美国有线新闻 CNN 亚洲巨型大黄蜂入侵美国 被叮咬或会危及生命

Which of these insects would you find in the family vespidae? Hornet, honey bee, firefly or mantis¹? Vespidae includes insects like yellow jackets and hornets.

下列哪种昆虫属于胡蜂科？大黄蜂，蜜蜂，萤火虫还是螳螂？胡蜂科包括黄蜂和大黄蜂等昆虫。

Next up, Asian Giant Murder Hornets. Sounds like an old school horror movie but these insects are real. And for the first time they've been spotted² in the United States. Asian giants are the world's largest hornets. They can kill a person with multiple stings. That's why they're known as "murder hornets".

下面来关注亚洲巨型杀人大黄蜂。这听起来像一部老式恐怖片，但这些昆虫是真实存在的。这是美国首次发现这种昆虫。亚洲巨型大黄蜂是世界上最大的大黄蜂。它们身上的刺如果多次蛰人，可致人死亡。这就是它们被称为“杀人大黄蜂”的原因。

But they're a bigger threat to bees as a few hornets can take out a beehive in a matter of hours. Beekeepers in Washington State say they've seen piles of dead bees. Scientists don't know how Asian hornets got to Washington. Sometimes they hitch³ a ride on international cargo⁴. Sometimes humans intentionally⁵ bring them to other places. Officials in Washington say if you see a giant hornet, call the State Department of Agriculture and don't try to kill it yourself.

但这种大黄蜂对蜜蜂的威胁更大，因为几只大黄蜂在几小时内就能摧毁一个蜂巢。华盛顿州的养蜂人表示，他们看到了成堆的死蜜蜂。科学家不知道亚洲大黄蜂是如何抵达华盛顿的。它们有可能是搭乘国际货运而来。也有可能是有人故意将它们带到其他地方。华盛顿官员表示，如果你看到巨型大黄蜂，请致电华盛顿州农业部，不要尝试自已杀死它。

1 mantis   

n.螳螂

参考例句：

• Praying mantis has two powerful claws like sharp knives.螳螂有一对强壮的爪子，它们像锋利的刀。
• In her mind,it was a female mantis,devouring her mates.她的意识中，是一只雌螳螂正吞咽她的配偶。

2 spotted   

adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的

参考例句：

• The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
• Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。

3 hitch   

v.免费搭(车旅行)；系住；急提；n.故障；急拉

参考例句：

• They had an eighty-mile journey and decided to hitch hike.他们要走80英里的路程，最后决定搭便车。
• All the candidates are able to answer the questions without any hitch.所有报考者都能对答如流。

4 cargo   

n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物

参考例句：

• The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
• A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。

5 intentionally   

ad.故意地，有意地

参考例句：

• I didn't say it intentionally. 我是无心说的。
• The local authority ruled that he had made himself intentionally homeless and was therefore not entitled to be rehoused. 当地政府裁定他是有意居无定所，因此没有资格再获得提供住房。