译林牛津版高三英语译林牛津版高中英语M5U2self-assessment拓展阅读教学课件共20张PPT

instinct be born with/ be brought up with ? Read para. 2 What led to ants success? instinct be born with/ be brought up with be hard to change The leopard cannot change his spots. Man’s instinct curiosity food fear for death dependence … Man’s instinct as to insects Read Para. 1 contaminate our food carry diseases devour our crops sting/ bite without  provocation fly uninvited into our  rooms on summer  nights beat against our  lighted windows … fear… dread…revulsion… horror What fascinate us? produce honey the industrious  ant living in … praying mantis  leading … a spider pouncing  on a fly enjoyable,  entranced,  in awe a column of ants  triumphantly … We enjoy reading about  and observing  insects because of the cleverness we don’t  possess and we don’t understand. bionics What can we learn? • Although it’s hard to erase the fear for insects, we can take advantage of our instinct (fascination/curiosity) and learn from them. A chameleon can change its colour to match  the colours around it. What other instincts that affect us  negatively do we have?  How can we take advantage of them?  ØClever people will recognize and tolerate nothing but cleverness.  ØInstinct must be defeated just as one cuts off the branches of a tree so that it will grow better.  ØCommon sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius. Homework Finish the exercises below the passage.