The tarantula's bite isn't deadly, but it is painful, and some spiders may shoot spiny hairs that irritate eyes or mucous membranes toward anything they deem threatening, so the zoo staff handles them with care. And stinkbugs do cause a stink if they feel endangered. The bugs don't take up much space, only a couple bedroom-size chambers. Clear plastic tubes meander up, down and across the walls of one room, a see-through ant farm that Maier bills as the largest in Canada. Assorted mantises, millipedes, grasshoppers, crickets, spiders and cockroaches occupy the other room. Insect life and culture may be puzzling to humans, but it isn't as disgusting as the kids would sometimes like the old folks to think.
It's a myth, for instance, that female mantises always bite the heads off the males after mating. It happens, but usually only in captivity and if they don't have enough to eat. He's just another bug or snack - to her.
News of the fun is getting around. Public boadcasting camera crews shot footage that was aired in the summer of 2008. Maier didn't know exactly what footage they were planning to show at the time of filming. But it's a cinch the cameraman would have focused on a millipede trying its best to help a 4-year-old grow a thick, black bandito mustache.
deem v. 認為/視作
=> 常用被動語態
=> consider to be
eg: After deeming the project unnecessary, the organization cut its funding.
eg: Since this area is deemed dangerous, only authorized persons can enter.
eg: He was deemed the most likely contestant to win the competition.
meander v. 曲折/迂迴
=> 不及物動詞，後面加介係詞再加受詞
eg: The calm river meandering throgh the town forms a beautiful scene.
eg: The path meanders through the garden and leads to a cottage.
meander v. 漫步
eg: The visitors can meander along the river.
assorted adj. (常構成複合詞)相配的/合適的
=> a large of variety
eg: For Valentine's Day, Simon got his wife a box of assorted chocolates.
cinch n. 簡單的事/很肯定的事
=> 大多用單數形
=> It's very easy
=> 但是本課的意思為They will definitely do it.
eg: As the most gifted actress in the entire school, Amy was a cinch for the lead role.
eg: Samuel is one of the top students of his class. Getting good grades is a cinch for him.
eg: It's a cinch that Patrick will win the swimming competition.
eg: I'll do it. It's a cinch.
mucous membrane 黏膜
mantis n. 螳螂
bandito mustache
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Clear plastic tubes meander up, down and across the walls of one room, a see-through ant farm that Maier bills as the largest in Canada.
=> billing something as something means describing something in a particular way
bill v. 以傳單海報來宣佈
be billed as
= be described as
eg: disney land bills itself as the happiest place on earth.
eg: The president's visit to Germany was billed as nonpolitical.
eg: Anne Hathaway has been billed as the next Julia Roberts.
top billing 主要演員
=> 電影人員排名表排名最高的位置
=> 通常主要會是top billing
the credits 電影人員排名表
=> the list of people who participate in the show/movie
=> 電影片頭或是片尾列出的人員排名表
=> 用意為給予這些人credits(讚揚/表揚)
opening credits 片頭人員排名表
closing credits 片尾人員排名表
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