英语听力：探索发现 2014-01-19 地平线：什么害死了我们的蜜蜂—26

 But there is a second option to find ways of creating more bee-friendly enviornment. There is another reseach group at the University of Reading, who are trying a very different approach. Scientists Vicky and Jenny Wickens are investigating a way to help bees thrive on the prime agricultural land, without affecting the way we farm.-So what we've got here?

-This is a soya flower strip. So these flower strips are putting, so they can boost the natural pollinators to this area. In fact, with bumblebees, we find 500 percent more bumblebees here than we do at grassy¹ field margins² in comparison.

They are conducting a trial at across 16 different farms. And where they planted these flower strips, they found the number of solitary³ bees went up about a third and bumblebees increased fivefold.

-We see what bees get at. Then what's there for the farmer?

-They get improved yields. We have put proper plants in both the flower strips and in the field boundaries. They are just difficult grassy boundaries. And we are looking at the number of seeds that produced by plot plants. We found a 50 percent increase in the number of seeds in the flower strips rather than the field boundaries. And that just proves how important these flower strips are to the farmer.

So if successful, these flower strips could not only give bees a home in the countryside, they could actually increase the amount of food farmers can produce without changing the way they grow their crops.

But there is another potential solution in the pipeline⁴. Reaching the long-term could be rather promising⁵, although it is someway off. Lin Field is doing something which might make us less dependent on traditional pesticides⁶. She's creating genetically⁷ modified plants, which she believes could one day replace pesticides and help protect our bees.

1 grassy   

adj.盖满草的；长满草的

参考例句：

• They sat and had their lunch on a grassy hillside.他们坐在长满草的山坡上吃午饭。
• Cattle move freely across the grassy plain.牛群自由自在地走过草原。

2 margins   

边( margin的名词复数 )； 利润； 页边空白； 差数

参考例句：

• They have always had to make do with relatively small profit margins. 他们不得不经常设法应付较少的利润额。
• To create more space between the navigation items, add left and right margins to the links. 在每个项目间留更多的空隙，加左或者右的margins来定义链接。

3 solitary   

adj.孤独的，独立的，荒凉的；n.隐士

参考例句：

• I am rather fond of a solitary stroll in the country.我颇喜欢在乡间独自徜徉。
• The castle rises in solitary splendour on the fringe of the desert.这座城堡巍然耸立在沙漠的边际，显得十分壮美。

4 pipeline   

n.管道，管线

参考例句：

• The pipeline supplies Jordan with 15 per cent of its crude oil.该管道供给约旦15%的原油。
• A single pipeline serves all the houses with water.一条单管路给所有的房子供水。

5 promising   

adj.有希望的，有前途的

参考例句：

• The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
• We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。

6 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》

7 genetically   

adv.遗传上

参考例句：

• All the bees in the colony are genetically related. 同一群体的蜜蜂都有亲缘关系。
• Genetically modified foods have already arrived on American dinner tables. 经基因改造加工过的食物已端上了美国人的餐桌。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 基因与食物