I. Reading

1. get hold of /catch hold of /seize hold of

2. tell …apart 把…區分開

3. over and over again/again and again/time and time again

4. maximum/minimum/medium 最大/最小/中等

5. as a matter of fact/ in fact/ actually

6. take turns speaking 輪流做某事

7. different varieties of 各種各樣

8. live in groups 群居

9. make their nests in trees or holes

10. make it possible to do sth

11. the amazing ways honey-bees communicate

12. again and again /over and over/ time and time again/ again and again

13. one after another/ one by one 一個接一個

14. a transparent wall through which he could observe what went on inside.

15. tell … apart 把..分開

16. a marked bee 帶有標記的蜂蜜

17. to his surprise

18. perform a dance 跳舞

19. make a circle to the right 向右轉一圈

20. convey more information

21. mark sth blue

22. do the circle dance

23. in a straight line

24. wag from side to side

25. turn in a semicircle

26. It was evident that /It was apparent that

27. The farther away the feeding station was, the slower the dance was. 越…..越….

The higher we stand , the farther we see.

28. come to light

It came to light that she was actually very rich. 人們發現她確實富有

29. tell the exact distance 說明確切的距離

30. the remaining question

31. an adequate account of 充分的說明

32. the procedure by which bees communicate information. 傳遞信息的方法.

33. fly directly to it

34. make a beeline for

As he spoke , he made a bee line for the door.

他一邊說, 一邊直接朝門走去.

II. Integrating skills

35. belong to

36. place us in… 把我們劃在…一類

37. be better than…at.. 比…更擅長于…

38. compared to=compared with… 和… 相比較起來

compare A with B 把…和…相比較

compare A to B 把….比喻….

39. depending on….

40. be divided into

41. tend to do sth

42. walk upstraight

43. give birth to

44. make a distinction between 把…區分開

45. warn sb of sth

warn sb against doing sth= warn sb not to do sth

46. keep in touch

47. up to 1.2 meters

48. be similar to

49. feast on things we may find disgusting.

吃一些令我們作嘔的東西.

50. conduct …experiment

51. Nor does it make much sense to the animals.對于動物來說也沒有多大意義.

52. What may be of greater importance is …

53. hide from 躲避

54. use…as..

55. crack open 砸開