Lesson 2 Spare that spider 別傷害蜘蛛
Why, you may wonder, should spiders be our friends ? Because they destroy so many insects, and insects include some of the greatest enemies of the human race. Insects would make it impossible for us to live in the world; they would devour all our crops and kill our flocks and herds, if it were not for the protection we get from insect-eating animals. We owe a lot to the birds and beasts who eat insects but all of them put together kill only a fraction of the number destroyed by spiders.
Moreover, unlike some of the other insect eaters, spiders never do the least harm to us or our belongings.（僅提供部分文章）
T. H. GILLESPIE Spare that Spider from The Listener
New words and expressions 生詞短語
flocks and herds 牛群和羊群
/flCk/ the birds of the same feather flock together.物以類聚，人以群分
you are the same flock.也可指人
herd多指牛群cowherdcowboythrong and crowd swarm
owe /[U/ vt.感激欠 i owe you.i owe you a big favor. 欠issue
obligeindebt appreciate----常用口語詞 正式：gratefulthankful
beast /bi: st/ n 獸形容人野蠻無比，不能用animal 形容
creature可以指小孩，女人，不用于男性.
fraction / 'frAkF[n/ n.小部分 分?jǐn)?shù)，小數(shù) a fraction of rice will suffice
on one's behalf 代表...利益
I beat you on your behalf.我打你是為你好 on behalf of somebody /something
e.g on behalf of chinese government on behalf of =represent
authority /C:'WCriti/ n.權(quán)威authorize批準(zhǔn) authoritative權(quán)威性的 authoritarian*的
-tarian帶有這種詞綴的詞都是壞詞 dictator*者dictatorial*的
authorities 1.權(quán)威(可單數(shù)可復(fù)數(shù)) 2.*(復(fù)數(shù))
census /sens[s/ n.統(tǒng)計數(shù)據(jù)the fifth national population census.censor審查
censorious 挑剔的，挑刺的
acre /'eik[/ n.英畝 1acre=4047square meters
football pitch 足球場 football yardfootball court football field
be content with 滿足于 滿足作表語，不能出現(xiàn)定語結(jié)構(gòu)
He is content with status quo.contented heart :心滿意足的人
spare /spZ[/ v. 不傷害，寬恕spare meHe doesn’t spare himself.
I spare no efforts to learn english.( spare no efforts: 不遺余力作什么)
Notes on the text 課文注釋
why, you may wonder-you may wonder why插入語 先不管插入語，弄清句子結(jié)構(gòu)
you may wonder why spiders should be our friends?插入語位置不固定
why以疑問句 開頭
why,you may wonder,the problem of pollution befalls human beings.
why,you may wonder,one of my friends is so kindhearted.
destroy程度比damage要重得多，片甲不留，消滅光
tear into pieces
dear enemy
greatest enemies:天敵dying enemycrying enemy
human race:人的種族，一般不加復(fù)數(shù)，表示一個總稱詞
impossible 和possible 永遠(yuǎn)不要以人開頭
It is impossible for somebody to do something.
likely可以以人做主語。i am likely to go. probable 也不以人做主語
they would表示假設(shè)
devour狼吞虎咽devour the food
make a cake of myself make a god of myself
devour the book
it虛擬語氣 前面是主句，下面是條件句
前面一般的加動詞devour,后面用一般過去時
If it were not for:如果這不是因為
I would not survive if it were not for his timely help.
but for 一定是虛擬語氣 =if it were not for
owe感激，欠 i owe you.
引出主題all of them put together:把他們堆到一起
Why, you may wonder, should spiders be our friends ? Because they destroy so many insects, and insects include some of the greatest enemies of the human race. Insects would make it impossible for us to live in the world; they would devour all our crops and kill our flocks and herds, if it were not for the protection we get from insect-eating animals. We owe a lot to the birds and beasts who eat insects but all of them put together kill only a fraction of the number destroyed by spiders.
Moreover, unlike some of the other insect eaters, spiders never do the least harm to us or our belongings.（僅提供部分文章）
T. H. GILLESPIE Spare that Spider from The Listener
New words and expressions 生詞短語
flocks and herds 牛群和羊群
/flCk/ the birds of the same feather flock together.物以類聚，人以群分
you are the same flock.也可指人
herd多指牛群cowherdcowboythrong and crowd swarm
owe /[U/ vt.感激欠 i owe you.i owe you a big favor. 欠issue
obligeindebt appreciate----常用口語詞 正式：gratefulthankful
beast /bi: st/ n 獸形容人野蠻無比，不能用animal 形容
creature可以指小孩，女人，不用于男性.
fraction / 'frAkF[n/ n.小部分 分?jǐn)?shù)，小數(shù) a fraction of rice will suffice
on one's behalf 代表...利益
I beat you on your behalf.我打你是為你好 on behalf of somebody /something
e.g on behalf of chinese government on behalf of =represent
authority /C:'WCriti/ n.權(quán)威authorize批準(zhǔn) authoritative權(quán)威性的 authoritarian*的
-tarian帶有這種詞綴的詞都是壞詞 dictator*者dictatorial*的
authorities 1.權(quán)威(可單數(shù)可復(fù)數(shù)) 2.*(復(fù)數(shù))
census /sens[s/ n.統(tǒng)計數(shù)據(jù)the fifth national population census.censor審查
censorious 挑剔的，挑刺的
acre /'eik[/ n.英畝 1acre=4047square meters
football pitch 足球場 football yardfootball court football field
be content with 滿足于 滿足作表語，不能出現(xiàn)定語結(jié)構(gòu)
He is content with status quo.contented heart :心滿意足的人
spare /spZ[/ v. 不傷害，寬恕spare meHe doesn’t spare himself.
I spare no efforts to learn english.( spare no efforts: 不遺余力作什么)
Notes on the text 課文注釋
why, you may wonder-you may wonder why插入語 先不管插入語，弄清句子結(jié)構(gòu)
you may wonder why spiders should be our friends?插入語位置不固定
why以疑問句 開頭
why,you may wonder,the problem of pollution befalls human beings.
why,you may wonder,one of my friends is so kindhearted.
destroy程度比damage要重得多，片甲不留，消滅光
tear into pieces
dear enemy
greatest enemies:天敵dying enemycrying enemy
human race:人的種族，一般不加復(fù)數(shù)，表示一個總稱詞
impossible 和possible 永遠(yuǎn)不要以人開頭
It is impossible for somebody to do something.
likely可以以人做主語。i am likely to go. probable 也不以人做主語
they would表示假設(shè)
devour狼吞虎咽devour the food
make a cake of myself make a god of myself
devour the book
it虛擬語氣 前面是主句，下面是條件句
前面一般的加動詞devour,后面用一般過去時
If it were not for:如果這不是因為
I would not survive if it were not for his timely help.
but for 一定是虛擬語氣 =if it were not for
owe感激，欠 i owe you.
引出主題all of them put together:把他們堆到一起