美国小学英语教材3:第31课 巴兹蜂巢拯救记(3)

 　　Suddenly all was still. A few workers came to the door and then flew out. 突然一切都静下来了。一些工蜂来到门前飞了出去。

　　They rose in the air and waited for all those who were to go with them. 他们悬在空中，等待跟随他们的蜜蜂。

　　In a short time more than half the hive flew off to find the new home. 在不长的时间里，蜂巢中一半以上的蜜蜂都飞出去寻找新家了。

　　"Sadly Buzzy watched her friends leave. 巴兹忧伤地看着自己的朋友离去。

　　Then she went back to her work. 然后，她又回去工作了。

　　"But things did not go well in the old hive. 老蜂巢并没有从此一帆风顺。

　　Something hurt the new queen, and she died. 新蜂后受了伤，不久便死了。

　　Then one day many of the workers were caugh in a bad storm and could not get back home. 后来有一天，许多工蜂陷于大风暴之中，无法回到蜂巢。

　　Some ofthe bees who were left said, we have no queen to lay eggs and hatch¹ out more workers. 一些留下的蜜蜂说，没有蜂后产卵，孵出更多的工蜂.

　　Now there is no use for us to work. 那么我们现在的工作也没有什么意义了。

　　So they stopped gathering² flower juices. 于是他们便停止了采集花蜜的工作。

　　"Poor Buzzy was very sad indeed, but she did not stop working. 可怜的巴兹伤心极了，但她还是不停地劳作。

　　"One day, when Buzzy reached the hive, she became very angry, because there were no bees at the door to keep away robbers⁴. 一天，巴兹回到蜂巢的时候，十分生气，因为门口没有蜜蜂驱逐窃贼蜂。

　　For some of the bees in every hive must watch for robber³ bees, who often try to take the honey. 每个蜂巢都要有一些蜜蜂防范窃贼蜂，因为他们经常来偷蜂蜜。

　　"Buzzy went into the hive and scolded the lazy bees who should have been watching. 巴兹进入蜂巢责备了本该站岗的那几只懒惰的蜜蜂。

　　But it did no good, and so Buzzy stood at the door herself. 但这起不到什么作用，于是巴兹便自己站在了门口。

1 hatch   

n.孵化，舱口；vt.孵，孵出，策划；vi. 孵化

参考例句：

• No one knows how the new plan will hatch out.谁也不知道这新方案将怎样制订出来。
• The bird mistook the pebble for egg and tried to hatch it.这只鸟错把卵石当蛋，想去孵它。

2 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

3 robber   

n.抢劫者，强盗，盗贼

参考例句：

• The robber told the woman to come across with her purse.拦路抢劫者勒令那个女人把钱包交出来。
• The robber tried to run away but a man tackled him.强盗企图逃跑，但一个人把他抓住了。

4 robbers   

n.抢劫者，强盗，盗贼( robber的名词复数 )；盗匪

参考例句：

• The robbers fled empty-handed. 抢劫犯一无所获地逃走了。
• The policeman discharged his gun at the fleeing robbers. 警察向逃跑的强盗开了枪。 来自《简明英汉词典》