Knowing that the industrious ant lives in ahighly organized society does nothing to prevent us from being filled with revulsionwhen we find hordes of them crawling over a carefully prepared picnic lunch. Nomatter how much we like honey, or how much we have read about the uncanny senseof direction which bees possess, we have a horror of being stung. Most of our fearsare unreasonable, but they are impossible to erase.

　　7.Knowing that the industrious ant lives in a highly organized society does nothing toprevent us from being filled with revulsion when we find hordes of them crawlingover a carefully prepared picnic lunch.

　　即使知道勤奋的蚂蚁生活具有高度组织性的社会里，当看到大群蚂蚁在我们精心准备的午间野餐上爬行时，我们也无法抑制对它们的反感。

　　语言点1:句子结构分析:Knowing that the industrious ant lives in a highly organized societys是句子的主语。

　　语言点2:do nothing to prevent的意思是“无法阻止。”

　　8.No matter how much we like honey, or how much we have read about the uncannysense of direction which bees possess, we have a horror of being stung.

　　不管我们多么爱吃蜂蜜，或读过多少关于蜜蜂具有神秘的识别方向的灵感的书，我们仍然十分害怕被蜂蜇。

　　语言点1:句子结构分析:两个how much构成平行结构。

　　语言点2:No matter how在这里再次出现，意思是“不管怎样。”

　　9.Most of our fears are unreasonable, but they are impossible to erase.

　　我们的恐惧大部分是没有道理的，但无法消除。

　　语言点:be impossible to的意思是“不可能(做某事)。”