At the sight of : as soon as you see……一看到…… Pounce on : jump at / charge at 向什么猛扑过去 Stand in awe of 敬畏什么 --Generally speaking , employees stand in awe of their employer. --In primary school , pupils stand in awe of their teacher. A colony of ants 一群蚂蚁 Last summer I spent days in the garden watching thousands of ants crawling up the trunk of my prize peach tree. 去年夏天,我花了好几天时间站在花园里观察成千只蚂蚁爬上我那棵心爱的桃树的树干。 Prize : dear I am especially proud of it, not only because it has survived several severe winters, but because it occasionally produces luscious peaches. 那棵树是靠着房子有遮挡的一面暖墙生长的。我为这棵树感到特别自豪,不仅因为它度过了几个寒冬终于活了下来,而且还因为它有时结出些甘甜的桃子来。 如果要突出原因,则要重复 because. During the summer, I noticed tat the leaves of the tree were beginning to wither. 到了夏天,我发现树叶开始枯萎. Wither 枯萎 Horde / colony / column / cluster 一般形容小的动物。 Clusters of tin insects called aphids were to be found on the underside of the leaves. 结果在树叶背面找到成串的叫作蚜虫小虫子。 Were to be found / were found See / find / congratulate 常和be to 搭配,用于被动语态 The boy was found behind the door. 口语中 The boy was to be found behind the door. 书面语中 --He was congratulated by his friends. --He was to be congratulated by his friends. We can’t find him anywhere. / we can find him nowhere. 到处也找不见他 He is nowhere to be found / seen 比较正式的书面用语 They were visited by a large colony of ants which obtained a sort of honey from them. 蚜虫遭到一窝蚂蚁的攻击,蚂蚁从它们身上可以获得一种蜜。 Which obtained : to obtain I immediately embarked on an experiment which, even though if failed to get rid of the ants, kept me fascinated for twenty-four hours. 我当即动手作了一项试验,这项试验尽管没有使我摆脱这些蚂蚁,却使我着迷了24小时。 embarked on : set out to do / set about doing 正式的开始着手做某事 --I immediately set out to do an experiment. kept me fascinated : kept me occupied I bound the base of the tree with sticky tape, making it impossible for the ants to reach the aphids. 我用一条胶带把桃树底部包上,不让蚂蚁接近蚜虫。 Bind / bound 捆绑 making it impossible for sb. to do -ing形式做状语,进一步修饰前一步的情况。 --I work hard making it possible to pass the examination. --I prepared dinner carefully, making it possible to please my guests. The tape was so stick that they did not dare to cross it. 胶带极粘,蚂蚁不敢从上面爬过。 The didn’t dare to cross it . / They dared not cross it. 注意dare用法。 Need / You needn’t come here on Sunday. You don’t need to come here on Sunday. For a long time. I watched them scurrying around the base of the tree in bewilderment. 在很长一段时间里,我看见蚂蚁围着大树底部来回转悠,不知所措。 In bewilderment : were lost 迷惑了 I even went out at midnight with a torch and noted with satisfaction (and surprise) that the ants were still swarming around the sticky tape without being able to do anything about it. 半夜,我还拿着电筒来到花园里,满意地(同时惊奇地)发现那些蚂蚁还围着胶带团团转。Swarm around 团团转 Without being able to do anything about it 茫然不知所措 =unable to do anything about it I got up early next morning hoping to find that the ants had given up in despair. 第二天早上,我起床后希望看见蚂蚁已因无望而放弃了尝试. Hoping to do : in the hope that I realized sadly that I had been completely defeated by their ingenuity. 我懊丧地感到败在了足智多谋的蚂蚁的手下。 I took a beating completely. The ants had been quick to find an answer to my thoroughly unscientific methods! 蚂蚁已很快找到了相应的对策,来对付我那套完全不科学的办法! Be quick to find an answer to / a solution to --Daniel Mendoza was quick to learn. --Ants are quick to find answer to their problem. Vocabulary 词汇 Contaminate : make dirty , make impure. Contaminate / taint Contaminate / defile Pollute / foul up / poison Devour : eat hungrily Provocation : being made angry Provoke : make angry Dispelling : erasing Dispel : erase Nothing can dispel our fear. Industrious :hard working Revulsion : dislike Pouncing : jumping at suddenly Pounce on 猛扑向 The customs officer pounced on my tiny bottle. Multiple choice questions 多项选择 Comprehension 1… 正确答案:B rational 理性的 / irrational 没理性的 logical / illogical reasonable / unreasonable rational / irrational outrageous / ridiculous be likely to do 有可能做 no less likely 可能性不大 掌握we are no less likely to do sth. 2 正确答案:D 3 正确答案:A 虚拟语气,表示与过去事实相反 4 正确答案:C up and down 上上下下 / 来来回回 around 来来回回 clusters of insects called aphids were to be found on the underside of the leaves. 5 正确答案:C 与第一题结合 6 正确答案:A 与第一题结合 7 正确答案:C in spite of / despite / in contempt of / in disregard of 8正确答案:D it takes sb. or sth. Some time to do 表示花费某人某物多长时间 9正确答案:B can not help doing / can not resist doing 表示禁不住 10 正确答案:B uncanny 神秘的 11 正确答案:B luscious 甘美的 12 正确答案:C speedy / swift / rapid / fast / quick / speedy / hasty |