纪录片《我们的地球》 第331期 极端沙漠(22)

This is my Monday morning locust-herding jazz hands.

这是我周一早上驱赶蝗虫跳的爵士手舞。

What? What's that? What? It's a wasp¹ nest.

怎么了，那是什么？什么？这是黄蜂的蜂巢。

Soon, the crew find themselves surrounded by locusts². No need for jazz hands now.

很快，摄制组发现自己被蝗虫包围。再也不用跳爵士手舞了。

It's a good start, but the team still need to film the winged swarms⁴ that complete the story.

是个好的开始，但是摄制组还需要拍摄迁飞的蝗虫群，使纪录片更加完整。

But, once airborne, they can travel 60 miles a day, so finding a swarm³ won't be easy.

但只要起飞，它们每天可以飞行一百公里，所以找到一大群并不容易。

Fortunately, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation⁵ are here, too, to help.

幸运的是，联合国粮农组织也在这里，可以帮上忙。

The FAO are on a mission to eradicate⁶ the plagues decimating crops across Madagascar,

粮农组织此行的目的是根除在马达加斯加肆虐的蝗灾，

and if anyone knows where the locusts are, it's the local expert, Hasibelo.

如果有人知道蝗虫的去处，那一定是当地的专家，哈斯贝罗。

He thinks that they are moving this way.

他认为蝗群在朝这个方向移动。

Time to go swarm-chasing.

是时候去追赶蝗群了。

1 wasp   

n.黄蜂，蚂蜂

参考例句：

• A wasp stung me on the arm.黄蜂蜇了我的手臂。
• Through the glass we can see the wasp.透过玻璃我们可以看到黄蜂。

2 locusts   

n.蝗虫( locust的名词复数 )；贪吃的人；破坏者；槐树

参考例句：

• a swarm of locusts 一大群蝗虫
• In no time the locusts came down and started eating everything. 很快蝗虫就飞落下来开始吃东西，什么都吃。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 swarm   

n.(昆虫)等一大群；vi.成群飞舞；蜂拥而入

参考例句：

• There is a swarm of bees in the tree.这树上有一窝蜜蜂。
• A swarm of ants are moving busily.一群蚂蚁正在忙碌地搬家。

4 swarms   

蜂群，一大群( swarm的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• They came to town in swarms. 他们蜂拥来到城里。
• On June the first there were swarms of children playing in the park. 6月1日那一天，这个公园里有一群群的孩子玩耍。

5 organisation   

n.组织，安排，团体，有机休

参考例句：

• The method of his organisation work is worth commending.他的组织工作的方法值得称道。
• His application for membership of the organisation was rejected.他想要加入该组织的申请遭到了拒绝。

6 eradicate   

v.根除，消灭，杜绝

参考例句：

• These insects are very difficult to eradicate.这些昆虫很难根除。
• They are already battling to eradicate illnesses such as malaria and tetanus.他们已经在努力消灭疟疾、破伤风等疾病。