[11:37.73]praying mantis
[11:39.42]螳螂
[11:41.10]We enjoy reading about them,especially when we find that,
[11:44.13]我们喜欢读写昆虫的书，特别是在了解到它们——
[11:47.16]like the praying mantis,they lead perfectly horrible lives.
[11:50.49]比如螳螂的生活极其恐怖之后更是如此。
[11:53.82]The female praying mantis often eats the male after they mate.
[11:57.15]雌螳螂在与雄螳螂交尾后，经常吃掉对方。
[12:00.48]entranced
[12:02.40]出神的
[12:04.32]We enjoy staring at them,entranced as they go about their business,
[12:07.81]我们喜欢盯着它们，出神地看它们自顾自地忙碌，
[12:11.30]unaware(we hope) of our presence.
[12:13.78]对我们的存在（但愿吧）一无所知。
[12:16.26]George sat entranced with his own picture.
[12:18.69]乔治盯着自己的画出神。
[12:21.12]The children watched entranced as the circus animals performed.
[12:24.10]马戏团的动物表演时，孩子们都看得出神。
[12:27.08]beetle
[12:28.45]甲虫
[12:29.82]Who has not stood in awe at the sight of a spider pouncing on a fly,
[12:33.06]看到蜘蛛扑向苍蝇，一队蚂蚁抬着一只巨大的死甲虫
[12:36.30]or a column on ants triumphantly bearing home an enormous dead beetle?
[12:40.12]凯旋面归的时候，谁能不感到敬畏呢？
[12:43.95]This beetle eats mainly the germ of the grain.
[12:46.47]这种甲虫要吃谷物的胚芽。
[12:48.99]sheltered
[12:50.57]伤不着的，无危险的
[12:52.15]The tree has grown against a warm wall on a sheltered side of the house.
[12:55.64]那棵树是靠着房子有遮挡的一堵暖墙长的。
[12:59.13]She has been living a sheltered life.
[13:01.49]她一直是被呵护着长大的。
[13:03.86]Commander,did you make it a practice,during attacks,
[13:07.08]少校，在发动进攻的时候，
[13:10.31]to station yourself on the side of the bridge what was sheltered?
[13:13.13]你是不是习惯站在舰桥上安全的一边？
[13:15.95]luscious
[13:17.41]甘美的
[13:18.88]I am especially proud of it,not only because it has survived several severe,
[13:22.66]我特别为这棵树感到自豪，不仅因为它熬过了好几个严冬，
[13:26.45]but because it occasionally produces luscious peaches.
[13:29.18]还因为它不时能结出些甘甜的桃子。
[13:31.91]Tropical zones breed luscious fruits.
[13:34.84]热带地区出产甘美的水果。
[13:37.76]The clover sprang up green and luscious.
[13:40.28]芬芳的三叶草冒出了地面。
[13:42.81]aphid
[13:44.28]蚜虫
[13:45.76]Clusters of tiny insects called aphids were to be found on the underside of the leaves.
[13:49.83]在树叶背面找到成串的叫作蚜是的小虫子。
[13:53.91]The reproduction rate of the aphid is influenced by nutrition.
[13:57.39]蚜虫的繁殖率受到营养的影响。
[14:00.88]underside
[14:02.55]底面。下侧
[14:04.23]Clusters of tiny insects called aphids were to be found on the underside of the leaves.
[14:08.31]在树叶背面找到成串的叫作蚜是的小虫子。
[14:12.40]The underside of the rock was covered with seaweed.
[14:15.22]岩石下面布满了海藻。
[14:18.04]colony
[14:19.52]一群
[14:21.00]They were visited by a large colony of ants which obtained a sort of honey from them.
[14:24.88]它们遭到了一大群蚂蚁的攻击，因为蚂蚁要从它们身上采集蜜露。
[14:28.75]A colony of termites invaded the new building.
[14:31.43]一群白蚁侵袭了新大楼。
[14:34.11]A colony of artists come to live in the area.
[14:37.04]一群艺术家来这个地区居住。
[14:39.96]sticky
[14:41.44]黏的
[14:42.91]I bound the base of the tree with a sticky tape,
[14:45.89]我把一条黏性在的胶带缠在树的根部，
[14:48.87]making it impossible for the ants to reach the aphids.
[14:51.85]不让蚂蚁接近蚜虫。
[14:54.82]The paint is still sticky.
[14:57.31]油漆还是黏的。
[14:59.79]Kurt's fingers are sticky with jam.
[15:02.31]科特的手指上粘满了果酱。
[15:04.83]scurry
[15:06.36]急匆匆地跑，奔忙
[15:07.89]For a long time,I watched them scurrying around the base of the tree in bewilderment.
[15:12.07]在很长一段时间里，我看着蚂蚁绕着树团团乱转，不知所措。
[15:16.25]The bell rang and the students scruried away.
[15:18.97]铃响了，学生们急匆匆地跑开了。
[15:21.70]The mouse scurried into its hole when the cat appeared.
[15:24.64]猫一露头，老鼠就急忙钻进洞里。
[15:27.58]swarm
[15:29.06]聚集
[15:30.53]I even went out at midnight with a torch
[15:33.02]半夜，我还拿着手电筒来到花园里，
[15:35.50]and noted with satisfaction (and surprise)
[15:38.17]满意地（同时惊奇地）发现
[15:40.85]that the ants were still swarming around the sticky tape
[15:43.63]那些蚂蚁还是
[15:46.42]without being able to do anything about it.
[15:48.99]一筹莫展地围着胶带打转。
[15:51.56]The petitioners were swarming around the information desk.
[15:54.34]请愿者围在咨询台周围。
[15:57.13]The city is swarmed with tourists.
[15:59.79]这座城市游客云集。
[16:02.46]ingenuity
[16:04.04]机灵，机巧
[16:05.62]I realized sadly that I had been completely defeated by their ingenuity.
[16:09.78]我懊丧地感到自己败给了这些机灵的蚂蚁。
[16:13.95]The old lady and gentleman were taken in by her cordial ingenuity.
[16:17.27]老先生和老夫人被她的乖巧骗住了。
[16:20.58]It took quite a little ingenuity to live on nothing.
[16:23.55]一文不名地过日子着实需要点机巧。
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