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The valiantants drive him off... straight into real danger.
它被英勇的蚂蚁赶跑了 立刻身陷险境
A mongoose.
一只蒙哥
It's inquisitive.
蒙哥很好奇
But it's also wary of the oogpister.
但也忌惮步行虫
A black and white pattern is a warning signal.
黑白相间的花纹就是警告信号
The beetle takes aim...
甲虫瞄准目标
And fires formic acid straight at the mongoose's eyes and mouth.
把甲酸直接射向 蒙哥的眼睛和嘴巴
The beetle probably collected this acid from the ants.
甲虫大概是从 蚂蚁身上收集这种酸
It certainly makes the beetle itself very distasteful and that,
甲虫自己自然也弄得一身腥
in turn, makes it worth mimicking.
因此有了模仿的价值
This defenceless little lizard carries the beetles' warning pattern.
这只毫无防御的小蜥蜴 身怀甲虫的警示花纹
It also imitates the way the beetle runs.
也模仿甲虫奔跑的步伐
Not particularly well, it's true, but well enough to
模仿得不是很像，的确
fool predators into thinking it just might be an acid-firing beetle.
但是以欺骗掠食动物，以为这或许只是 一种发射酸液的甲虫

重点解释

The valiantants drive him off... straight into real danger.它被英勇的蚂蚁赶跑了，立刻身陷险境

drive off驱散； 击退； 赶走

Sing a song to drive off those feelings of sadness.

唱首歌，驱散那些悲伤之情。

They had once again driven off the enemy's attack.

他们又一次击退了敌人的进攻。

But it's also wary of the oogpister.但也忌惮步行虫

wary of谨防； 小心翼翼

Our dog is rather wary of strangers.

我家的狗对陌生人很警惕。

He is wary of telling secrets to others.

他谨防向他人泄露秘密。

in turn, makes it worth mimicking.因此有了模仿的价值

in turn反之；反过来

In turn, this is likely lead to further lameness.

反过来，这很可能导致进一步的跛行。

worth的用法:常用于sth is worth v -ing结构中,动名词短语在这里表示被动意义。本结构中的sth 有时可换用it,这时it是形式主语,动名词短语是真正主语。

The movie was definitely worth seeing.

那部电影真的很值得看。

It's not worth haggling over a few pence.

为几便士争论不休实在不值得。

词义辨析:worth, worthy这两者用法的区别在于:worth是介词,不能作定语,作表语时后面必须接名词性词组; worthy是形容词,可用作定语,作表语时后面接“of＋名词”或动词不定式。

These discoveries are not worth the candle.

这些发现毫无价值。

His behavior is worthy of praise.

他的行为值得称道。