L54-3: Instinct or cleverness?
ɛl54-3: ˈɪnstɪŋkt ɔː ˈklɛvənɪs?
They were visited by a large colony of ants which obtained a sort of honey from them. I immediately embarked on an experiment which, even though it failed to get rid of the ants, kept me fascinated for 24 hours. I bound the base of the tree with sticky tape, making it impossible for the ants to reach the aphids. The tape was so sticky that they did not dare to cross it. For a long time. I watched them scurrying around the base of the tree in bewilderment. I even went out at midnight with a torch and noted with satisfaction (and surprise) that the ants were still swarming around the sticky tape without being able to do anything about it. I got up early next morning hoping to find that the ants had given up in despair. Instead, I saw that they had discovered a new route.
They were climbing up the wall of the house and then on to the leaves of the tree. I realized sadly that I had been completely defeated by their ingenuity. The ants had been quick to find an answer to my thoroughly unscientific methods!
ðeɪ wɜː ˈvɪzɪtɪd baɪ ə lɑːʤ ˈkɒləni ɒv ænts wɪʧ əbˈteɪnd ə sɔːt ɒv ˈhʌni frɒm ðɛm. aɪ ɪˈmiːdiətli ɪmˈbɑːkt ɒn ən ɪksˈpɛrɪmənt wɪʧ, ˈiːvən ðəʊ ɪt feɪld tuː gɛt rɪd ɒv ði ænts, kɛpt miː ˈfæsɪneɪtɪd fɔː 24 ˈaʊəz. aɪ baʊnd ðə beɪs ɒv ðə triː wɪð ˈstɪki teɪp, ˈmeɪkɪŋ ɪt ɪmˈpɒsəbl fɔː ði ænts tuː riːʧ ði ˈeɪfɪdz. ðə teɪp wɒz səʊ ˈstɪki ðæt ðeɪ dɪd nɒt deə tuː krɒs ɪt. fɔːr ə lɒŋ taɪm. aɪ wɒʧt ðɛm ˈskʌriɪŋ əˈraʊnd ðə beɪs ɒv ðə triː ɪn ˈbɪˈwɪldəmənt. aɪ ˈiːvən wɛnt aʊt æt ˈmɪdnaɪt wɪð ə tɔːʧ ænd ˈnəʊtɪd wɪð ˌsætɪ
sˈfækʃən (ænd səˈpraɪz) ðæt ði ænts wɜː stɪl ˈswɔːmɪŋ əˈraʊnd ðə ˈstɪki teɪp wɪˈðaʊt ˈbiːɪŋ ˈeɪbl tuː duː ˈɛnɪθɪŋ əˈbaʊt ɪt. aɪ gɒt ʌp ˈɜːli nɛkst ˈmɔːnɪŋ ˈhəʊpɪŋ tuː faɪnd ðæt ði ænts hæd ˈgɪvn ʌp ɪn dɪsˈpeə. ɪnˈstɛd, aɪ sɔː ðæt ðeɪ hæd dɪsˈkʌvəd ə njuː ruːt.
ðeɪ wɜː ˈklaɪmɪŋ ʌp ðə wɔːl ɒv ðə haʊs ænd ðɛn ɒn tuː ðə liːvz ɒv ðə triː. aɪ ˈrɪəlaɪzd ˈsædli ðæt aɪ hæd biːn kəmˈpliːtli dɪˈfiːtɪd baɪ ðeər ˌɪnʤɪˈnju(ː)ɪti. ði ænts hæd biːn kwɪk tuː faɪnd ən ˈɑːnsə tuː maɪ ˈθʌrəli ˌʌnˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk ˈmɛθədz!
任务配置：L0、L3、L4
知识笔记:
今日音标
/g/ ：爆破音，在爆破音中/g/与/k/的主音是相同的，所以发音方式也是先将舌后部隆起，紧贴软腭，憋气；然后迅速降低，使气流冲出口腔；/k/是轻辅音，发音是声带不振动，/g/是浊辅音，发音时，声带振动。
/k/ ：1、首先舌后部隆起，紧贴上颚软腭，憋住气,使气流通道完全阻塞。 2、嘴巴张开,舌后部迅速降低,抵住软颚的舌离开软颚，气流突然冲出口腔。
练习感悟：
今天的练习突然感觉有点打开了什么，发音更顺畅了。练习时，发现有些与想象中不一样的单词发音，会标粗显示出来。
