听写材料1.甲壳虫

正确原文：

This morning I want to tell you about a recent scientific discovery dealing with the relationship between plants and animals. This is about a desert shrub whose leaves can shoot astream of poisonous resin a distance of six feet. You think it would be safe from all attacks by insects? But a recent study has found one insect, a beetle that can chew its way past the plant's defense system by cutting the main vein that delivers the poison to the leaves. This vein cutting is just one method the beetles used to prepare a safe meal. Another is by cutting a path all the way across the leaves to hold the flow of chemicals. Then they simply eat between the veins of poison. In the past, scientists who studied insect adaptationto plant defenses have focused on chemical responses, that is, how the insects can neutralize or alter the poisonous substances plants produce. What's unique about this chewing strategy is that the beetle is actually exhibiting abehavioral response to the plant's defenses rather than the more commonchemical response. It is only after a beetle's survived several encounters withthe plant's resin that it learns how to avoid the poison: by chewing through the resin transporting veins on the next leaf it eats, and thus gives itself asafe meal. However, it can take a beetle an hour and a half of careful veincutting to prepare a small leaf that takes it only a few minutes to eat. So,though the method is effective, it's not very efficient. 

生词摘录：

1.    shrub: n. 灌木

2.    resin: n. 树脂

3.    beetle: n. 甲壳虫

4.    vein: n. 静脉

5.    neutralize: v. 中和

6.    alter: v. 改变