新概念3 Lesson54 Instinct知识点整理Text6-11
6. Reading about them increases our understanding without dispelling our fears. 
阅读有关昆虫的书能增加我们对它们的了解，却不能消除我们的恐惧的心理。
dispel : erase / get rid of / remove 消除，去除 

7. Knowing that the industrious ant lives in a highly organized society does nothing to prevent us from being filled with revulsion when we find hordes of them crawling over a carefully prepared picnic lunch. 
即使知道勤奋的蚂蚁生活具有高度组织性的社会里，当看到大群蚂蚁在我们精心准备的午间野餐上爬行时，我们也无法抑制对它们的反感。
in a highly organized society  具有高度组织性的社会
--We live in a highly organized society.
does nothing to do 不会起作用
--Doing so does nothing to prevent me from hating you.
Prevent sb. from doing sth. 阻止某人做某事
--Nothing will prevent me from saying so.
--Whatever you say does nothing to prevent me from attaining / accomplishing my goal.
无论你说什么都不会阻止我去实现我的梦想。
Accomplish goal / attain goal
Accomplish aim / attain aim
Horde / colony
Crawl / creep / climb
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8. No matter how much we like honey, or how much we have read about the uncanny sense of direction which bees possess, we have a horror of being stung.
不管我们多么爱吃蜂蜜，或读过多少关于蜜蜂具有神秘的识别方向的灵感的书，我们仍然十分害怕被蜂蜇。
No matter how : however much
Dread / fear / horror / terror  语气逐步加强
--We become illogical when we have a horror of being stung.

9. Most of our fears are unreasonable, but they are impossible to erase. 
我们的恐惧大部分是没有道理的，但去无法消除。
It is impossible for us to do sth 
It is impossible for us to erase the fears.
It is easy foe everyone to read ./ it is easy to read.

10. At the same time, however, insects are strangely fascinating.
同时，不知为什么昆虫又是迷人的。
Be fascinated with  对……着迷
Strangely / uncanny 神秘的

11.We enjoy staring at them, entranced as they go about their business, unaware (we hope) of our presence. 
我们喜欢看有关昆虫的书，尤其是当我们了解螳螂等过着一种令人生畏的生活时，就更加爱读有关昆虫的书了。
go about their business : as they do what they should do  干它们应该干的事
                     as they get down to their business
--let us get down to our business.     让我们言归正传。
--You should go about your business.  干你们应该干的事情。
注意该句的平行结构。

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