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The relationship many of us have with nature is characterized by our attitude toward insects. – A is characterized by B 的译法有哪些：– A 的特点是 B ； A 有一个特点，即 B ；活译

我们很多人与自然的关系表现于我们对昆虫的态度。 （或：我们很多人与自然的关系，从我们对昆虫的态度中可以看出。）

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"Ugh! Yuk! There's a bug. Squash it!" – Ugh /u; earn/ 啊 , 唷– Yuk /juk/ [ 美俚 ] 令人厌恶的东西 ; 令人

反感的东西– Squash: crush

“ 哎呀！有只虫子，快踩死它！”

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It seems that ladybugs and butterflies are the only insects that escape the all-bugs-are-beastly attitude. – Ladybugs 瓢虫 – Butterflies 蝴蝶 – The all-bugs-are-beastly attitude 讨厌所有

虫子的态度看来，只有瓢虫和蝴蝶才得以幸免于

这种讨厌所有虫子的态度。

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Hostility and fear are universally the products of ignorance, and our antagonism is no exception. – Antagonism: enmity 敌视态度，对抗态

度一切仇视和惧怕都是出于无知，我们对

昆虫的敌视态度也不例外。

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One cannot deny that insects are a nuisance when their bites become sore, and a threat when they transmit disease, but, viewed dispassionately, even noxious insects are beautiful. – and a threat …: and insects are a threat …– dispassionately 不动感情地 , 冷静地 – Noxious 有害的 noxious insects 害虫

不可否认，昆虫叮咬引起疼痛让人不好受，昆虫传播疾病会威胁到人类的健康；但是，如果冷静地看一看，即使害虫也非常美丽。

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From having studied their fossilized remains, we know that insects have inhabited the earth for nearly 400 million years. – fossilized remains 遗骸化石（一般不说“化

石遗骸”）– To inhabit the earth: to live on the earth

我们从昆虫遗骸化石的研究中获知，昆虫在地球上已生存了将近 4 亿年。

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Today we find them abundantly everywhere we look. – Everywhere we look: 我们无论朝什么

地方看 我们无论在哪里今天我们无论在哪里都能看到大量昆

虫。

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Insects have been discovered on the snow of the polar caps and the peaks of high mountains. – the snow of the polar caps 极地的雪原– The peaks of high mountains 高山的顶峰

在极地的雪原和高山的顶峰都发现过昆虫。

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Bees, wasps, ants and termites have intricate societies in which different members are specialized for foraging, defense and reproduction. – Termites 白蚁 – Societies （动物、昆虫的）群落 – Forage 寻觅食物

蜜蜂、黄蜂、蚂蚁、白蚁等昆虫都有关系复杂的群落，群落中不同的成员有专门的分工：有的觅食，有的防卫，有的传种接代。

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The life of a worker honeybee is even separated into successive occupations: during the first three weeks the young worker grooms the queen and her eggs, cleans out the hive, cools it by wing-fanning at the entrance, and attacks or walls in intruders. – a worker honeybee 工蜂； the young worker 幼蜂； g

rooms 喂养，照料； wall in 筑墙围住，围歼工蜂的一生甚至先后分别承担几种工作：最初

三周的幼蜂负责照料蜂王和峰卵，清洁蜂巢，在入口处扇动翅膀为蜂巢降温，攻击或围歼入侵者。

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Only after this apprenticeship is the graduate allowed to leave the hive and forage for nectar and pollen. – nectar 花蜜– pollen 花粉– The graduate 完成学徒阶段的毕业生，指“工

蜂” 只有在这个学习阶段期满之后，工蜂才能

离开蜂巢出去采集花蜜和花粉。

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Add to such behavior is the fact that some ants use leaf fragments as spoons in which to carry soft food back to their nest, and one is tempted to describe insects as "intelligent" and begin to make comparisons between insect and human societies.

Add to such behavior is the fact that … 除了这种行为之外，……

除了这种行为之外，有些蚂蚁还能用碎叶片当勺子把流质食物运回巢穴。你不禁会说昆虫是“智能动物”，并把昆虫群落与人类社会加以比较。

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It saddens me that people deny themselves the simple pleasure of appreciating the exquisite elegance of even the more common insects. – 译法：根据汉语事情先讲、观点后讲的特点调整语序

有些很普通的昆虫其实非常漂亮精致，这种欣赏的乐趣唾手可得，然而人们偏偏不愿意去体验，真是令人痛心。

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Only a moment with a hand lens is required to discover a new world of design and beauty. – A hand lesn 手提放大镜– A new world of design and beauty 一个充满美

丽图案的新世界只要拿起一个手提放大镜，片刻之间你就

会发现一个充满美丽图案的新世界。（或：……一个精心设计的美丽的新世界。注：可从英语中看出上帝造物的思想）

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