練習(xí)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.

?l54-2: ??nst??kt ?? ?kl?v?n?s?

wi? ?n???? ?ri?d?? ??ba?t e?m, ?s?p???li w?n wi? fa?nd e?t, la?k e? ?pre??? ?m?nt?s, ee? li?d ?p??f?ktli ?h?r?bl l?vz. wi? ?n???? ?ste?r?? ?t e?m, ?n?trɑ?nst ?z ee? g?? ??ba?t ee? ?b?zn?s, ??n??we? (wi? h??p) ?v ?a?? ?pr?zns. hu? h?z n?t st?d ?n ?? ?t e? sa?t ?v ? ?spa?d? ?pa?ns?? ?n ? fla?, ??r ? ?k?l?m ?v ?nts tra???mf?ntli ?be?r?? h??m ?n ??n??m?s d?d ?bi?tl?

lɑ?st ?s?m?r a? sp?nt de?z ?n e? ?gɑ?dn ?w???? ?θa?z?ndz ?v ?nts ?kr??l?? ?p e? tr??k ?v ma? pra?z pi?? tri?. e? tri? h?z gr??n ??g?nst ? w??m w??l ?n ? ???lt?d sa?d ?v e? ha?s. a? ?m ?s?p???li pra?d ?v ?t, n?t ???nli b??k?z ?t h?z s??va?vd ?s?vr?l s??v?? ?w?nt?z, b?t b??k?z ?t ??ke??n?li ?pr?dju?s?z ?l???s ?pi???z. ?dj??r?? e? ?s?m?, a? ?n??t?st t?t e? li?vz ?v e? tri? w?? b??g?n?? tu? ?w?e?. ?kl?st?z ?v t?n ??ns?kts k??ld ?e?f?dz w?? tu? bi? fa?nd ?n ei ??nd??sa?d ?v e? li?vz.

我們喜歡看有關(guān)昆蟲的書，尤其是當(dāng)我們了解螳螂等過(guò)著一種令人生畏的生活時(shí)，就更加愛(ài)讀有關(guān)昆蟲的書了。我們喜歡入迷地看它們做事，它們不知道（但愿如此）我們就在它們身邊。當(dāng)看到蜘蛛撲向一只蒼蠅時(shí)，一隊(duì)螞蟻抬著一只巨大的死甲蟲凱旋歸時(shí)，誰(shuí)能不感到敬畏呢？

? ? 去年夏天，我花了好幾天時(shí)間站在花園里觀察成千只螞蟻爬上我那棵心愛(ài)的桃樹(shù)的樹(shù)干。那棵樹(shù)是靠著房子有遮擋的一面暖墻生長(zhǎng)的。我為這棵樹(shù)感到特別自豪，不僅因?yàn)樗冗^(guò)了幾個(gè)寒冬終于活了下來(lái)，而且還因?yàn)樗袝r(shí)結(jié)出些甘甜的桃子來(lái)。到了夏天，我發(fā)現(xiàn)樹(shù)葉開(kāi)始枯萎，結(jié)果在樹(shù)葉背面找到成串的叫作蚜蟲小蟲子。

任務(wù)配置：L0、L3、L4

知識(shí)筆記：

單詞與短語(yǔ)

be begin to do sth開(kāi)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為某物感到自豪

練習(xí)感悟：半夜寫作業(yè)，腦子是有點(diǎn)混的。