新概念英語第三冊逐句精講語言點 第54課 本能還是機智 (3)

　　Knowing that the industrious ant lives in ahighly organized society does nothing to prevent us from being filled with revulsionwhen we find hordes of them crawling over a carefully prepared picnic lunch. Nomatter how much we like honey, or how much we have read about the uncanny senseof direction which bees possess, we have a horror of being stung. Most of our fearsare unreasonable, but they are impossible to erase.

　　7.Knowing that the industrious ant lives in a highly organized society does nothing toprevent us from being filled with revulsion when we find hordes of them crawlingover a carefully prepared picnic lunch.

　　即使知道勤奮的螞蟻生活具有高度組織性的社會里，當(dāng)看到大群螞蟻在我們精心準(zhǔn)備的午間野餐上爬行時，我們也無法抑制對它們的反感。

　　語言點1:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:Knowing that the industrious ant lives in a highly organized societys是句子的主語。

　　語言點2:do nothing to prevent的意思是“無法阻止。”

　　8.No matter how much we like honey, or how much we have read about the uncannysense of direction which bees possess, we have a horror of being stung.

　　不管我們多么愛吃蜂蜜，或讀過多少關(guān)于蜜蜂具有神秘的識別方向的靈感的書，我們?nèi)匀皇趾ε卤环潋亍?/p>

　　語言點1:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:兩個how much構(gòu)成平行結(jié)構(gòu)。

　　語言點2:No matter how在這里再次出現(xiàn)，意思是“不管怎樣。”

　　9.Most of our fears are unreasonable, but they are impossible to erase.

　　我們的恐懼大部分是沒有道理的，但無法消除。

　　語言點:be impossible to的意思是“不可能(做某事)。”