /ˈaʊər/ /ˌʌndəˈstændɪŋ/ /wɪˈðaʊt/ /dɪsˈpɛlɪŋ/ /ˈaʊə/ /fɪəz./
Knowing that the industrious ant lives in a highly organized
/ˈnəʊɪŋ/ /ðæt/ /ði/ /ɪnˈdʌstrɪəs/ /ænt/ /lɪvz/ /ɪn/ /ə/ /ˈhaɪli/ /ˈɔːgənaɪzd/
society does nothing to prevent us from being filled with
/səˈsaɪəti/ /dʌz/ /ˈnʌθɪŋ/ /tuː/ /prɪˈvɛnt/ /ʌs/ /frɒm/ /ˈbiːɪŋ/ /fɪld/ /wɪð/
revulsion when we find hordes of them crawling over a
/rɪˈvʌlʃən/ /wɛn/ /wiː/ /faɪnd/ /hɔːdz/ /ɒv/ /ðɛm/ /ˈkrɔːlɪŋ/ /ˈəʊvər/ /eɪ/
carefully prepared picnic lunch. No matter how much we like
/ˈkeəfli/ /prɪˈpeəd/ /ˈpɪknɪk/ /lʌnʧ./ /nəʊ/ /ˈmætə/ /haʊ/ /mʌʧ/ /wiː/ /laɪk/
honey, or how much we have read about the uncanny sense
/ˈhʌni,/ /ɔː/ /haʊ/ /mʌʧ/ /wiː/ /hæv/ /rɛd/ /əˈbaʊt/ /ði/ /ʌnˈkæni/ /sɛns/
of direction which bees possess, we have a horror of being
/ɒv/ /dɪˈrɛkʃən/ /wɪʧ/ /biːz/ /pəˈzɛs,/ /wiː/ /hæv/ /ə/ /ˈhɒrər/ /ɒv/ /ˈbiːɪŋ/
stung. Most of our fears are unreasonable, but they are
/stʌŋ./ /məʊst/ /ɒv/ /ˈaʊə/ /fɪəz/ /ɑːr/ /ʌnˈriːznəbl,/ /bʌt/ /ðeɪ/ /ɑː/
impossible to erase. At the same time, however, insects are
/ɪmˈpɒsəbl/ /tuː/ /ɪˈreɪz./ /æt/ /ðə/ /seɪm/ /taɪm,/ /haʊˈɛvə,/ /ˈɪnsɛkts/ /ɑː/
strangely fascinating.
/ˈstreɪnʤli/ /ˈfæsɪneɪtɪŋ./
1/ 單詞
wage - v．进行（斗争）
contaminate - v．弄脏
devour -v. 吞食
sting - v. 刺
bite - v. 咬
provocation - n．惹怒
dread - n. 恐懼
spider- n．蜘蛛
wasp- n．黄蜂
moth - n．飞蛾
dispelling - v. 驅散
revulsion - n．厌恶
horde - n．群
crawling - v. 爬行
uncanny - adj．神秘的，不可思议的
horror - n. 恐怖
stung - adj. 刺痛
fascinating - adj. 迷人, 有趣
2/音標
insect /'insekt/
entranced /in'tra:nst/
wage /weidʒ/
beetle /'bi:tl/
contaminate /kən'tæmineit/
devour /dɪˈvaʊər/
sting /stɪŋ/
bite /baɪt/
dread /drɛd/
wasp /wɔsp/
moth /mɔθ/
revulsion /ri'vʌlʃən/
horde /hɔ:d/
uncanny /ʌn'kæni/
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