泽平 的ScalersTalk第八轮新概念朗读持续力训练Day

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L54-2: Instinct orcleverness?

We enjoy readingabout them, especially when we find that, like the praying mantis, they leadperfectly horrible lives. We enjoy staring at them, entranced as they go abouttheir business, unaware (we hope) of our presence. Who has not stood in awe atthe sight of a spider pouncing on a fly, or a column of ants triumphantly bearinghome an enormous dead beetle?

Last summer Ispent days in the garden watching thousands of ants crawling up the trunk of myprize peach tree. The tree has grown against a warm wall on a sheltered side ofthe house. I am especially proud of it, not only because it has survivedseveral severe winters, but because it occasionally produces luscious peaches.During the summer, I noticed that the leaves of the tree were beginning towither. Clusters of tiny insects called aphids were to be found on theunderside of the leaves.

ˈɪnstɪŋkt ɔː ˈklɛvənəs?

wiː ɪnˈʤɔɪ ˈriːdɪŋ

əˈbaʊt ðɛm, ɪsˈpɛʃəli wɛn wiː faɪnd ðæt, laɪk ðə ˈpreɪɪŋ ˈmæntɪs, ðeɪ liːd ˈpɜːfɪktli

ˈhɒrəbᵊl lɪvz. wiː ɪnˈʤɔɪ ˈsteərɪŋ æt ðɛm, ɪnˈtrɑːnst æz ðeɪ ɡəʊ 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 ˈkɒləmɒv ænts traɪˈʌmfəntli ˈbeərɪŋ həʊm ən ɪˈnɔːməs dɛd ˈbiːtl?

lɑːst ˈsʌmər aɪ spɛnt deɪz ɪn ðə ˈɡɑːdn ˈwɒʧɪŋ ˈθaʊzəndz ɒv ænts ˈkrɔːlɪŋ ʌp ðə

trʌŋk ɒv maɪ praɪz piːʧ triː. ðə triː hæz ɡrəʊn əˈɡɛnst 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 bɪˈɡɪnɪŋ tuː ˈwɪðə. ˈklʌstəz ɒv tɪn ˈɪnsɛkts kɔːld ˈeɪfɪdz wɜː tuː biː faʊndɒn ði ˈʌndəˌsaɪd ɒv ðə liːvz.

任务配置：L0 + L4

知识笔记：

单词：1、praying：祈祷，祷告，2、mantis：螳螂，3、entrance：入口，进入，使狂喜，使入迷，4、awe：敬畏，惊叹，5、pounce：突袭，猛扑，抓，6、column：柱，专栏，7、triumphantly：得意洋洋地，8、bear：熊，承受，携带，9、shelter：避难所，掩蔽，10、luscious：美味的，甘美的，11、wither：枯萎，摧毁，12、cluster：簇，团，群聚，13、aphid：蚜虫

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练习感悟：这篇文章难度中等，录了三遍达标，还行。