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[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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