泽平 的ScalersTalk第七轮新概念朗读持续力训练Day

练习材料：

L54-3: Instinct orcleverness?

They were visited

by a large colony of ants which obtained a sort of honey from them. I

immediately embarked on an experiment which, even though it failed to get rid

of the ants, kept me fascinated for 24 hours. I bound the base of the tree with

sticky tape, making it impossible for the ants to reach the aphids. The tape

was so sticky that they did not dare to cross it. For a long time，I watched them scurrying around the base ofthe tree in bewilderment. I even went out at midnight with a torch and noted withsatisfaction (and surprise) that the ants were still swarming around the stickytape without being able to do anything about it. I got up early next morninghoping to find that the ants had given up in despair. Instead, I saw that theyhad discovered a new route.

They were climbingup the wall of the house and then on to the leaves of the tree. I realizedsadly that I had been completely defeated by their ingenuity. The ants had beenquick to find an answer to my thoroughly unscientific methods!

ˈɪnstɪŋkt ɔː ˈklɛvənɪs?

ðeɪ wɜː ˈvɪzɪtɪd

baɪ ə lɑːʤ ˈkɒləni ɒv ænts wɪʧ əbˈteɪnd ə sɔːt ɒv

ˈhʌni frɒm ðɛm. aɪ ɪˈmiːdiətli ɪmˈbɑːkt ɒn ən ɪksˈpɛrɪmənt wɪʧ, ˈiːvən ðəʊ ɪt feɪld tuː gɛtrɪd ɒv ði ænts, kɛpt miː ˈfæsɪneɪtɪd fɔː 24 ˈaʊəz. aɪ baʊnd ðə beɪs ɒv ðə triːwɪð ˈstɪki teɪp, ˈmeɪkɪŋ ɪt ɪmˈpɒsəbl fɔː ði ænts tuː riːʧ ði ˈeɪfɪdz. ðə teɪpwɒz səʊ ˈstɪki ðæt ðeɪ dɪd nɒt deə tuː krɒs ɪt. fɔːr ə lɒŋ taɪm. aɪ wɒʧt ðɛmˈskʌriɪŋ əˈraʊnd ðə beɪs ɒv ðə triː ɪn ˈbɪˈwɪldəmənt. aɪ ˈiːvən wɛnt aʊt æt ˈmɪdnaɪtwɪð ə tɔːʧ ænd ˈnəʊtɪd wɪð ˌsætɪsˈfækʃən (ænd səˈpraɪz) ðæt ði ænts wɜː stɪlˈswɔːmɪŋ əˈraʊnd ðə ˈstɪki teɪp wɪˈðaʊt ˈbiːɪŋ ˈeɪbl tuː duː ˈɛnɪθɪŋ əˈbaʊt ɪt.aɪ gɒt ʌp ˈɜːli nɛkst ˈmɔːnɪŋ ˈhəʊpɪŋ tuː faɪnd ðæt ði ænts hæd ˈgɪvn ʌp ɪn dɪsˈpeə.ɪnˈstɛd, aɪ sɔː ðæt ðeɪ hæd dɪsˈkʌvəd ə njuː ruːt.

ðeɪ wɜː ˈklaɪmɪŋ ʌp

ðə wɔːl ɒv ðə haʊs ænd ðɛn ɒn tuː ðə liːvz ɒv ðə triː. aɪ ˈrɪəlaɪzd ˈsædli ðæt

aɪ hæd biːn kəmˈpliːtli dɪˈfiːtɪd baɪ ðeər ˌɪnʤɪˈnju(ː)ɪti. ði ænts hæd biːn kwɪk

tuː faɪnd ən ˈɑːnsə tuː maɪ ˈθʌrəli ˌʌnˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk ˈmɛθədz!

任务配置：L0+L4

知识笔记：

单词：1、a large colony of ants：一群蚂蚁，2、embark：登船，从事，3、experiment：实验，4、bound：边界，限，5、sticky：黏，胶，6、tape：胶，胶带，7、scurry：疾走，scurrying：匆匆忙忙，8、bewilderment：困惑，慌张，9、swarming：蜂拥而至，10、ingenuity：独创性，创造力，11、thoroughly：根本，彻底，透顶，12、

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感悟：虽然生词不多，时长不算长，但是语速很快，而且比较拗口，录了七八遍才达标，感觉难度越来越大了