时间:2018-12-03 作者:英语课 分类:自然百科2008年


英语课

 



[00:00.51]12.Butterfly Insights


[00:04.00]A marvelous lesson appeared for me just now as I was exiting through the garage.


[00:10.54]As I opened the garage door, I startled a large moth 1, which, upon spreading its wings, 


[00:17.18]displayed a bright red "tail" hidden by the motley brown wings, more a "butterfly" than a moth.


[00:25.34]It flew immediately to its perceived escape, 


[00:29.48]the circle-topped window where it frantically 2 tried to exit thru the invisible wall of closed glass.


[00:36.45]I raised the third-car garage door in hopes of aiding its escape. 


[00:41.79]That caused it to fly higher and higher and become entangled 3 in a spider web. 


[00:47.77]Fearful that it would remain entangled in the web, 


[00:51.04]I selected a long-handled broom to assist him escaping the tangled 4 threads.


[00:56.27]At this, he returned to furiously pumping his wings and banging into the glass, 


[01:03.70]which was, in his perspective, the pathway of escape, but remained his cage.


[01:09.72]By simply turning his focus to one side, he would have easily exited his prison. 


[01:16.72]Rather, due to his intent on one direction, he remained confined, captive.




1 moth
n.蛾,蛀虫
  • A moth was fluttering round the lamp.有一只蛾子扑打着翅膀绕着灯飞。
  • The sweater is moth-eaten.毛衣让蛀虫咬坏了。
2 frantically
ad.发狂地, 发疯地
  • He dashed frantically across the road. 他疯狂地跑过马路。
  • She bid frantically for the old chair. 她发狂地喊出高价要买那把古老的椅子。
3 entangled
adj.卷入的;陷入的;被缠住的;缠在一起的v.使某人(某物/自己)缠绕,纠缠于(某物中),使某人(自己)陷入(困难或复杂的环境中)( entangle的过去式和过去分词 )
  • The bird had become entangled in the wire netting. 那只小鸟被铁丝网缠住了。
  • Some military observers fear the US could get entangled in another war. 一些军事观察家担心美国会卷入另一场战争。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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AAP (analyst assistance program)
aberrant mongolian spot
advance landing field
akatoreite
army lorry
ashmer
atactic polystyrene (aps)
be correlated with
beam index colour picture tube
belonged to
belt cone
binder for work
blind department
BOD (biochemical oxygen demand)
bruggeman
Ch'imch'on-ri
chaeta sac
chlorflurecol
closet of ease
common iguanas
conditional test
crookshank
cutoff condition in magnetron
cyclopean
dad
directive pattern
distinctial
drourie
earthfirst
elastic-viscous system
eplicatus
equalization effects
exhaust ventilating fan
fabric grain
fender stay
flambergasted
flat field generator
gasoline torch
glume
Grivenskaya
Gräfenbuch
Gymnamoebia
haploid cell
holetrous
hypothecate
isotopic tracer method
Itapinima
jelly tooth
legal minimum wages
leonuri herba
leuthold
liquefied petroleum gas high-pressure holder
listera convallarioidess
macrocalcification
make ... peace with
Matour
Meritol-metol
mesonephric unit
methylprednisolone
net equity assets
new idea
on-hold
optical guidance
optical transparency
ormondes
oxygen free
part with sth
philosophical thinking
platinum gauze electrode
positional-level
positive definiteness
pristiphora formosana
pupil imaging
pyrometallurgically
quartz rod technique
realty transfer tax
reflection nebula
relay for industry control
relegitimize
replication of experiment
restormelite
retypings
Rock Spring
Sagatal
sarcology
scarabee
Scyth
Siberian cedar
siderotitanium (ilmenite)
solubilised sulphur dye
split-range control systems
sum transistor
temporal and spatial
trade tax
trichromemulsion
tv safety
Uyeasound
very low density lipoprotein
vesicular purpura
vibration drilling
wash-out machine
young mammals