聆听悦耳英音 第24期 Moths 英国人的"妖蛾子"之患(2)

 　　嘉宾：Debbie Mason

　　话题：Moths¹ 英国人的“妖蛾子”之患

　　单词拼写：

　　1、Species：type

　　2、Declining：going down (health or traffic)

　　3、Pollinators：the insects plant to flowers

　　4、Spectacular：magnificient

　　5、Morph： to change ,transform

　　6、Infestation：the state of being invaded (sth you don't want to )

　　7、Vigilant：really lookout²

　　重点俚语：

　　1、(They) give (all moths) a bad name： damage reputation of moths or dishonour³ upon moths

　　2、Woollies： warm clothing for winter

　　3、Annual spring clean： to clean the wardrobe each spring

　　4、Mucky： dirty

　　问题：

　　1、How many species of moths are there?

　　2、What do moths do at night?

　　3、What’s the best way to deal with moths?

　　1. Two and half thousand species of moths are there

　　2. Moths pollinate the plants just as butterfly and bee during the day

　　3. Clean and wash your cloth

1 moths   

n.蛾( moth的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The moths have eaten holes in my wool coat. 蛀虫将我的羊毛衫蛀蚀了几个小洞。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The moths tapped and blurred at the window screen. 飞蛾在窗帘上跳来跳去，弄上了许多污点。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2 lookout   

n.注意，前途，瞭望台

参考例句：

• You can see everything around from the lookout.从了望台上你可以看清周围的一切。
• It's a bad lookout for the company if interest rates don't come down.如果利率降不下来，公司的前景可就不妙了。

3 dishonour   

n./vt.拒付（支票、汇票、票据等）；vt.凌辱，使丢脸；n.不名誉，耻辱，不光彩

参考例句：

• There's no dishonour in losing.失败并不是耻辱。
• He would rather die than live in dishonour.他宁死不愿忍辱偷生。