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Unit1ThePerfectSwarm
Haveyoueverseenalocust?Whatdoyouknowaboutlocusts?
Atypeofinsectrelatedtothegrasshopperandcricket,butalocustcanchangehowitlooksandbehaves.Theyhavebodiesthatareinthreesections:ahead,athoraxandanabdomen.
Locustswarmsoccurinmanycountries.Whenlocustsswarm,itisterriblenewsforfarmers.Thelocustswarmswillleavefarmswithnothingleftgrowing,allcropsgone,andfarmerswithnoincome.Alocustswarmisadisaster.
Warming-upaplagueofrats/locusts:anuncontrollableandharmfulincreaseinthenumbersofaparticularanimalorinsectGuesswhythelocustsinthisvideoandthereadingpassagearecalledtheperfectswarm.
Part1Wordbankdisastrous:a.causinggreatdamageeg.Hemadeadisastrousportions:thesizeandshapeofsth.,orthedegreetowhichsth.isimportant面积，容积，体积，大小，程度，范围pest:n.aninsectthatcausesdestructionorannoyance.
eg.Forhundredsofyears,theRockyMountainlocustwasacommonpestintheAmericanWensively:concentratingallone’seffortonaspecificarea.farmthelandintensivelyoutof/fromnowhere:happeningorappearingsuddenlyandwithoutwarning
eg.Ayoungmanhadappearedoutofnowhereandwasstandingsilentlyattheirtable.一种年轻人不知从什么地方冒了出来，默默地站在他们旳桌子旁边。drought:n.aperiodoflittleornorainfallunthinkable:a.impossibletoacceptorimagine
eg.In1875,outofnowhere,ararecombinationofaircurrents,droughtandbasicbiologyproducedtherightconditionsforanunthinkableevent,theworststormeverrecorded,theperfectswarm.hailn.rainthatfreezesandfallsasballsofice.eg.Thelocustscamedownfromtheskylikehail.
destructive:a.causinggreatandirreparabledamageeg.Thestormcouldbedestructivetothecrops.vanish:v.todisappearsuddenly,esp.inawaythatcannoteasilybeexplained.eg.Andthen,somethingremarkablehappened:theRockyMountainlocustsimplyvanished.
Part1Ex.1.TrueorFal
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