英语听力：2013-11-22 地平线：什么害死了我们的蜜蜂—1

 This summer, I set out to get to the bottom of a story that’s captured the headlines. And this one, I’ve got some experience myself, because I’m also a beekeeper. 

 

There, is that good?

Yeah, it’s perfect.

Ok, I hate squeezing like that. 

 

I met some scientists doing extraordinary experiments, putting tiny and tinny onto bees. 

 

Dave, she’s out, she’s out. Here she goes.

 

This is just a part of an attempt to understand what’s happening to our bees. 

 

It’s the biggest mystery to hit the country in living memory. Bees are dying in their droves and we don’t know why.

 

I’m going to be examining the evidence that points at 3 of the main suspects. First that deadly invader¹ that’s devastating² colonies; 

 

I know from bitter experiences, if you see one of those in your bee hive, you know you’re gonna be in big trouble, cause they can pretty much wipe out a colony in a couple of months really. 

 

A very short time, yeah, the kiss of death, isn’t it?

 

Second, pesticides³, their use is causing huge controversy⁴. And finally, the changes we’ve made in how we farm our land. What’s clear is that these extraordinary creatures are dying in their billions. 

 

This is a film about what’s killing⁵ them. 

 

I’ve been keeping bees for best or worst for 12 years now, I’ve always them to be beautiful, intricate creatures. Think of this, a bee in a single day will visit several thousand flowers. Its wings beat at 200 times a second, they’ll fly 50 miles an hour up to four miles from their hive in their search for food, and yet they’ll always find their way home. And this for my bees is home.

1 invader   

n.侵略者，侵犯者，入侵者

参考例句：

• They suffered a lot under the invader's heel.在侵略者的铁蹄下，他们受尽了奴役。
• A country must have the will to repel any invader.一个国家得有决心击退任何入侵者。

2 devastating   

adj.毁灭性的，令人震惊的，强有力的

参考例句：

• It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
• Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。

3 pesticides   

n.杀虫剂( pesticide的名词复数 )；除害药物

参考例句：

• vegetables grown without the use of pesticides 未用杀虫剂种植的蔬菜
• There is a lot of concern over the amount of herbicides and pesticides used in farming. 人们对农业上灭草剂和杀虫剂的用量非常担忧。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 controversy   

n.争论，辩论，争吵

参考例句：

• That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
• We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。

5 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。