We owe a lot to the birds and beasts who eat insects but all of them put together kill only a fraction of the number destroyed by spiders.

我们要十分感谢那些吃昆虫的鸟和兽，然而把它们所杀死的昆虫全部加在一起也只相当于蜘蛛所消灭的一小部分。

So while the rest of the world was trying to get rid of mosquitoes, Australia was encouraging this one.

因此，世界上其他地方在设法消灭蚊子的时候，澳大利亚却在促使这种蚊子大量繁殖。

examined a very large number of men working on aircraft carriers:

调查了许多在航空母舰上工作的人，

He must, for example, perceive an egg as a simple single solid shape,

以鸟蛋为例，观赏者必须感觉到它是一个单一的实体形态，

We would lay less stress on 'facts and figures'and more on a good memory,

人们不会再重视"资料和数据"，而靠好记性、

The gentle method requires more patience in the early stages, but produces a cheerful,

温柔法要求在最初阶段保持较大的耐心，但这种方法可以训练出性情愉快、