伊卡莱姆的ScalersTalk第四轮新概念朗读持续力训练Day

练习材料：

L54-3: Instinct or cleverness?

They were visited by a large colony of ants which obtained a sort of honey from them.

I immediately embarked on an experiment which,

even though it failed to get rid of the ants,

kept me fascinated for 24 hours.

I bound the base of the tree with sticky tape,

making it impossible for the ants to reach theaphids.

The tape was so sticky that they did not dare to cross it.

For a long time.

I watched them scurrying around the base of the tree in bewilderment.

I even went out at midnight with a torch and noted with satisfaction (and surprise) that the ants were still swarming around the sticky tape without being able to do anything about it.

I got up early next morning hoping to find that the ants had given up in despair.

Instead,

I saw that they had discovered a new route.

They were climbing up the wall of the house and then on to the leaves of the tree.

I realized sadly that I had been completely defeated by their ingenuity.

The ants had been quick to find an answer to my thoroughly unscientific methods!

应用配置：L0+L4

知识笔记：colony/kɑləni    embarked/ɛmˈbɑrkt    aphids/æfɪdz    ingenuity/ɪnʤəˈnuəti    thoroughly/θɜroʊli    methods/mɛθədz

练习感悟：用时56分。最后一个版本相对还行，用时1分32秒，群里有大神连贯读起来只用了1分12秒，这就是差距。