与美国小学生一起学英文第3册 第5期:蜜蜂

 　　Bee 蜜蜂

　　Many people do not like bees. 许多人不喜欢蜜蜂。

　　Bees protect themselves and their hives by stinging¹ humans. 蜜蜂会蜇人来自卫和保护蜂巢。

　　However, bees do a lot of jobs in nature. 然而，事实上蜜蜂能做许多事情。

　　Bees make honey and people can enjoy the sweet honey. 蜜蜂能酿蜜，因此人们能够享受到甜甜的蜂蜜。

　　Bees move pollen² between plants. 蜜蜂能在植物间传粉。

　　These flowers produce fruit. 这些授粉的花能结果实。

　　If there were no bees, maybe we could not eat fruit.  如果没有蜜蜂，我们可能就吃不到水果了。

1 stinging   

刺一样的，刺人的，激烈的

参考例句：

• My eyes are stinging from the smoke. 我眼睛被烟熏的疼痛。
• On September 24, he wrote a stinging denunciation of his critics. 9月24号，他写了一篇痛斥那些批评者的措词强烈的文章。

2 pollen   

n.[植]花粉

参考例句：

• Hummingbirds have discovered that nectar and pollen are very nutritious.蜂鸟发现花蜜和花粉是很有营养的。
• He developed an allergy to pollen.他对花粉过敏。