温馨夜读II PART1 12.Butterfly Insights

 

[00:00.51]12.Butterfly Insights

[00:04.00]A marvelous lesson appeared for me just now as I was exiting through the garage.

[00:10.54]As I opened the garage door, I startled a large moth¹, which, upon spreading its wings, 

[00:17.18]displayed a bright red "tail" hidden by the motley brown wings, more a "butterfly" than a moth.

[00:25.34]It flew immediately to its perceived escape, 

[00:29.48]the circle-topped window where it frantically² tried to exit thru the invisible wall of closed glass.

[00:36.45]I raised the third-car garage door in hopes of aiding its escape. 

[00:41.79]That caused it to fly higher and higher and become entangled³ in a spider web. 

[00:47.77]Fearful that it would remain entangled in the web, 

[00:51.04]I selected a long-handled broom to assist him escaping the tangled⁴ threads.

[00:56.27]At this, he returned to furiously pumping his wings and banging into the glass, 

[01:03.70]which was, in his perspective, the pathway of escape, but remained his cage.

[01:09.72]By simply turning his focus to one side, he would have easily exited his prison. 

[01:16.72]Rather, due to his intent on one direction, he remained confined, captive.

1 moth   

n.蛾，蛀虫

参考例句：

• A moth was fluttering round the lamp.有一只蛾子扑打着翅膀绕着灯飞。
• The sweater is moth-eaten.毛衣让蛀虫咬坏了。

2 frantically   

ad.发狂地, 发疯地

参考例句：

• He dashed frantically across the road. 他疯狂地跑过马路。
• She bid frantically for the old chair. 她发狂地喊出高价要买那把古老的椅子。

3 entangled   

adj.卷入的；陷入的；被缠住的；缠在一起的v.使某人（某物/自己）缠绕，纠缠于（某物中），使某人（自己）陷入（困难或复杂的环境中）( entangle的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The bird had become entangled in the wire netting. 那只小鸟被铁丝网缠住了。
• Some military observers fear the US could get entangled in another war. 一些军事观察家担心美国会卷入另一场战争。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 tangled   

adj. 纠缠的，紊乱的 动词tangle的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• Your hair's so tangled that I can't comb it. 你的头发太乱了，我梳不动。
• A movement caught his eye in the tangled undergrowth. 乱灌木丛里的晃动引起了他的注意。