新概念3 Lesson54 Instinct知识点整理Text1-5
1. We have been brought up to fear insects.
我们自幼就在对昆虫的惧怕中长大。
We have been brought up to eat certain food.
We have learnt to do… 表示已经学会适应了什么。
--We have learnt to fear insects.
--Girls have been brought up to fear mice.
2. We regard them as unnecessary creatures that do more harm than good.
我们把昆虫当作害多益少的无用东西。
do morn harm than good
--The exercise will do you good.
--Smoking will do you harm.
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3. We continually wage war on them, for they contaminate our food, carry diseases, or devour our crops.
人类不断同昆虫斗争，因为昆虫弄脏我们的食物，传播疾病，吞噬庄稼。
Wage war against / wage war on them
devour 吞噬
--Two dogs benefited from the accident and they devoured the remains of the cake.
--Her eyes devour the beautiful dress
4. They sting or bite without provocation; they fly uninvited into our rooms on summer nights, or beat ageist our lighted windows.
它们无缘无故地又叮又咬；夏天的晚上，它们未经邀请便飞到我们房间里，或者对着露出亮光的窗户乱扑乱撞。
fly uninvited into our rooms / without being invited
做定语时，light只能用lighted形式
5. We live in dread not only of unpleasant insects like spiders or wasps, but of quite harmless one like moths.
我们在日常生活中，不但憎恶如蜘蛛、黄蜂之类令人讨厌的昆虫，而且憎恶并无大害的飞蛾等。
书面语中常常借助介词短语
口语中I did so as / because I believe that you can do it well.
我这样做是因为我相信你能把这项工作做得很好。
书面语中 I did so in the belief that…
in the thought that / in the hope that
in / under 书面语中常使用
--Even he still lives under the illusion that country life is much more beautiful.
我的这些朋友还依旧抱有一种幻想乡村生活更美。
--We live under the illusion that city life is wonderful.
in dread : in fear
in dread of 害怕什么
dread doing / dread to do
ones : insects
在使用not only ……, but (also)……(as well)句型时，要突出介词短语或动词短语中的介词，则此介词要重复出现。
--I live in dread not only of dogs, but of cats.
be afraid of
--I am afraid not only of dogs , but of cats.
both……and……
--We live in dread of both dogs and cats.
--I am interested not only in English , but in French.
