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Why, you may wonder, should spiders be our friends?
你可能会觉得奇怪, 蜘蛛怎么会是我们的朋友呢?
Because they destroy so many insects, and insects include some of the greatest enemies
of the human race.
因为它们能消灭那么多的昆虫,其中包括一些人类的大敌。
Insects would make it impossible for us to live in the world; they would devour all our
crops and kill our flocks and herds, if it were not for the protection we get from insect-
eating animals.
昆虫就会使我们无法在地球上生活下去,昆虫会吞食我们的全部庄稼,杀死我们的成群的
牛羊,要不是人类受一些食虫动物的保护,
We owe a lot to the birds and beasts who eat insects but all of them put together kill
only a fraction of the number destroyed by spiders.
我们要十分感谢那些吃昆虫的鸟和兽,然而把它们所杀死的昆虫全部加在一起也只相当于
蜘蛛所消灭的一小部分。
Moreover, unlike some of the other insect eaters, spiders never do the least harm to us
or our belongings.
此外,蜘蛛不同于其他食虫动物,它们丝毫不危害我们和我们的财物。
Spiders are not insects, as many people think, nor even nearly related to them.
许多人认为蜘蛛是昆虫,但它们不是昆虫,甚至与昆虫毫无关系。
One can tell the difference almost at a glance, for a spider always has eight legs and an
insect never more than six.
人们几乎一眼就能看出二者的差异,因为蜘蛛都是 8 条腿,而昆虫的腿从不超过 6 条。
How many spiders are engaged in this work on our behalf?
有多少蜘蛛在为我们效力呢?
One authority on spiders made a census of the spiders in a grass field in the south of
England, and he estimated that there were more than 2,250,000 in one acre; that is
something like 6 million spiders of different kinds on a football pitch.
一位研究蜘蛛的权威对英国南部一块草坪上的蜘蛛作了一次调查,他估计每英亩草坪里有
225 万多只蜘蛛,这就是说,在一个足球场上约有 600 万只不同种类的蜘蛛。
Spiders are busy for at least half the year in killing insects.
蜘蛛至少有半年在忙于吃昆虫。
It is impossible to make more than the wildest guess at how many they kill, but they are
hungry creatures, not content with only three meals a day.
它们一年中消灭了多少昆虫,我们简直无法猜测,它们是吃不饱的动物,不满意一日三餐。
It has been estimated that the weight of all the insects destroyed by spiders in Britain in
one year would be greater than the total weight of all the human beings in the country.
据估计,在英国蜘蛛一年里所消灭昆虫的重量超过这个国家人口的总重量。
词汇讲解
beast
• beast [bi:st] n. 野兽
※ birds and beasts 飞禽走兽
※ fur and feather 飞禽走兽(借代)
※ fin, fur and feather 各种各样的动物(借代)
【复习】Lesson1
语法现象:metonymy 借代
※ A bald(秃头、借代秃头的人) slipped out of the house.
※ He has been messing around with several skirts(裙子,借代女性) of his class.
※ The crown(皇冠、借代王权) should not yield to the cross(十字架、借代神权).
census
• census ['sensəs] n. 对数量的统计,普查(一般是看总数)
※ the fifth national (population) census
※ road traffic census
【近义词】【辨析】表达“调查”:
investigation 多指事故、案件
※ The case is
under
investigation.(在调查之中)
※ The investigation
into
(对…的调查)
the cause of the air crash is continuing.
inquest 一般指对死因的调查
※ an inquest
into
the death of the actor
survey / poll / opinion poll 民意调查
※ survey / poll / opinion poll + find / show / indicate / reveal … 民意调查表明了、揭
示了…
※ The survey revealed a large number of sources of noise that we really dislike.
inquiry / enquiry 各种调查(没有场合限制)
※ on the spot(现场) / official(官方) / sampling(取样) inquiry …调查
content
• content [kən'tent] adj. 满足的,满意的(不能做定语,一般做表语)
be content / satisfied with … 对…满足
※ He seems fairly content with his life.
be content / satisfied to do … 做某事满意
※ He is content to stay in his present job.
【同根词】
contented (没有场合限制)adj. 满足的;心安的
※ A contented mind is a perpetual feast. 知足常乐
※ 老托福语法改错题:
※ When contented(A), and occasionally when hunger(B), cats frequently(C) make a
purring sound(D).
※ 改错:B,hunger 应当用形容词 hungry,做表语
【反义词】
discontented adj. 不满的;不满意的
be discontented / dissatisfied with … 对…不满意
【同根词】
content / satisfaction n.满足、满意
※ live in peace and content
【反义词】
discontent / dissatisfaction n.不满足、不满意
※ There are more and more people who are discontented with the government.(不地
道表达)
※ There is growing discontent with the government. alliteration
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