泽平 的ScalersTalk第八轮新概念朗读持续力训练Day

练习材料：

L54-3: Instinct orcleverness?

They were visitedby a large colony of ants which obtained a sort of honey from them. Iimmediately embarked on an experiment which, even though it failed to get ridof the ants, kept me fascinated for 24 hours. I bound the base of the tree withsticky tape, making it impossible for the ants to reach the aphids. The tapewas so sticky that they did not dare to cross it. For a long time. I watchedthem scurrying around the base of the tree in bewilderment. I even went out atmidnight with a torch and noted with satisfaction (and surprise) that the antswere still swarming around the sticky tape without being able to do anythingabout it. I got up early next morning hoping to find that the ants had given upin despair. Instead, I saw that they had 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 ˈklɛvənəs?

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 ɡɛt rɪd ɒv ði ænts, kɛpt miː ˈfæsɪneɪtɪd fɔː

24 ˈaʊəz. aɪ baʊnd ðə beɪs ɒv ðə triː wɪð ˈstɪki teɪp, ˈmeɪkɪŋ ɪt ɪmˈpɒsəbᵊl fɔː

ði ænts tuː riːʧ ði ˈeɪfɪdz. ðə teɪp wɒz səʊ ˈstɪki ðæt ðeɪ dɪd nɒt deə tuː krɒs

ɪt. fɔːr ə lɒŋ taɪm. aɪ wɒʧt ðɛm ˈskʌriɪŋ əˈraʊnd ðə beɪs ɒv ðə triː ɪn ˈbɪˈwɪldəmənt.

aɪ ˈiːvən wɛnt aʊt æt ˈmɪdnaɪt wɪð ə tɔːʧ ænd ˈnəʊtɪd wɪð ˌsætɪsˈfækʃᵊn (ænd səˈpraɪz)

ðæt ði ænts wɜː stɪl ˈswɔːmɪŋ əˈraʊnd ðə ˈstɪki teɪp wɪˈðaʊt ˈbiːɪŋ ˈeɪbᵊl tuː

duː ˈɛnɪθɪŋ əˈbaʊt ɪt. aɪ ɡɒt ʌp ˈɜːli nɛkst ˈmɔːnɪŋ ˈhəʊpɪŋ tuː faɪnd ðæt ði ænts hæd ˈɡɪvn ʌp ɪn dɪsˈpeə. ɪnˈstɛd, aɪ sɔː ðæt ðeɪhæd 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 ˌɪnʤəˈnjuːəti. 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、colony：殖民地，群体，集落，2、embark：从事，登船，3、keep my fascinated：让我着迷，4、bound：边界，范围，限，4、tape：磁带，胶带，5、scurry：疾走，6、in bewilderment：不知所措，7、swarming：拥，蜂拥而至，8、ingenuity：别出心裁，9、

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练习感悟：昨晚老是有总总干扰，搞得没法完成任务，只能今天一大早来补了，毕竟今晚还有新任务。这篇文章相当拗口，语速又快，录了三四遍才勉强达标。