1、Lesson 54 Instinct or InterestWho will win?Sony corpbeing threatened Amazonbenefited by its serviceMwin for its professionalismNapster&Gnutellaborn with newest techWords and ExpressionsinsectMammal 哺乳类动物哺乳类动物Reptile 爬行动物爬行动物Predator 食肉类动物食肉类动物Words and ExpressionsSonyA school of fish A flock of bird
2、s A colony of bees TextvWe have been brought up to fear insects.L23 most of us have been brought up to eat certain kinds of foods TextvWe regard them as unnecessary creatures that do more harm than good.Do examinations do more harm than good?写作模板写作模板-描写弊大于利的事物描写弊大于利的事物We regard A as unnecessary,for
3、A do more harm than good.TextvExaminationvAdvertisementvPart-time jobvWatching TVvCigarette vGoing to bed latevPrivate carsTextvMan continually wages war on them,for they contaminate his food,carry diseases,or devour his crops.L14 Whenever the Italian city-states were at war with each other Textv人类不
4、断地同疾病斗争，因为疾病扰乱了我们的人类不断地同疾病斗争，因为疾病扰乱了我们的日常生活，给个人带来痛苦，甚至毁掉一个家庭日常生活，给个人带来痛苦，甚至毁掉一个家庭的幸福。的幸福。vMan continually wages war on diseases,for they disturb our daily work,bring sufferings to individuals or destroy a familys happiness.TextvThey sting or bite without provocation;they fly uninvited into our rooms
5、 on summer nights,or beat against our lighted windows.For no reason He often goes into a rage without provocation.TextvWe live in dread not only of unpleasant insects like spiders or wasps,but of quite harmless ones like moths.TextvReading about them increases our understanding without dispelling ou
6、r fears.If we reading about them,we will increase our understanding without dispelling our fears.If sb do A,sb will do B.Doing A allow sb do B.Textv如果你努力工作，你就能取得很大的成就。如果你努力工作，你就能取得很大的成就。vIf you work hard,you can make great achievement.vWorking hard will allow you to make great achievement.TextvKnowi
7、ng that the industrious ant lives in a highly organized society does nothing to prevent us from being filled with revulsion when we find hordes of them crawling over a carefully prepared picnic lunch.Although sb do A,sb still do B Doing A does nothing to prevent us from doing B.写作模板写作模板-表无奈表无奈Exerci
8、sev尽管他努力了，但还是考试没及格。尽管他努力了，但还是考试没及格。vAlthough he tried hard,he still failed in the exam.vTrying hard did nothing to prevent him from failing in the exam.Exercisev尽管我们从太空探索中受益，但我们不得不付尽管我们从太空探索中受益，但我们不得不付出高昂的成本。出高昂的成本。vAlthough we benefit from space exploration,we still have to pay for the prohibitivel
9、y high cost.vBenefiting from the space exploration does nothing to prevent us from having to pay prohibitively high cost required to fuel space exploration programs.TextvNo matter how much we like honey,or how much we have read about the uncanny sense of direction which bees possess,we have a horror
10、 of being stung.mysteriousTextvMost of our fears are unreasonable,but they are impossible to erase.At the same time,however,insects are strangely fascinating.TextvWe enjoy reading about them,especially when we find that,like the praying mantis,they lead perfectly horrible lives.Perfectly=completely
11、TextvWe enjoy staring at them,entranced as they go about their business,unaware(we hope)of our presence.TextvWho 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?But how many of us can honestly say that we have not
12、felt a little envious of their simple way of life and their freedom from care?He had spotted a tiny bottle at the bottom of my case and he pounced on it with delight.TextvWho 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 dea
13、d beetle?carry写作模板写作模板-获奖的模板获奖的模板Exercisev西班牙队手捧大力神杯凯旋而归。西班牙队手捧大力神杯凯旋而归。vThe Spanish team triumphantly bear home the World Cup.Exercisev凯瑟琳手捧奥斯卡小金人凯旋而归。凯瑟琳手捧奥斯卡小金人凯旋而归。vCatherine triumphantly bear home the Academy Award.TextvLast summer I spent days in the garden watching thousands of ants crawling
14、up the trunk of my prize peach tree.TextvThe tree has grown against a warm wall on a sheltered side of the house.TextvI am especially proud of it,not only because it has survived several severe winters,but because it occasionally produces luscious peaches.TextvDuring the summer,I noticed that the le
15、aves of the tree were beginning to wither.Clusters of tiny insects called aphides were to be found on the underside of the leaves.Be to do=can doSuch books are to be found in the library.TextvThey were visited by a large colony of ants which obtained a sort of honey from them.attack TextvI immediate
16、ly embarked on an experiment which,even though it failed to get rid of the ants,kept me fascinated for twenty-four hours.写作模板写作模板-尽管失败了，对尽管失败了，对热情不减热情不减Exercisev成千上万的医生致力于癌症的治疗，尽管失败的，成千上万的医生致力于癌症的治疗，尽管失败的，医生们多年来仍然痴迷于这种研究。医生们多年来仍然痴迷于这种研究。vThousands of doctors embark on cancer treatment which,even tho
17、ugh it fails to cure it,keeps doctors fascinated for years.Exercisev成千上万的科学家致力于登陆火星，尽管没有成千上万的科学家致力于登陆火星，尽管没有实现，科学家们多年来仍然痴迷于这种研究。实现，科学家们多年来仍然痴迷于这种研究。vThousands of scientists embark on Mars landing which,even though it fails to realized it,keeps scientists fascinated for years.TextvI bound the base of
18、 the tree with sticky tape,making it impossible for the ants to reach the aphides.TextvThe tape was so sticky that they did not dare to cross it.For a long time,I watched them scurrying around the base of the tree in bewilderment.TextvI even went out at midnight with a torch and noted with satisfact
19、ion(and surprise)that the ants were still swarming around the sticky tape without being able to do anything about it.With delight/shock/surprise/confusion/excitement TextvI got up early next morning hoping to find that the ants had given up in despair.Instead,I saw that they had discovered a new route.TextvThey were climbing up the wall of the house and then on to the leaves of the tree.I realized sadly that I had been completely defeated by their ingenuity.TextvThe ants had been quick to find an answer to my thoroughly unscientific methods!solution
