练习材料：
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 to wither.Clusters of tiny insects called aphids were to be found on the underside of theleaves.
ˈɪnstɪŋkt ɔː ˈklɛvənɪs?
wiː ɪnˈʤɔɪ ˈriːdɪŋ
əˈbaʊt ðɛm, ɪsˈpɛʃəli wɛn wiː faɪnd ðæt, laɪk ðə ˈpreɪɪŋ ˈmæntɪs, ðeɪ liːd ˈpɜːfɪktli
ˈhɒrəbl lɪvz. wiː ɪnˈʤɔɪ ˈsteərɪŋ æt ðɛm, ɪnˈtrɑːnst æz ðeɪ gəʊ əˈbaʊt ðeə ˈbɪznɪs, ˌʌnəˈweə (wiː həʊp)ɒv ˈaʊə ˈprɛzns. huː hæz nɒt stʊd ɪn ɔː æt ðə saɪt ɒv ə ˈspaɪdə ˈpaʊnsɪŋ ɒn əflaɪ, ɔːr ə ˈkɒləm ɒv ænts traɪˈʌmfəntli ˈbeərɪŋ həʊm ən ɪˈnɔːməs dɛd ˈbiːtl?
lɑːst ˈsʌmər aɪ spɛnt deɪz ɪn ðə ˈgɑːdn ˈwɒʧɪŋ ˈθaʊzəndz ɒv ænts ˈkrɔːlɪŋ ʌp ðətrʌŋk ɒv maɪ praɪz piːʧ triː. ðə triː hæz grəʊn əˈgɛnst ə wɔːm wɔːl ɒn ə ˈʃɛltədsaɪd ɒv ðə haʊs. aɪ æm ɪsˈpɛʃəli praʊd ɒv ɪt, nɒt ˈəʊnli bɪˈkɒz ɪt hæz səˈvaɪvdˈsɛvrəl sɪˈvɪə ˈwɪntəz, bʌt bɪˈkɒz ɪt əˈkeɪʒnəli ˈprɒdjuːsɪz ˈlʌʃəs ˈpiːʧɪz.ˈdjʊərɪŋ ðə ˈsʌmə, aɪ ˈnəʊtɪst tæt ðə liːvz ɒv ðə triː wɜː bɪˈgɪnɪŋ tuː ˈwɪðə.ˈklʌstəz ɒv tɪn ˈɪnsɛkts kɔːld ˈeɪfɪdz wɜː tuː biː faʊnd ɒn ði ˈʌndəˌsaɪd ɒv ðəliːvz.
任务配置：L0+L4
知识笔记：
单词：1、praying：祈祷，2、mantis：螳螂，3、entranced：着迷，4、presence：在场，存在，5、awe：警卫，威严，恐吓，6、pounce：猛扑，扑击，7、column：柱子，塔，8、triumphantly：得意洋洋，9、bearing：方位，举止，风度，10、beetle：甲虫，蟑螂，11、peach：桃子，桃树，12、sheltered：庇护，13、severe：严重，严峻，14、luscious：甜美，芬芳，15、wither：枯萎，消亡，16、cluster：簇，星团，丛，17、aphids：蚜虫，
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感悟：今天的文章，虽然比较短，但是速度比较快，而且也比较拗口，生词较多，所以读起来还是有点难，录了三四遍才达标。
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