20190604 周二 Day232
荆的ScalersTalk第四轮新概念朗读持续力训练Day232
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[Day 232 2019-06-04]
Lesson 2-1 Spare that spider不要伤害蜘蛛
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.
Spiders are not insects, as many people think, nor even nearly related to them.One can tell the difference almost at a glance, for a spider always has eight legs and an insect never more than six.
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ˈlɛsn 2-1 speə ðæt ˈspaɪdə不要伤害蜘蛛
waɪ, juː meɪ ˈwʌndə, ʃʊd ˈspaɪdəz biː ˈaʊə frɛndz? bɪˈkɒz ðeɪ dɪsˈtrɔɪ səʊ ˈmɛni ˈɪnsɛkts, ænd ˈɪnsɛkts ɪnˈkluːd sʌm ɒv ðə ˈgreɪtɪst ˈɛnɪmiz ɒv ðə ˈhjuːmən reɪs.ˈɪnsɛkts wʊd meɪk ɪt ɪmˈpɒsəbl fɔːr ʌs tuː lɪv ɪn ðə wɜːld; ðeɪ wʊd dɪˈvaʊər ɔːl ˈaʊə krɒps ænd kɪl ˈaʊə flɒks ænd hɜːdz, ɪf ɪt wɜː nɒt fɔː ðə prəˈtɛkʃən wiː gɛt frɒm ˈɪnsɛkt-ˈiːtɪŋ ˈænɪməlz.wiː əʊ ə lɒt tuː ðə bɜːdz ænd biːsts huː iːt ˈɪnsɛkts bʌt ɔːl ɒv ðɛm pʊt təˈgɛðə kɪl ˈəʊnli ə ˈfrækʃən ɒv ðə ˈnʌmbə dɪsˈtrɔɪd baɪ ˈspaɪdəz.mɔːˈrəʊvə, ʌnˈlaɪk sʌm ɒv ði ˈʌðər ˈɪnsɛkt ˈiːtəz, ˈspaɪdəz ˈnɛvə duː ðə liːst hɑːm tuː ʌs ɔːr ˈaʊə bɪˈlɒŋɪŋz.
ˈspaɪdəz ɑː nɒt ˈɪnsɛkts, æz ˈmɛni ˈpiːpl θɪŋk, nɔːr ˈiːvən ˈnɪəli rɪˈleɪtɪd tuː ðɛm.wʌn kæn tɛl ðə ˈdɪfrəns ˈɔːlməʊst æt ə glɑːns, fɔːr ə ˈspaɪdər ˈɔːlweɪz hæz eɪt lɛgz ænd ən ˈɪnsɛkt ˈnɛvə mɔː ðæn sɪks.