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. Fascinating facts about the butterfly have been drawing Dr. Taylor’s attention. draw/call one’s attention “引起某人的注意” pay attention to … “ 注意 ,重視 , 傾聽” The fact draws everyone’s attention. What he did today drew my attention. You must pay attention to your lessons in class. 3. In Mexico, the butterflies always return to the same small piece of forest, only twenty kilometres wide. Here, as many as 230 million butterflies spend the winter. 計量的表示方法 : 數詞 + metres/kilometres + long/wide/deep/high/heavy … Our classroom is about 6 metres wide. The bridge is about 500 metres long. The river is about 10 metres deep. Language notes: as many as … “ 多達 ……” There are as many as 7,000 students in our school. 4. They cover some trees almost pletely. plete adj. pletely adv. 我們必須今天徹底完成這項工作。 We must finish the work pletely today. 5. The butterflies that return south are the greatgreat grandchildren of the butterflies that left for the north. leave (…) for … “ 離開( …) 前往 ……” They left for Shanghai yesterday. My father is leaving Beijing for Shanghai tomorrow. Language notes: 6. When they began to travel north in spring, the females lay eggs. They lay eggs on only one plants: milkweed. lie lay lain lying “躺 ,平躺 。 位于” lay laid laid laying “產卵 。 放置” lay eggs lie lied lied lying “撒謊” 7. But in Mexico, people cut down the trees because they need more land for farms. cut down “砍倒 , 消減 ” 這些樹很好 ,請不要砍倒它們。 The trees are very good. Please don’t cut them down. 8. In the United States and Canada, farmers use chemicals